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WFUS52 KMLB 091817
TORMLB
FLC061-093-097-091900-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0033.241009T1817Z-241009T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
217 PM EDT WED OCT 9 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
OKEECHOBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT.
* AT 217 PM EDT, A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF BASINGER, MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES,
BUSINESSES, AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
OKEECHOBEE, SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN RIVER AND SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA
COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... COUNTRY HILLS
ESTATES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT, A LARGE, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE, TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE
TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 2756 8117 2760 8114 2764 8114 2766 8113
2767 8114 2772 8074 2740 8068 2731 8068
2731 8098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 169DEG 29KT 2740 8089
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
FEHLING
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