352  
WWUS52 KMLB 091818  
SVSMLB  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL  
218 PM EDT WED OCT 9 2024  
 
FLC085-111-091845-  
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-241009T1845Z/  
ST. LUCIE FL-MARTIN FL-  
218 PM EDT WED OCT 9 2024  
 
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN  
ST. LUCIE AND NORTH CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTIES...  
 
AT 217 PM EDT, A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TRADITION, OR  
NEAR PORT SAINT LUCIE, MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.  
 
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.  
 
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT  
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS  
LIKELY.  
 
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...  
PORT SAINT LUCIE, TRADITION, AND SAINT LUCIE WEST AROUND 220 PM  
EDT.  
FORT PIERCE AND FORT PIERCE SOUTH AROUND 240 PM EDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE  
COLLINS PARK ESTATES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TO REPEAT, A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 2717 8032 2716 8045 2743 8058 2744 8027  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 166DEG 22KT 2722 8041  
 
TORNADO...OBSERVED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
 

 
 
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