850  
WWUS52 KMLB 092012  
SVSMLB  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL  
412 PM EDT WED OCT 9 2024  
 
FLC085-111-092045-  
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-241009T2045Z/  
ST. LUCIE FL-MARTIN FL-  
412 PM EDT WED OCT 9 2024  
 
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR  
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE AND NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTIES...  
 
AT 412 PM EDT, A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER JENSEN BEACH,  
MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.  
 
SOURCE...PUBLIC 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...  
WALTON, SAINT LUCIE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, AND JENSEN BEACH AROUND  
420 PM EDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE RIO.  
 
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 2718 8013 2716 8026 2738 8036 2742 8023  
2720 8013  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 177DEG 33KT 2724 8020  
 
TORNADO...OBSERVED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
 

 
 
LAW  
 
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