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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
426 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TITUSVILLE AIRPORT...TITUSVILLE...
  SHARPES...PORT SAINT JOHN...PATRICK AIRFORCE BASE...MIMS...MERRITT
  ISLAND...PORT CANAVERAL...COCOA BEACH...COCOA...CAPE CANAVERAL

* UNTIL 500 AM EDT

* AT 423 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO EAST OF
COCOA   BEACH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  COCOA BEACH...JETTY PARK AND PORT CANAVERAL BY 435 AM EDT
  CAPE CANAVERAL BY 440 AM EDT
  MERRITT ISLAND BY 445 AM EDT
  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF COCOA BY 455 AM EDT
  SHARPES...PORT SAINT JOHN...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND 6 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF TITUSVILLE AIRPORT BY 500 AM EDT

TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONES ARE OFTEN WRAPPED IN
HEAVY RAIN AND ARE HARD TO SEE OR HEAR UNTIL THEY ARE VERY CLOSE. DO
NOT GET CAUGHT OFFGUARD!

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR
CLOSET AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR
BODY.

EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. HEAD
TO THE NEAREST STURDY BUILDING. PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE
TORNADO AS POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 2821 8055 2834 8041 2874 8085 2854 8105

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