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WFUS52 KMLB 061830
TORMLB
FLC009-061900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
230 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BREVARD COUNTY
  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 226 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER ROCKLEDGE...OR ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF ROCKLEDGE...
  MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR MERRITT ISLAND...ROCKLEDGE AT 235 PM EDT
  NEAR PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE AT 250 PM EDT
  
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS
TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND BODY.

LAT...LON 2875 8087 2787 8062 2788 8020 2881 8042

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