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NWUS52 KMLB 261524
LSRMLB

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1024 AM EST TUE DEC 26 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0145 PM     TORNADO          DAYTONA BEACH           29.21N 81.03W
12/25/2006                   VOLUSIA            FL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            *** 6 INJ *** UPDATE...F2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST
            OF FLIGHT LINE AT EMBRY RIDDLE UNIVERSITY AND CONTINUED
            NORTHEAST ON GROUND FOR 2.7 MILES CROSSING NOVA ROAD AT
            SUTTON PLACE APARTMENTS AND ENDING AT BEACH STREET JUST
            SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 92. TORNADO WAS APROX 200 YARDS WIDE AT
            EMBRY RIDDLE.


&&
THE TORNADO NARROWED AFTER LEAVING EMBRY RIDDLE AND THE F2 DAMAGE WAS
NOT CONTINUOUS ALONG THE ENTIRE 2.7 MILE PATH. THE LAST TIME A
TORNADO OF THIS MAGNITUDE EFFECTED VOLUSIA COUNTY WAS ON FEBRUARY
23RD 1998.
$$

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