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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 19, 1993Saint Lucie County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at May 19, 1993, 6:48 PM EDT for Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 19, 1993, 6:48 PM EDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 1993, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Whole counties

County Saint Lucie County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPBI 192248
TORPBI
FLC111-192345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL
648 PM EDT WED MAY 19 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WEST PALM BEACH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN ST.LUCIE COUNTY
 
AND THE ST LUCIE COUNTY COASTAL WATERS.
 
AT 645 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST
WEST OF FORT PIERCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE PASSING OVER THE ST LUCIE COUNTY COASTAL WATERS
DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 60 MINUTES.
 
BOATERS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ALSO SEEK SAKE HARBOR IMMEDIATE
. 
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDOtN CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
 
 
NNNN

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.