Tornado Warning 6, NWS Melbourne, FL

Issued

Feb 27, 2005, 6:12 PM EST (23:12 UTC)

Expired

Feb 27, 2005, 6:45 PM EST

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Melbourne, FL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Indian River County, FL

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS52 KMLB 272315
TORMLB
FLC061-272345-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0006.050227T2312Z-050227T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
612 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA   
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VERO LAKE ESTATES...WINTER BEACH AND 
  WABASSO.

* UNTIL 645 PM EST

* AT 610 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH SIGNIFICANT ROTATION NEAR VERO LAKE 
ESTATES...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR WABASSO BEACH BY 630 PM EST

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.
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. IF NO
SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE IF THE
TORNADO IS NEARBY.

IT IS VERY RISKY TO REMAIN IN A MOBILE HOME DURING A TORNADO. MOBILE
HOMES OFFER LITTLE PROTECTION AGAINST TORNADO WINDS EVEN IF THEY ARE
TIED DOWN. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO AND ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME...ABANDON IT FOR SAFE SHELTER. QUICKLY MOVE TO THE NEAREST
STURDY BUILDING AND GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PUT
AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE TORNADO AS POSSIBLE. IF NO SAFE
SHELTER IS CLOSE BY...GET INTO AN UNFLOODED DITCH OR LOW SPOT WHILE
PROTECTING YOUR HEAD FROM FLYING DEBRIS. LIE FLAT AND REMAIN LOW TO
THE GROUND.

IF YOU ARE IN AN RV PARK...LEAVE YOUR RV FOR STURDY SHELTER. MANY
PARKS HAVE CENTRALIZED BUILDINGS SUCH AS REC CENTERS...POOL HOUSES...
COMMUNITY SHOWERS AND BATHS...OR A MAIN OFFICE WHICH CAN OFFER BETTER
PROTECTION. WHILE MOVING TO SAFER SHELTER...QUICKLY INFORM YOUR
NEIGHBOR BY KNOCKING ON THEIR DOOR.

LAT...LON 2774 8065 2768 8061 2769 8034 2786 8045

$$

KELLY

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 272334
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
632 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005

FLC061-272342-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050227T2345Z/
INDIAN RIVER FL-
632 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS 
CANCELLED...

AT 632 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO HAD MOVED OFFSHORE WABASSO AND 
WABASSO BEACH AND INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN...THUS THE WARNING HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO 
VERO BEACH CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 2774 8065 2768 8061 2769 8034 2786 8045

$$

KELLY

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