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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 858 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MARTIN COUNTY, ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT * AT 855 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES MAINLY FOR THE ONSET OF EXTREME HURRICANE WINDS AND EMBEDDED TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INNER CORE OF HURRICANE JEANNE AS THE CENTER NEARS THE COAST. WINDS TO 100 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 120 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH TORNADOES. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE INDIAN RIVER ESTATES...SAINT LUCIE VILLAGE...JUPITER ISLAND...LAKEWOOD PARK...NORTH RIVER SHORES...QUEENS COVE...PORT SALERNO...PORT SAINT LUCIE RIVER PARK...SAINT LUCIE AIRPORT...SAINT LUCIE WEST...NETTLES ISLAND AND ROCKY POINT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A LANDFALLING MAJOR HURRICANE WITH EMBEDDED TORNADOES 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. |