Critical TOR Tornado Warning — Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:47 PM

TORMIA
FLC011-202200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
534 PM EDT WED OCT 20 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BROWARD COUNTY 
  IN SOUTH FLORIDA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 526 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAUDERDALE
  LAKES...OR ABOUT NEAR MARGATE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LAUDERDALE LAKES...LAUDERHILL AND WILTON MANORS BY 540 PM EDT
  PLANTATION BY 545 PM EDT
  FORT LAUDERDALE BY 550 PM EDT
  PORT EVERGLADES BY 555 PM EDT
  DANIA BEACH...HOLLYWOOD AND HALLANDALE BEACH BY 600 PM EDT

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WHILE DRIVING WEST ON 
OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD NEAR 27TH AVENUE.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 2628 8009 2625 8029 2598 8028 2599 8000