SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
954 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

FLC009-240230-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-051024T0230Z/
BREVARD FL-
954 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 953 PM EDT...MELBOURNE DOPPLER RADAR...AS WELL AS HIGH RESOLUTION
TERMINAL DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER NORTHERN MERRITT 
ISLAND NEAR COURTENAY...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH TOWARD THE KENNEDY 
SPACE CENTER COMPLEX.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING 
SITUATION. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND BETWEEN COCOA AND 
MERRITT ISLAND AND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED!!!

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BY 1010 PM EDT
  MERRITT ISLAND WILDLIFE REFUGE BY 1030 PM EDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2837 8084 2837 8067 2840 8067 2859 8060
      2869 8073

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