Tornadic Storms Moving Towards Cape Canaveral, Space Center

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
809 PM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 807 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERAL STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OVER THE ATLANTIC
OFFSHORE CAPE CANAVERAL...MOVING WEST SOUTHWEST AT 65 MPH.

* THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO...
MOVE ONSHORE CAPE CANAVERAL AIR STATION AND KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
THROUGH 9 PM. IF THESE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER THEY WILL ALSO MOVE OVER
MERRITT ISLAND.

TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONES ARE OFTEN WRAPPED IN
HEAVY RAIN AND ARE HARD TO SEE OR HEAR UNTIL THEY ARE VERY CLOSE. DO
NOT GET CAUGHT OFFGUARD!

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN A STRONG
BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND KEEP AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE IN AN RV PARK...LEAVE YOUR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. MANY
PARKS HAVE CENTRALIZED BUILDINGS SUCH AS REC CENTERS...POOL HOUSES...
COMMUNITY SHOWERS AND BATHS...OR A MAIN OFFICE WHICH CAN OFFER BETTER
PROTECTION.

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ACROSS VOLUSIA...NORTHERN BREVARD...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...AND LAKE
COUNTIES...WINDS WILL GUST TO HURRICANE FORCE IN RAINBANDS THROUGH
THE LATE EVENING. THE THREAT FOR DEADLY TORNADOES IS ALSO INCREASING
WITH DISCRETE CELLS MOVING ONSHORE ACROSS BREVARD COUNTY THROUGH
MIDNIGHT.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
WINDS OF HURRICANE FORCE WILL CAUSE DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES...TOPPLE
TREES AND POWER POLES AND CAUSE FLYING DEBRIS TO BREAK WINDOWS AND
GLASS DOORS. REMAIN INDOORS IN A STURDY ROOM...AWAY FROM EXPOSED
WINDOWS OR DOORS. THE EAST AND NORTHEAST SIDE OF STRUCTURES WILL TAKE
THE BRUNT OF THE WINDS. TORNADOES WILL POSE AN ADDITIONAL THREAT
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.