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State of Florida tornado drill

#1 Postby Josephine96 » Fri Feb 27, 2004 8:55 am

The state of Florida tornado drill is just moments away... I remember having to take part in these during my HS years and they brought back bad memories to the 1998 twisters.

Good luck to all those participating {even if none of them are from S2K lol}

:)
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#2 Postby Josephine96 » Fri Feb 27, 2004 9:19 am

Here is the tornado warning:

TORNADO WARNING
FLC009-061-069-085-093-095-097-111-117-127-271430-

IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TEST...TORNADO WARNING...TEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
915 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2004

...THIS IS A TEST TORNADO WARNING. THERE IS NO SEVERE WEATHER
OCCURRING AT THIS TIME...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A PRACTICE

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BREVARD COUNTY
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
LAKE COUNTY
MARTIN COUNTY
OKEECHOBEE COUNTY
ORANGE COUNTY
OSCEOLA COUNTY
SEMINOLE COUNTY
ST. LUCIE COUNTY
VOLUSIA COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 930 AM EST

* THIS IS THE WARNING PORTION OF THE STATE WIDE TORNADO DRILL. THIS
IS ONLY A DRILL. A TORNADO WARNING MEANS A TORNADO HAS BEEN SIGHTED
OR INDICATED ON RADAR IN YOUR AREA.

IF THIS WERE AN ACTUAL WARNING...INFORMATION WOULD BE INCLUDED
GIVING THE LOCATION OF THE TORNADO AND THE COMMUNITIES IN ITS PATH.

IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE TORNADO DRILL...TAKE COVER NOW. ONCE
YOU HAVE LOCATED YOUR SHELTER...YOU MAY CONSIDER THE DRILL COMPLETED
AND RESUME NORMAL ACTIVITIES.

AN ALL CLEAR MESSAGE TERMINATING THE TORNADO DRILL WILL BE ISSUED AT
930 AM. REPEATING...THIS IS THE WARNING PORTION OF THE STATE WIDE
TORNADO DRILL. THERE IS NO SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRING AT THIS TIME.

THIS IS A TEST.
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#3 Postby wx247 » Fri Feb 27, 2004 9:58 am

Does your college take part? Ours never does. But we have tornado siren testing once a month. That might be why. ;)
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#4 Postby Josephine96 » Fri Feb 27, 2004 3:43 pm

Hey Garett.. I think the college did take part in it this morning..

Also.. Look at how many counties were in that warning.. Can you ever imagine what it would be like if there were that many warnings at the same time..? :eek:
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#5 Postby ColdFront77 » Fri Feb 27, 2004 4:28 pm

According the National Weather Service in Melbourne, FL (who covers Brevard, Indian River, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Saint Lucie and Volusia counties) recommend all schools, businesses and residents to take part in the drill.

I wasn't up between 9:00 am and 10:45 am, which is typical.
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