STORM2K

WFUS52 KMLB 162023
TORMLB
FLC085-162050-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
322 PM EST TUE MAR 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 350 PM EST

* AT 320 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A TORNADO NEAR HOBE SOUND...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. REPORTS
INDICATED
A TORNADO FURTHER INLAND WITH THIS STORM.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HOBE SOUND BEACH...JOHNATHAN
DICKINSON STATE PARK AND PORT SALERNO.

TAKE COVER NOW IN HOBE SOUND AND HOBE SOUND BEACH.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO 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.

LAT...LON 2713 8030 2696 8023 2711 7961 2736 7971

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WWWW


WWUS52 KMLB 162028
SVSMLB
FLC085-162050-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
327 PM EST TUE MAR 16 2004

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY UNTIL 350
PM EST...

AT 325 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

DOPPER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE A TORNADO JUST WEST OF
HOBE SOUND AND HOBE SOUND BEACH MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

RESIDENTS OF HOBE SOUND AND HOBE SOUND BEACH SHOULD TAKE COVER IN
A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE COVER.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR NEAR
THE CENTER OF THE HOUSE IN A CLOSET OR SMALL ROOM. USE BLANKETS OR
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 2714 8027 2696 8022 2702 7984 2724 7989

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Sounds interesting Being from the Scotland, is it normal for Florida to have tornadoes? I have been a few times, and one of those times i had a tornado warning but i thought that thuderstorms there although frequent, hardly any of them became tornadic?


Cheers
Ross

Florida isn't known for tornadic thunderstorms, although they are more common than places like New England and across the Northwestern U.S.

Thanks The uk has the largest number of tornadoes per square mile in the world, but i've only ever seen 4 funnel clouds

You're welcome rb.


Tornado Alley Map:

Florida frequently comes in as one of the top 5 states on an annual basis for reported tornadoes. Tornadoes in Florida are most often associated with winter time systems that generate large thunderstorms either over the GOM or the Peninsula itself. They have been quite damaging and deadly as a matter of fact. Tornado frequency in FL is greatest in the Dec-Feb timeframe as by March the greatest frequency begins to shift northwest through the Gulf Coast States and into TX. It's very dangerous to believe that tornadoes can't happen in FL just as it's dangerous to believe that they can't happen here in AZ where there have been fatalities due to tornadoes.

Steve

That's true, Steve. I hope I didn't allude that Florida tornadoes were rare. I have lived in the state since June 2000 and there have been several
warnings issued since then from the Melbourne, Ruskin (Tampa Bay Area) and Jacksonville NWS offices.

In fact, there was actually a Tornado Warning issued at 3:22 pm Eastern... in effect until 3:50 pm Eastern, which I assume you say in this forum.

I hope nobody got hurt in Martin County.. I didn't know these storms were that strong at times

Nah no real damage or injuries as it was only an F0.

Thanks for the help everyone Trying to learn as mush as i can about the weather in the USA