With all these twister activities...

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With all these twister activities...

#1 Postby Josephine96 » Mon May 24, 2004 8:18 pm

It's given me the urge to flashback to the outbreak in 1998 that we had here in Central Florida.

Here's the warning that nearly could've killed me if I were asleep {thankfully I wasn't}



ZCZC MIATORMLB ALL 230620
TTAA00 KMLB DDHHMM (230522)
FLC097-230620-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1222 AM EST MON FEB 23 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE FL HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 120 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

...NORTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY

AT 1218 AM EST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKELAND MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OSCEOLA COUNTY NEAR INTERCESSION CITY...KISSIMMEE...AND THE ATTRACTIONS AREA. THE STORM WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO SOUTHWEST ORANGE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY UNTIL 1240 AM. THIS WARNING MAY BE EXTENDED.

CARS AND MOBILE HOMES CAN BE TOSSED ABOUT BY TORNADO WINDS. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN YOUR VEHICLE. ABANDON VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES WHEN THREATENED BY A TORNADO AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

SHARP
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