Tornado Warning for Cape Canaveral/Melbourne!

[Brent]

TORNADO WARNING
FLC009-050115-

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 CENTERTHROUGH 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.

[weatherFrEaK]

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 912 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH...OR
ABOUT OVER SATELLITE BEACH...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 70 MPH.

* THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...
NEAR CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP...MELBOURNE VILLAGE...WEST MELBOURNE AT
920 PM EDT

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.

[nystate]

Yikes!

[adelphi_sky]

Wow. A Tornado moving at 70 mph? Gotta be scary dude. Someone's worst nightmare. Hunker down. Is it true that tornadoes in hurricanes are only F1's and can get no higher?

[LCfromFL]

I'm not sure about the F1 thing - I heard the one in Jax from Bonnie was higher than that (but don't remember what it was - maybe F2?)

[weatherFrEaK]

Is it true that tornadoes in hurricanes are only F1's and can get no higher?

Nope, Bonnie, as only a Tropical Storm, spawned an F3 that hit near Jacksonville.