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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
910 AM CST WED FEB 15 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A PRACTICE TORNADO WARNING 
FOR FLORIDA COUNTIES IN THE CENTRAL TIME ZONES.  THIS IS ONLY A 
DRILL... REPEAT ONLY A DRILL... NO SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING IN 
THE AREA. 

THIS TORNADO DRILL IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CST...FOR THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES IN FLORIDA...

WALTON...BAY...WASHINGTON...HOLMES...JACKSON...AND CALHOUN. 

THE PURPOSE OF THIS ANNUAL DRILL IS FOR YOU TO PRACTICE YOUR TORNADO 
SAFETY PREPAREDNESS PLANS. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD 
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND REHEARSE THEIR SAFETY PLANS. WHEN A 
TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. SOME SAFETY 
RULES TO NOTE...

IN HOMES AND BUSINESSES...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET
OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY SHELTER.

IN SCHOOLS...EVACUATE CLASSROOMS FOR AN INTERIOR HALLWAY ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. CROUCH DOWN AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

REPEATING... THIS IS A TORNADO DRILL...ONLY A DRILL. THANK YOU FOR 
PARTICIPATING IN THIS EXERCISE. 

NOTE TO OUR LISTENERS IN GEORGIA...AND ALABAMA... THE TORNADO DRILL 
WILL BE HELD NEXT WEEK IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA. 

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GOREE