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WFUS52 KTAE 190450
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1050 PM CST WED FEB 18 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  SOUTHERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CST/1215 AM EST/

* AT 1047 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR GREENWOOD...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  MARIANNA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TWO EGG...LOVEDALE AND DELLWOOD BY 1055 PM CST...
  HAYNES AND PARRAMORE BY 1100 PM CST...
  FAIRCHILD AND SEMINOLE STATE PARK BY 1205 AM EST...
  DESSER AND SEMINOLE STATE PARK BY 1210 AM EST...
  REYNOLDSVILLE BY 1215 AM EST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL 
UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS 
OF 70 MPH. 

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST
THURSDAY MORNING/500 AM EST THURSDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3099 8475 3098 8475 3082 8478 3078 8481
      3078 8483 3076 8486 3078 8518 3090 8524
TIME...MOT...LOC 0449Z 269DEG 41KT 3085 8513

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