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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
625 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN LANIER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAKELAND...
  NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EST

* AT 619 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO ABOVE 3 MILES WEST OF HAHIRA...OR 11 MILES    
  NORTHWEST OF VALDOSTA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MOODY AFB BY 640 PM EST...
  LAKELAND BY 655 PM EST...

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

AT 623 PM EST...SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR MILE MARKER 23 
ON INTERSTATE 75 IN LOWNDES COUNTY. 

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3093 8298 3089 8346 3101 8350 3103 8337
      3103 8330 3105 8329 3109 8303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 263DEG 29KT 3095 8337

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