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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
808 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 845 AM CDT

* AT 804 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COUNTRY OAKS...OR 12 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF VERNON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COMPASS LAKE...ROUND LAKE AND BETTS BY 815 AM CDT...
  SIMSVILLE...ROCK CREEK...OAKDALE AND SINK CREEK BY 830 AM CDT...
  ALLIANCE BY 835 AM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3078 8512 3060 8509 3056 8518 3053 8533
      3050 8544 3047 8555 3062 8556
TIME...MOT...LOC 1307Z 249DEG 43KT 3057 8549

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