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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT/915 AM CDT/

* AT 850 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR GRAND RIDGE...OR 14 MILES EAST OF
  MARIANNA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SEMINOLE STATE PARK AND FAIRCHILD BY 1000 AM EDT...
  DESSER BY 1005 AM EDT...
  BETHANY...REYNOLDSVILLE AND HUTCHINSON LANDING BY 1010 AM EDT...
  HALES LANDING...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HANOVER...8 MILES SOUTH OF
  CYRENE AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF BRINSON BY 1015 AM EDT...

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 NOON EDT FRIDAY/1100 AM CDT 
FRIDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND 
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3103 8467 3081 8457 3065 8506 3080 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1352Z 251DEG 38KT 3077 8498

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