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BULLETIN - INMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
551 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTH FLORIDA

	...DUVAL COUNTY

AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS.

AT 645 PM EDT A NAVAL WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND
AT INTERSTATE 295 AND RIVERSIDE AVENUE AREA. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO
THE SAN MARCO AND ARLINGTON AREAS. ADDITIONALLY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHSIDE AND BEACHES AREAS THROUGH
630 PM EDT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.
GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE 
LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. 
AVOID WINDOWS.

MOHLIN/SANDRIK