000 WFUS52 KMLB 251825 TORMLB FLC127-251915- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0014.061225T1824Z-061225T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 125 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PORT ORANGE...SOUTH DAYTONA...PONCE INLET...ORMOND BEACH...HOLLY HILL...EDGEWATER...DAYTONA BEACH. * UNTIL 215 PM EST * AT 125 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAYTONA BEACH INTL SPEEDWAY...OR ABOUT NEAR LAKE HELEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE IN DELAND...AND THE SAME STORM SYSTEM DAMAGED SEVERAL HOMES IN LAKE COUNTY NEAR LESSBURG. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DAYTONA BEACH INTL SPEEDWAY...SOUTH DAYTONA AND PORT ORANGE BY 135 PM EST DAYTONA BEACH...HOLLY HILL...ORMOND BEACH AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILBUR BY THE SEA BY 140 PM EST THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ACT NOW IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE TORNADO TO DEVELOP BEFORE ACTING...YOU MAY NOT SEE OR HEAR ITS APPROACH. DO NOT GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD! THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 2907 8134 2894 8119 2896 8061 2972 8093 $$