* * * * TORNADO WARNING - EAS ACTIVATION * * * * THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 445 AM EDT * AT 408 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF TAMPA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PETER O KNIGHT AIRPORT...DAVIS ISLANDS. MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE...SOUTH TAMPA. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IN A STRONG AND WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDING. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT SAFE. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR CULVERT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASE CALL 813-645-2323. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA. && LAT...LON 2789 8254 2797 8244 2789 8241 2792 8248 2786 8248 2782 8244 2781 8242 2785 8242 2787 8240 2782 8238 2778 8241 2780 8245 2783 8246 2781 8250 2785 8256 TIME...MOT...LOC 0810Z 122DEG 19KT 2781 8243
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:12:43 +0000
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