Current weather for Newport Beach

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TORNADO WARNING NEXT 20 MINUTES

Apocalypse much?


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WFUS56 KSGX 222252
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
248 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WESTMINSTER...TUSTIN FOOTHILLS...
TUSTIN...STANTON...SANTA ANA...SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO...SAN
CLEMENTE...PLACENTIA...ORANGE...NEWPORT BEACH...MISSION VIEJO...
LAGUNA NIGUEL...LAGUNA HILLS...LAGUNA BEACH...IRVINE...HUNTINGTON
BEACH...GARDEN GROVE...FULLERTON...FOUNTAIN VALLEY...EL TORO...DANA
POINT...COSTA MESA...ANAHEIM
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE...SAN ONOFRE

* UNTIL 345 PM PST

* AT 247 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
DANA POINT...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. SPOTTERS HAVE INDICATED
FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WATERSPOUTS WITH THIS AREA OF STORMS WHICH WILL
LIKELY MOVE ONSHORE OVER THE NEXT 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
NEWPORT BEACH BY 300 PM PST
DANA POINT BY 305 PM PST
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO BY 310 PM PST
SAN ONOFRE...AND SAN CLEMENTE BY 315 PM PST

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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
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 3371 11810 3317 11737 3337 11740 3347 11753
3369 11747 3393 11791

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