Have you ever seen this many tornado warnings at once..?

[Josephine96]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
413 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 412 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED
BANDS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES WRAPPED
AROUND THE EYE OF HURRICANE RITA. THE EYE WAS LOCATED 17 MILES EAST
OF JEFFERSON COUNTY MOVING NORTH AT 12 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VINTON...
SULPHUR...
DE QUINCY...

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...
OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3059 9484 2983 9429 3004 9301 3120 9359
3105 9461

$$

[Derek Ortt]

they're often issued for the eye wall passage, so that people take the appropriate shelter

[Deb321]

Yes I believe with Ivan and Frances last year. I'm not positive but I think during Ivan you had more tornadoes than with any other storm. I know with Frances it was quite alot but not sure of the exact number since I had no power at the time. I do remember Steve Weagle saying on the radio alot of tornadic action was taking place.

[scostorms]

Yup, look at this tornado warning for my area... I'm Kitchener - Cambridge - Region of Waterloo

198
WWCN11 CWTO 220113
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 6:08 PM EDT SUNDAY 22 MAY 2004.
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WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO...

TORNADO WARNING FOR:
=NEW= GODERICH - BLUEWATER - SOUTHERN HURON COUNTY
=NEW= WINGHAM - BLYTH - NORTHERN HURON COUNTY
=NEW= STRATFORD - MITCHELL - SOUTHERN PERTH COUNTY
=NEW= LISTOWEL - MILVERTON - NORTHERN PERTH COUNTY
=NEW= ORANGEVILLE - GRAND VALLEY - SOUTHERN DUFFERIN COUNTY
=NEW= SHELBURNE - MANSFIELD - NORTHERN DUFFERIN COUNTY
=NEW= INNISFIL - NEW TECUMSETH - ANGUS
=NEW= MOUNT FOREST - ARTHUR - NORTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY
=NEW= GUELPH - ERIN - SOUTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY
=NEW= KITCHENER - CAMBRIDGE - REGION OF WATERLOO
=NEW= CITY OF HAMILTON
=NEW= CALEDON
=NEW= MISSISSAUGA - BRAMPTON
=NEW= HALTON HILLS - MILTON
=NEW= BURLINGTON - OAKVILLE
=NEW= WOODSTOCK - TILSONBURG - OXFORD COUNTY
=NEW= BRANTFORD - COUNTY OF BRANT
=NEW= SAUGEEN SHORES - KINCARDINE - SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY
=NEW= HANOVER - DUNDALK - SOUTHERN GREY COUNTY
=NEW= LONDON - PARKHILL - EASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY

FUNNEL CLOUDS SPOTTED IN AN AREA FROM EXETER TO STRATFORD.
THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE EVENING WITH
THE LIKELYHOOD OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AT ANY GIVEN
TIME. A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHERN HURON
COUNTY AT 6:02PM NEAR WINTHROP.

THIS IS A WARNING THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORNADOES ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS. TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.

[isobar]

I think the NWS practice of issuing tornado warnings for eyewall passage is misleading. Yes, it gets people's attention, but you don't see it done for a derecho, for example, even though the winds can be just as damaging.

An "eyewall wind warning" or "severe damaging wind warning" would be more appropriate.

This of course does not pertain to actual tornadoes, which occur primarily in the outer bands.