Wilma Tornado Warnings and Watches

[conestogo_flood]

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 836
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
340 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

TORNADO WATCH 836 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

FLC011-015-017-021-027-043-049-051-053-055-057-071-081-086-087-
099-101-103-105-115-119-240500-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0836.051023T1940Z-051024T0500Z/

FL
. FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BROWARD
CHARLOTTE
CITRUS
COLLIER
DESOTO
GLADES
HARDEE
HENDRY
HERNANDO
HIGHLANDS
HILLSBOROUGH
LEE
MANATEE
MIAMI-DADE
MONROE
PALM BEACH
PASCO
PINELLAS
POLK
SARASOTA
SUMTER
$$

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Be alert!

[Josephine96]

I guess the watch for Osceola will not be issued till late tonight or very early tomorrow

[HURAKAN]

I was expecting it. The tornado threat is being discussed a lot in the news.

[conestogo_flood]

[wsquared77]

I have to admit that the tornado threat is what worries me the most. Seems like I can sort of prepare for the hurricane, but it doesn't seem there is much to do to prepare for a tornado!

[KatDaddy]

This is the start my Floridian friends. Be careful and safe. Godspeed to all of you.

[HURAKAN]

I have to admit that the tornado threat is what worries me the most. Seems like I can sort of prepare for the hurricane, but it doesn't seem there is much to do to prepare for a tornado!

AGREE COMPLETELY!

[Josephine96]

Thank you Kat.. I've got a bad feeling about the next 12-18 hours.. maybe 24.. it could get nasty

[conestogo_flood]

Speaking of WFOR, they just reported a tornado watch has been issued for the Keys, and the met is anticipating a watch to be issued later tonight for southern Florida. He must not be the smartest met out there, everyone call your friends to warn them! They were probably just told it would be issued later tonight, even though it has been in effect for almost 20 minutes.

[WxGuy1]

Speaking of WFOR, they just reported a tornado watch has been issued for the Keys, and the met is anticipating a watch to be issued later tonight for southern Florida. He must not be the smartest met out there, everyone call your friends to warn them! They were probably just told it would be issued later tonight, even though it has been in effect for almost 20 minutes.

The watch text indicates that the SPC will likely issues another watch farther east later tonight, in addition to the current watch.

[conestogo_flood]

Speaking of WFOR, they just reported a tornado watch has been issued for the Keys, and the met is anticipating a watch to be issued later tonight for southern Florida. He must not be the smartest met out there, everyone call your friends to warn them! They were probably just told it would be issued later tonight, even though it has been in effect for almost 20 minutes.

The watch text indicates that the SPC will likely issues another watch farther east later tonight, in addition to the current watch.

No no no, he said "looks like a tornado watch has been issued for the Keys, here in Miami the SPC will probably issue a tornado watch later tonight.". Heck, he just said it again, most of southern Florida is under a tornado watch, but he is saying it is only for the Keys. So everyone under the watch in all other counties are probably thinking they have nothing to worry.

[linkerweather]

Miami dade and Broward county are in the watch

[Josephine96]

Tornado watch right next door in Polk County, later tonight I'm betting Osceola will be included too

[conestogo_flood]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
548 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HARDEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
NORTHEASTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER NORTHWESTERN HARDEE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15
MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT...
FORT GREEN BY 550 PM EDT.
FORT LONESOME BY 615 PM EDT.

AT 545 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED SEVERAL
PUBLIC SITINGS OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST SOUTHWEST OF ZOLFO
SPRINGS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD AND
BODY WITH PILLOWS OR BLANKETS.

[Josephine96]

beat me to it.. I was just gonna post that. I just saw a picture of a tornado/waterspout over the Keys earlier, the thing looked huge..

Here we go Central Florida..

[conestogo_flood]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
649 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME WESTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY...
SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY...

THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YEEHAW JUNCTION...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 649 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A TORNADO OVER THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE...3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
YEEHAW JUNCTION...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE CROSS STATE ROAD 60 AND PASS NEAR THE
OSCEOLA AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTY LINE NEAR YEEHAW JUNCTION THROUGH
715 PM...

THE IMMEDIATE DANGER OF A TORNADO IS HIGH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS
DEVELOPING TORNADO ARE URGED TO QUICKLY PREPARE FOR ITS APPROACH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION! ACT NOW...SECONDS CAN SAVE LIVES!

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN A STRONG
BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
BATHROOM OR CLOSET. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF NECESSARY...GET UNDER
A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME OR RV FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...GET INTO AN
UNFLOODED DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS AND
ARMS. ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE IF THE TORNADO IS NEARBY.

LAT...LON 2755 8094 2756 8074 2786 8072 2785 8098

$$

CRISTALDI

[SamSagnella]

post all tornado watches/warnings/SVSs to the stickied thread at the top of the page.

Can we lock all of the other tornado threads please?

[MGC]

Checking out the Key West radar, it appears that a tornadic cell is located a good bit offshore of Ft. Myers, moving NW. Tornadoes will be a big threat tonight as Wilma comes ashore......MGC

[conestogo_flood]

TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND SRN FL.

WILMA CONTINUES MOVING ENEWD TOWARD SWRN FL ATTM...WHILE INDIVIDUAL
THUNDERSTORM CELLS WITHIN LOOSELY-DEFINED OUTER BANDS CONTINUE TO
SHOW ROTATION. ALONG WITH NNWWD-MOVING CELLS MOVING ACROSS THE FL
KEYS...A CLUSTER OF WEAKLY-ROTATING STORMS IS ALSO INDICATED FROM
THE TAMPA AREA EWD INTO OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES -- INVOF
WEAK BAROCLINIC ZONE LYING W-E ACROSS THIS AREA. THREE TORNADOES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE PAST HOUR -- ONE IN HARDEE COUNTY AND TWO
IN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...AND THREAT SHOULD PERSIST ACROSS THIS REGION
INVOF SURFACE BOUNDARY -- WHERE ENHANCED LOW-LEVEL SHEAR/VORTICITY
EXISTS.

EXPECT OVERALL TORNADO THREAT TO INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL AND S FL
WITH TIME...AS CENTER OF WILMA CONTINUES EASING CLOSER TO THE SWRN
FL PENINSULA.