7846 - Tornado Watch.

[scottobear]

... Tornado threat will increase across South Florida this evening...

At 530 PM EDT... Miami and Key West Doppler radars indicated rain bands associated with Hurricane Wilma beginning to spiral slowly northeastward towards South Florida. Individual intense showers and thunderstorms within these rain bands are showing rotation... with waterspouts likely affecting the Gulf waters at this time. As the rain bands move onshore this evening... tornadoes will be likely across the area. A few strong tornadoes are even possible... especially during the late evening hours. Tornadoes associated with hurricanes typically develop quickly... so there may be very little time to act. A Tornado Watch is in effect for the area until 1 am EDT. This watch likely will be extended through the overnight hours. The rain bands will begin to affect the southwest Florida coast early this evening... then will move eastward across the rest of South Florida before midnight.

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

Comments

[weezeroni.livejournal.com]

Tornadoes too. Swell. By morning tomorrow we should be in the middle of ol' Wilma. Be careful.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I'm ready and waitin' for it to pass! :D

[weezeroni.livejournal.com]

Good. Looks like it may be close, but it should pass just to the south of us. 70-90 mph winds and a good rain. Little bit of the storm surge too, but I have hopes.

[lovebugfla.livejournal.com]

Please keep yourself safe.:( I am a worried little girl, let me tell ya! AHHHH!!! I hate these damn things....Best wishes to you and that baby, Newt!

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Newtie and I are all cool, no worries! :D

[mike3k.livejournal.com]

This one is really unsettling. We don't really know what to expect and we were anticipating it for almost a week, so we had a lot more time than usual to worry about it.

It looks like a lot of people aren't too concerned - most of them didn't put up shutters or move stuff off their patio.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

That seems to be a common theme around here, too.. I packed up the trash cans and my wind chimes, but not much else outside to worry about.

I hope you keep safe!

[mzkitten.livejournal.com]

what time ndoes it suppouse to hit is it 100% fersure
i have not seen the news
when you are 3000 miles away
you dont hear much aBOUT IT ya know
be safe hug newt ..*hugs*

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

already started on west coast and keys.. a few hours and it'll be overhead.. by 6-9 am