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In all, 15 tornadoes touched down, one of which was long lived and tracked for nearly 40 miles (64 km). Affecting mainly the Interstate 4 (I-4) corridor of Central Florida, including the Greater Orlando area, the tornadoes—among the strongest ever recorded in Florida—produced near-violent damage, killed 42 people, and caused 259 injuries.
A tornado touched down Saturday afternoon in the city of Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz County, according to the National Weather Service. It occurred around 1:40 p.m. and lasted roughly five to 10 ...
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...
Joyce Orlando, USA TODAY NETWORK. April 2, 2024 at 4:19 PM. ... Tornado warnings are issued by your local forecast office. What is a tornado emergency?
High risk convective outlook issued by the Storm Prediction center at 13:00 UTC on May 6. Starting April 30, the Storm Prediction Center noted that certain models, including the ECMWF, forecasted a multi-day period of high instability and supportive wind shear across the Southern and Central Plains, [10] and by May 1, a 15% risk was added across Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and northern Texas. [11]
The results are in. Inside Dom 3 today, within the Albion, NE tornado we measured a 53.23mb pressure drop and recovery over 1 minute, the core of which was over only 15 seconds, including a 23mb ...
Severe weather activity became more isolated and scattered on May 27, marking the end of the outbreak sequence. In all, 248 tornadoes occurred during the outbreak sequence; 21 people were killed by tornadoes while 10 other people died due to non-tornadic events as well. Over 240 people were injured.
Tornado warnings aren't part of the daily weather routine in Central Florida, but it's important to be prepared.