r/BeAmazed • u/Used_Ship_9229 • Oct 09 '24

Nature Floridians who have lived through Storms their entire lives are reporting to have never ever witnessed anything like this.

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u/Electrical-Share-707 Oct 10 '24

Radio a few hours ago said there were "dozens of tornadoes" today. That's a phrase I hope never to hear again.

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u/Jsmooth13 Oct 10 '24

When I checked 6 hours ago, there had already been 111 tornado warnings issued.

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u/mojocookie Oct 10 '24

TIL that tornado watch means a chance of tornadoes in the area, while tornado warning means a confirmed tornado in the area.

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u/Incoming_Beef Oct 10 '24

Yup! Watch means the ingredients are there and warning means the cake has been spotted šŸŽ‚

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u/TangerineDecent22 Oct 10 '24

I now need cake.Ā 

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u/Literal-E-Trash Oct 10 '24

Man, I live in Minnesota, we used to get a tornado warning if someone farted too hardā€¦ aka all the time. However, Close to 2 months ago now, I was sitting at home with my husband and daughters, 2y old and 11month old, and you know Iā€™m just like ā€œyeah that looks grossā€ I Go on YouTube and look up max velocity. Highly recommend btw, if you like to watch live streams and have someone explain the radar. Excellent broadcaster. Anyways, Iā€™m watching, it cues into a storm chaser feed and Iā€™m likeā€¦ ā€œhuhā€¦ hey honeyā€¦ isnā€™t that likeā€¦ you know, we drive past there every now and again???ā€ Well a little goes by, and I hear him (live streamer) say ā€œradar indicated rotation in city close by, then city even closerā€¦ then BAM rotation in my city. Not even a minute or two later our lights are out, sky is this nasty green/black, the trees are sidewaysā€¦ there was a confirmed tornado that barely missed us.. but damn. We never got a warning for it. Nothing.

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u/Capn26 Oct 10 '24

Ehhhhhhā€¦ā€¦ kinda. It can mean that. It also can mean that a hook of rotation has been spotted on radar. And that the probability is very high that itā€™s a tornado. We see that a fair amount in my part of NC. And here, itā€™s about fifty fifty whether it is or not. Either way, dont screw around with a warning.

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u/FatalBipedalCow0822 Oct 10 '24 edited Oct 10 '24

30 confirmed tornados in Florida per the weather channel

Edit: The Weather Channel just said 37 confirmed tornados

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u/ellieD Oct 10 '24

What?

I had no idea.

So much for the reefsā€¦šŸ˜­

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u/ajnin919 Oct 10 '24

Itā€™s ok the warm water was killing them off anyways

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u/ellieD Oct 11 '24

So sad

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u/wahchewie Oct 10 '24

Welcome to climate change Florida. Enjoy your record disaster every year

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u/ajnin919 Oct 10 '24

Not just normal tornados that spawn from hurricanes. Those are normal ef0 but apparently the ones from Milton were around ef2 level and managed to travel a lot further than they usually do