Tornado Warning from Justin & Wayne, Weather Guys for WMBB, CH 13, PC

DuneLaker · 04-02-2009, 09:12 AM

Tornado Warning for Panama City Beach 9 a.m. Thursday, April 2, just to the east of SoWal. Justin and Wayne are doing a good weather reporting job on WMBB CH 13, Panama City, FL. Lots of flooding news, too, in the area. Be extra careful today as you are driving around Northwest Florida.

Smiling JOe · 04-02-2009, 09:18 AM

I always get confused between with Warning and Watch. Folks, this is a Tornado Warning, meaning a tornado has been seen. It is expected to hit land around 9:25am in Bay County.

Today is not the day to take a long bicycle ride. Stay close to shelter today, and keep your ears and eyes peeled. If you hear a freight train, seek shelter immediately, or run and jump into a ditch, because we don't have any trains -- that would be the sound of a tornado!

singinchicken · 04-02-2009, 09:43 AM

Actually, with today's technologies that are in place warning will be issued based on radar returns. If doppler shows any kind of rotation, it automatically causes a warning to be issued by NOAA's National Weather Service. Human eyes don't have to be in play. I'm guessing, though, that your saying "a tornado has been seen" encompasses that.

The upside is that there is more time given to the warnees. The flip side is that there are a lot more warnings. I hope people don't start taking it as crying wolf.
I have a friend who grew up in Tulsa. He said that sirens used to go off so much that most didn't heed them. He has a great picture of himself as a kid playing in the street with a tornado going by in the background. Crazy!

Smiling JOe · 04-02-2009, 10:08 AM

EOC (Emergency Operations Center) morning report >>>click here<<<

DuneLaker · 04-02-2009, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by singinchicken

Actually, with today's technologies that are in place warning will be issued based on radar returns. If doppler shows any kind of rotation, it automatically causes a warning to be issued by NOAA's National Weather Service. Human eyes don't have to be in play. I'm guessing, though, that your saying "a tornado has been seen" encompasses that.

The upside is that there is more time given to the warnees. The flip side is that there are a lot more warnings. I hope people don't start taking it as crying wolf.
I have a friend who grew up in Tulsa. He said that sirens used to go off so much that most didn't heed them. He has a great picture of himself as a kid playing in the street with a tornado going by in the background. Crazy!

That is all true, and thanks for the extra notes, SC. When there is a tornado warning in the next county over (less than 15 miles from my beach house); and it is raining so hard I can't see the lake; and the trees are blowing sideways due to 35 - 50+ mph winds; I tend to take a little extra notice. Wave action in gulf is another little sign I look to.

Brenda Rees · 04-02-2009, 10:47 AM

Waves are still roaring, but the rain has finally let up. Lou, the heron, was poking around the outfall, and O the Osprey was hovering overhead. About 15 pelicans also were cruising along the beach, headed back east. Maybe we'll catch a break and have our weather settle down for a while.

Lady D · 04-02-2009, 11:47 AM

The website for WHJG Channel 7 in PC Beach is showing a tornado watch until 2:00 p.m. for the area. That is the station we always watch when at the beach. I saw where several areas were flooded though.

Beach Runner · 04-02-2009, 01:41 PM

Any damage reports?

jdarg · 04-02-2009, 03:35 PM

It is raining so hard - I can barely see across the street.

gotothebeachmom · 04-02-2009, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jdarg

It is raining so hard - I can barely see across the street.

Still? I know it's been coming down here pretty steady all day. We need it though. Let me know if you see my house float by!

NoHall · 04-02-2009, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by singinchicken

Actually, with today's technologies that are in place warning will be issued based on radar returns. If doppler shows any kind of rotation, it automatically causes a warning to be issued by NOAA's National Weather Service. Human eyes don't have to be in play. I'm guessing, though, that your saying "a tornado has been seen" encompasses that.

The upside is that there is more time given to the warnees. The flip side is that there are a lot more warnings. I hope people don't start taking it as crying wolf.
I have a friend who grew up in Tulsa. He said that sirens used to go off so much that most didn't heed them. He has a great picture of himself as a kid playing in the street with a tornado going by in the background. Crazy!

And yet that system still misses a few. They're so unpredictable!

Beach Runner · 04-02-2009, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jdarg

It is raining so hard - I can barely see across the street.

The same has been true here in GA multiple times in the past 12 hours. My shoes filled with water and my pants got soaked from the knees down when I left work to go to lunch and run errands.

Lady D · 04-02-2009, 06:53 PM

We are having our second round of storms right now. It stormed earlier today, got 2 inches of rain, and now it is storming again. We sure are not lacking in rain. We had 5.5 inches last week alone.