A terrifying sight to see.
Watch as this multi-vortex tornado crosses the highway in Harlan, IA! A tornado watch remains in effect until late this evening.
#iawx
Congratulations to our Morning Meteorologist Juli Marquez on 20 years at Bay News 9! Juli is a great meteorologist and good friend, we are lucky to have her on our team.
It is really wrong for the national media to tease "another hurricane coming to Florida" while showing video of massive Ian damage. That just scares people already tramatized from Ian. Nicole is no Ian... not even close!
Congratulations to our Josh Linker on his 20th Anniversary here
@BN9
! A great meteorologist and good friend through more "named storms" than either of us can remember. Keep "tracking!" (He was only 16 when he started. )
This big swing
#Idalia
took today will have huge implications for the forecast into the Gulf of Mexico tomorrow. Computer models trying to recalculate every 6 hours but it is a tough forecast and this swing to the south and east may not be good for TB & Nature Coast. We'll see.
The good news is it is 8:35 pm and we still don't see any signs of tornadic circulations with
#Elsa
. That could change, hope I'm not jinxing us. Tornado Watch is up until 11 pm but so far so good on the Doppler.
#Klystron9
#flwx
6PM POWER OUTAGES
TECO: 160,000
DUKE ENERGY: 202,032
FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT: 984,920
WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER ELECTRIC CO-OP: 6,037
LAKELAND ELECTRIC: 29,052
Total: 1,382,041
Dear
@ABC
News, I know you like to hype the weather but can you please stop calling everything a Tornado Emergency. It waters down the effectiveness for when it really is needed...in one city/town for one tornado about to hit.
SUN 6AM: Intensity forecast is raised a little more, don't be surprised if this it is higher than a category1 later. This is a bad track for storm surge from Tampa Bay northward and especially on the Nature Coast.
24 Hour Rainfall from
#Eta
Sun City Center 9.37
St. Petersburg 8.15
Riverview 8.10
Bradenton 7.09
Samoset 7.05
Largo 6.68
Sarasota 6.84
Dunedin 6.47
St. Petersburg Carillon 6.13
Lutz 5.48
Palm Harbor 5.26
Plant City 5.05
Trinity 5.01
Holiday 4.72
#Klyston9
getting a new, stronger radome, bigger dish, and new dual pol electronics on the tower today. Weather couldn’t have been better for the crew.
I saw two dozen big power repair trucks on the interstate in
#Tampa
this morning heading north. Hurricane help in reverse. Hang in there up north. Florida is on the way.
#cold
#poweroutage
Confidence is increasing on a major hurricane making landfall late tonight in the Big Bend or Nature Coast. You won't find the computer models in better agreement. A storm surge of 8-12' is expected along the coast of Citrus & Levy counties!
#IDALIA
#Klystron9
radar update at 9:52 pm, the eye is almost due west of St. Pete.
#Idalia
continues to strengthen, the eye is getting smaller and it is moving quickly to the north.
On this National Weatherperson's Day I am beyond grateful to have such an incredible staff of experienced meteorologists and good friends here in Tampa. They make my life easier.
#nationalweatherpersonsday
#flwx
Possible tornado or straight line winds does significant damage to homes near IMG Academy in Bradenton this evening. 1 injury. Video from Kelly Regan.
#flwx
@BN9
@NWSTampaBay
Not a good way to start a Monday. Now forecast to be a major hurricane hitting north of Tampa Bay... in other words our worst case scenario for storm surge. Use today to rush your preparedness!
A
#tropical
depression will likely form later today from a low pressure system located about 150 miles east o f Barbados. Intensity models are not very bullish on development. But as I always say- in the peak of the season you have to watch everything.
#flwx
Winds gusting to 50 mph on the ground but several thousand feet up, the winds are almost 70 mph. Very unusual for this part of the country. This data is the special weather balloon launched in Ruskin a short time ago.
#Tornado
#flwx
#TampaBay
#Tampa
's high today was only 56 which was 22 degrees below normal! This breaks the record coolest max temp on this date which was 59 in 1901. This is the coldest day since late Jan.
We made it out to Fort Myers beach this morning. There really isn’t much damage in Fort Myers until you get within about a mile of the coast. On the barrier islands, everything is gone. Many watermarks of 12-15’ surge. New construction did much better than old
5 am TUE - Track is shifted slightly east. The front coming down into the Gulf might help push Ian slightly east sooner. But it would be a stronger hurricane still. The exact location of the center will determine the storm surge for TB. This will be a long duration event.
In my experience over many years, it is best for politicians to not make comments about meteorologists and the weather in general because they are almost always wrong.
BREAKING: After Mayor Breed accused
@NWSBayArea
of not sufficiently warning the city of the powerful storm—the agency has shot back.
It alerted the city 10 days before and even attended the city's planning meeting on Dec. 28th.
@sfstandard
⬇️
#Elsa
observation from St Pete at 7 am. Pretty unimpressive with calm winds. Normally with a TS near EYW we’d be breezy by now with rapidly moving CU. Circulation envelope must be very small.
Just finished 3 conf calls with the news managers and Spectrum execs from around the country. Ian is looking bad for our area in just about every scenario. The slow movement is something we haven't experienced since I've been here for 25 years. It did happen with Easy in 1950.
Wow, in our hurricane history (1851) there has only been one major hurricane landfall on the FL East Coast north of Indian River Co. That was Dora in 1964 in St. Augustine. Dora actually had a similar path that
#Dorian
might take. Thanks
@islivingston
#FLwx
End of an era. We’ve had a Baron Fastrac on here in our weather office for exactly 20 years. I just took it off the air for the last time. It has been replaced and pushed aside by newer software many years ago but now it is time to say so long to Fastrac.
I’m speaking at the annual Treasure Island Hurricane Meeting tonight. They always have interesting snacks. Want to try the category 5 salsa? Not me.
@bn9weather
@BN9
Talked to my 80 y.o. aunt in Brenham TX this evening. She said power keeps going on and off. When the power is off she said she plans what she is going to do when the power is on. Last time she made warmed up some soup and cornbread. She's hanging in there.
#txpoweroutage
#txwx
Thinking about just going to a public shelter in a hurricane? This is how much space you will get! A shelter is a life-boat, not a cruise ship. I’m 6’ 2” and I wouldn’t fit.
@bn9weather
@BN9