Jason Harris
EF5
Actually some action out there: tornado warning for Palm Beach county (having trouble viewing SRV from radar sites but on Nexrad from Miami via wunderground.com looks like strongest rotation is west of Rivera Beach, but not too impressive really) and decent cell severe-warned near Orlando with 2 TVS and weak mes-marker and estimated 1.5 hail (2 now) on GR3, though penny-size (now nickle reported, now quarter Orlando) only in the warning text, and 60+ winds heading SE. Looks to be a bit of rotation there on SRV1 in SE quadrant.
The 0-1km helicity just don't look promising right now for a tornado, unlike AL but SB CAPE is obviously sufficient to keep towers building up with 2500-3500 more south/central. Probably just fall apart quickly though, as is t typical out here AFD only notes "modest low level shear" Maybe someone around West Palm Beach will get lucky and see a waterspout?
update: Orlando area storm will expire due to weakening.
update: "The public reported a funnel cloud around 3:30 PM) for West Palm Beach tornado warned storm.
"A potential tornado touched down near the Port of Palm Beach and was moving southeast at 10 mph."
http://www.wpbf.com/weather/19056466/detail.html
update: tornado warning for Northern Okaloosa County. ON GR3 only weak meso marker, but looks like there might be something cooking SE of Brewton and NE of Crestview with the turbulence there on SRV1 but nothing that looks like a distinct couplet. Can't help but wonder what exactly was the threshold reached for the warning.
Should at least be able to see a lightning flash sometime this evening as things drift East.
update: well, heard a little thunder around Melbourne. Cruddy low level southernly flow blocks view of anything. The main action is in the panhandle. A house lost its roof in orange county near Orlando though--thought to be downburst rather than tornado.
The 0-1km helicity just don't look promising right now for a tornado, unlike AL but SB CAPE is obviously sufficient to keep towers building up with 2500-3500 more south/central. Probably just fall apart quickly though, as is t typical out here AFD only notes "modest low level shear" Maybe someone around West Palm Beach will get lucky and see a waterspout?
update: Orlando area storm will expire due to weakening.
update: "The public reported a funnel cloud around 3:30 PM) for West Palm Beach tornado warned storm.
"A potential tornado touched down near the Port of Palm Beach and was moving southeast at 10 mph."
http://www.wpbf.com/weather/19056466/detail.html
update: tornado warning for Northern Okaloosa County. ON GR3 only weak meso marker, but looks like there might be something cooking SE of Brewton and NE of Crestview with the turbulence there on SRV1 but nothing that looks like a distinct couplet. Can't help but wonder what exactly was the threshold reached for the warning.
Should at least be able to see a lightning flash sometime this evening as things drift East.
update: well, heard a little thunder around Melbourne. Cruddy low level southernly flow blocks view of anything. The main action is in the panhandle. A house lost its roof in orange county near Orlando though--thought to be downburst rather than tornado.
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