Tornadoes in January in Florida? Is this the norm?

I honestly don't know if tornadoes are common in January in FL. They are having some bad storms now.

Tornado Warning Now

Doppler radar indicated several tornados over the county and more continue to form. The county is under a tornado warning, meaning tornadoes are imminent and occuring.

According to reports to the National Weather Service, a gas station canopy collapsed in St. Petersburg, several trees are down in Hernando County and a roof reportedly blew off in Hernando County. Street flooding was reported in parts of Sarasota.

Can anyone verify if this is common?

www.tornadoproject.com...


i hope this helps

In the Southeastern US tornadoes can occur in every month of the year. They aren't as common or powerful in Winter as they are in Spring, Summer, or Autumn, but a Winter tornado is by no means unheard of in this part of the world.

I live in Jacksonville And we had a tornadoes warning also today

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I was born and raised in Iowa but now reside in TN. I know in Iowa, this would be unusual. Same here in TN as far as I know.
Thank you for the link. Most of them are in the spring, but the data does show once in a spell they happen during the winter as well.

this might be off topic, but i've been noticing the extreme cold weather lately. the average of the last 25 days has been lower than the previous years. and yes, i'm a believer that haarp has been affecting climate here and around the world for several years. if you think about it, if weather patterns can change every few years, it basically destroys any data for weather patterns from years past. making the exceptional, the norm. weather fluctuations tend to destroy consistent amassed data. does that make sense?

Tornados can happen anywhere. Norm or not. The weather conditions have to be correct, and while those specific conditions are more common in certain areas of the world, I assure you, those conditions can be met, anywhere on earth.

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It's so hard to determine. Some of the data seems to be quite awhile ago and not all recent.
Sometimes, there is too much information regarding the changes we are experiencing and sometimes there is not enough. Can't win for losing, I guess. Just have to keep picking the information apart and then put it back into the puzzle. It gets quite confusing as I read about the earth/sky daily and there seems to be more information on a daily basis! I never know if it's normal or not. It doesn't feel quite right for myself, but that is my opinion.

I'm in florida, had a tornado touch down not even 10 miles
from where I am.

Just finally getting back on the internet.

I had everything unplugged.

I have a lightening proof structure, not tornado proof though.

The local meteorologist Paul Dellagato said it was the most torndado warnings issued he has ever seen
in his 20 years in tampa.

It was like 8 counties had tornado warnings.
Just glad no F5's

I been here for 6 years never had a warning in my area. Mutiple watches though.

I'm in St. Johns County, Florida and I seen a funnel cloud overhead earlier along with some very strong wind mixed with torrential rain. It moved through rather quick but then we got a second round and it was really dark. There was also some hail but it was small and didn't last long.

But us here in Florida can get tornadoes any time of the year really but generally January and February we don't have the bad weather. Although it's not unheard of.

Forgot to mention that I have lived in both Duval and St. Johns County my entire life so I know this local area very well.

All you need is a cold front meeting with warm air - I would say it happens earlier in the south. I know Ky had tornado warnings in Jan when I lived there. Now that I live further north most likely won't see anything until at least March or April but you never know. Stay safe in Florida friends and family. I have 4 family members there.

Originally posted by hillynilly
I'm in florida, had a tornado touch down not even 10 miles
from where I am.
The local meteorologist Paul Dellagato said it was the most torndado warnings issued he has ever seen
in his 20 years in tampa.
It was like 8 counties had tornado warnings.
Just glad no F5's

I been here for 6 years never had a warning in my area. Mutiple watches though.

edit on 25-1-2011 by hillynilly because: (no reason given)

Thank you for your input. I read so many articles on weather/earth and sky. Many of the articles state this is the worse they have seen in many, many years. That is curious to me.

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Thank you for your input!
I am too curious to know what is going on in our world....the best info is from the folks that live it!

1 Thessalonians 5 The Day of the Lord 1 About the times and the seasons: brothers, you do not need anything to be written to you. 2 For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. 3 When they say, "Peace and security," then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. "

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reply to post by SkunkSense


No. This frakking freaky. In January? No this is weird as hell. There is something going on messing with the weather patterns.

My car just got hit by hail. I hope the snot I still have a front window, but I doubt it and sure as hell am not going out to check it.

We've lost power six times tonight. Something odd is happening.

reply to post by SkunkSense
Hey Floridians,
How's your GPS working? Odd that DoD is testing something off the coast of Florida that will affect GPS in airplanes, and possibly others. Also, just wondering... got a compass? Is it reading normally. Really, I'm curious!

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I don't know about "normal" but I do know that it's definitely not unheard of.

I live in Kentucky and about 13 or so years ago, I remember a tornado in December. It was odd, but it happened.

The way things are right now though, I think we should just expect things that aren't normal. Expect the unexpected and don't be surprised by it. This world is going through pure craziness right now.

Never mind.