Severe Weather

Watching Closely

Severe weather takes many forms across the United States, and Florida sees many of these — including devastating hurricanes and tropical storms, thunderstorms with dangerous lightning, hail and high winds, tornadoes, flooding, and more. At the core of FPREN’s service to the state of Florida is a focus on making sure that public broadcasting’s listeners and viewers have access to the latest severe weather information regardless of what media platform they use to connect to their public media organization. FPREN’s “Florida Storms” mobile app, a free download available to all, is a key tool that allows listeners to stay up to date with the latest storm information — including evacuation and shelter information, forecast storm tracks, and the latest official social media releases and information as provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center, and other official government agencies.

Source: NOAA Weather Prediction Center

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Latest Severe Weather News

A cold front brings dry air to Florida to start the week

A weak cold front will lower rain chances and also bring slightlly lower humidity values for much of Florida for part of this week.
Isaias makes landfall near Destin, widespread impacts continue

Damaging winds, tornadoes, and flash flood risk will continue throughout the weekend across the Southeast into the Mid-Atlantic.
Major Hurricane Isaias closer to land, extreme wind warning issued

Numerous damaging tornadoes are possible even after the hurricane moves inland and weakens; the heavy rains will continue throughout Saturday morning across the Florida Panhandle. (Version in Spanish here, too)
Why Hurricane Isaias could trigger tornadic supercells across northern Florida

Landfalling tropical systems have a history of producing tornadoes, but the atmospheric ingredients around Hurricane Isaias appear conducive for supercells and tornadoes across northern Florida.
Tropical Storm Isaias to become season’s first hurricane, threaten Gulf Coast

Florida faces continued heavy rain and flooding concerns as the strengthening tropical system moves toward the northern Gulf Coast, with landfall possible late Friday or early Saturday.