Tornadoes have been spotted in Florida as Hurricane Irma bears down on Florida, poised to make landfall Sunday morning.
Video footage of one such twister was shared by Mike Seidel of the Weather Channel.
Tornadoes sighted in Broward County, FL. This one captured by @askbiged near Ft. Lauderdale #Irma pic.twitter.com/Dro1ygxOA4
— Mike Seidel (@mikeseidel) September 9, 2017
“Tornadoes sighted in Broward County, FL. This one captured by @askbiged near Ft. Lauderdale #Irma,” he tweeted.
Tornado spotted on Fort Lauderdale beach pic.twitter.com/GAsH7MNFf6
— Gene Park (@GenePark) September 9, 2017
Several tornado warnings were issued Saturday throughout Florida in connection to Irma, currently a Category 3 storm.
*At 714 PM EDT, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado was
located over Lauderhill, or over Plantation, moving west at 35 mph. pic.twitter.com/R0Cog5TeC2— Ginger Zee (@Ginger_Zee) September 9, 2017
As the National Weather Center points out: “Hurricanes bring multiple threats: storm surge, wind, inland flooding, tornadoes, rip currents.”
Several tornado warnings issued with #Irma. Hurricanes bring multiple threats: storm surge, wind, inland flooding, tornadoes, rip currents. pic.twitter.com/Cyx7hOxMxb
— NWS (@NWS) September 9, 2017
