2 tornadoes touched down on the Treasure Coast
2 tornadoes touched down on the Treasure Coast
Updated: 1:19 PM EST Jan 16, 2024
WPBF 25 NEWS ON METV. STARTS NOW. BREAKING NEWS FIRST AT TEN. TWO CONFIRMED TORNADOES TEAR THROUGH THE TREASURE COAST. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO. ONE OF OUR VIEWERS CAPTURED OF A TORNADO AND THE SIDE VIEW MIRROR ON THE INTERSTATE. THAT TORNADO CROSSING I-95 NEAR THE MARTIN SAINT LUCIE COUNTY LINE. NOW LET’S GO TO NORTH STEWART, WHERE ANOTHER TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR NORTH RIVER SHORES. ALL OF THIS BETWEEN 5 AND 6 P.M. THIS EVENING. THESE ARE IMAGES TAKEN BY OUR WPBF 25 NEWS VIEWERS ACROSS THE TREASURE COAST, WHERE TORNADO WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT FOR ALMOST 90 MINUTES. GOOD EVENING, I’M TODD MCDERMOTT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AT 10:00. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU. MY CO-ANCHOR, FELICIA RODRIGUEZ IN ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT PLACES TONIGHT. NORTH RIVER SHORES AND MARTIN COUNTY REPORTER JADE JARVIS SURVEYING THE DAMAGE THERE AS WELL. WE’LL BEGIN WITH OUR CHIEF CERTIFIED METEOROLOGIST, CRIS MARTINEZ. CHRIS, THESE TORNADO WARNINGS STARTED RIGHT AFTER FIVE, AND SO DID THE TWISTERS. AND YOU’RE STILL TRACKING DOWNPOURS TONIGHT. A LITTLE BIT OF LIMITED ACTIVITY, BUT STILL ONGOING TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE. HERE’S A LOOK AT LIVE FIRST WARNING DOPPLER RADAR. GOT A LITTLE SHOWER ACTIVITY STILL CLIPPING ON THROUGH OKEECHOBEE COUNTY. BACK OUT TOWARDS PALM CITY JUST NORTH OF INDIANTOWN. YOU CAN SEE SOME LIGHT SHOWERS SO THIS IS ALL MANAGEABLE. NOTHING TOO TERRIBLY HEAVY. HERE. WE GET TO SAINT LUCIE COUNTY, A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS THROUGH PORT SAINT LUCIE BACK OUT TOWARDS TRADITIONS. SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUE THERE. BACK OUT TOWARDS US ONE LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUE TO JUST NORTH OF JENSEN. BACK OUT TOWARDS NORTH STEWART AND ALMOST UP TOWARDS FORT PIERCE. WE DO HAVE A LIMITED RAIN CHANCE RIGHT THERE AND AS WE ZOOM ON IN YOU CAN SEE JUST AROUND JENSEN BEACH BACK UP TOWARDS THE HUTCHINSON ISLAND AREA IN THE TURNPIKE. WE DO HAVE SOME…
