Why do they issue Torndado Warnings when the eye lands

[Recurve]

Possible warning format for landfalling hurricane:

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
HEY! YOU! IT'S ABOUT TO BLOW LIKE STINK WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PURDYYVILLE, FL
9:30 PM EDT MON AUG 24 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PURDYVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FREAKIN TORNADO WARNING... THE BAD PART OF HURRICANE ANITGONE IS COMIN' FOR...

CALHOOSAHATCHEELOKEELOKIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA AND OGLEEOLAWALLAMAMMA COUNTY IN THE FLORIDA KEYS

* UNTIL 3 AM EDT

* AT 9:30 PM EDT...THE GUYS WITH THE RADAR SEE SOME BAD STUFF ABOUT TO HIT YOUR HOUSE, YOUR MAMMAS HOUSE, AND THE VFW HALL DOWN THE ROAD.

THE LEADING EDGE OF THAT MESS OF WEATHER WE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE WHOLE WEEK IS JUST ABOUT HERE FOLKS.

* GONNA GET WINDY LIKE YOU NEVER SEEN. REMEMBER HOW IT WAS THAT TIME DRIVING IN YOUR UNCLE JAKE'S PICKUP WHEN THE WINDSHIELD FELL OUT AND HE FLOORED IT ON THE OLD BLACKTOP OUTSIDE A TOWN? THIS IS GONNA BE WORSE.

IT'S GONNA BE LIKE A LEAF BLOWER STUCK IN YOUR EAR. IF YOU AIN'T ALREADY IN THE BATHTUB WITH A MATTRESS OVER YOUR HEAD, WHAT THE HECK YOU WAITIN FOR?

TELL YOUR LITTLE BROTHER TO MOVE HIS BUTT AWAY FROM THE PICTURE WINDOW AND BRING HIS TEDDY INTO THE BATHROOM CAUSE IT'S GONNA GET REAL NASTY. YOU GONNA SEE YOUR OLD MAN CRY LIKE A BABY AND YOU GONNA SCREAM LIKE A LITTLE GIRL I BET.

DON'T BE A DOOFUS AND GO OUTSIDE JUST CAUSE IT CALMS DOWN A LITTLE BIT. THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THE "EYE" AND IT JUST MEANS YOU'RE GONNA GET WHACKED IN THE HEAD BY A 2X4 IN A FEW MINUTES IF YOU GO OUT THERE.

WE COULD USE A LOT OF TECHNICAL TERMS LIKE EYEWALL AND MESOVORTICES AND "ONSET OF INCLEMENT WEATHER" BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT NONE OF THAT MEANS ANYWAY.

SO JUST HUNKER DOWN, CAUSE ANYTHING THAT'S NOT NAILED DOWN AND HALF THE STUFF THAT IS WILL BE FLYING THROUGH YOUR HOUSE IN ABOUT AN HOUR. YOU SHOULDA TOLE THE OLD MAN NEXT DOOR TO GET HIS CHICKEN COOP OUTTA THE YARD, BUT SINCE YOU DIDN'T, YOU GONNA HAVE FEATHERS AND BEAKS BLASTIN THROUGH YOUR WALL AND THAT OLD SCHOOL BUS GONNA BE BLOWN RIGHT UP ON THE ROOF BEFORE LONG. MIGHT EVEN HAIL.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

FORECASTER SMITTY

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[Brent]

[thunderchief]

ROFL

[Weatherfreak14]

ROFLMFBO!!!

[otowntiger]

NWS in Jackson, MS issued a tornado warning for our county when Katrina's eyewall began to move over us.

I think this is done because the areas under the warning are expected to be experiencing tornado like winds for a prolonged period of time. (and in our case, that is exactly what happened )

I thought it looked to me that the eyewall of Katrina moved well to the east of Jackson. What kind of winds did you get there? All the reports that I saw had you in the 50mph range.

[Alacane]

Most people have a battery powered radio, or a NOAA Weather Radio, so there's where they can get it from...

During Katrina, our power here in Mobile went off around 9am. My weather radio had been sounding all morning. I replaced the battery after the power went off, and the weather radio had been knocked off the air. It remained off the air for several days. If not for our regular battery operated radio, we would have had no access to weather information. Backups are necessary!

[timNms]

NWS in Jackson, MS issued a tornado warning for our county when Katrina's eyewall began to move over us.

I think this is done because the areas under the warning are expected to be experiencing tornado like winds for a prolonged period of time. (and in our case, that is exactly what happened )

I thought it looked to me that the eyewall of Katrina moved well to the east of Jackson. What kind of winds did you get there? All the reports that I saw had you in the 50mph range.

The only 50 mph winds we saw here occured around 10 am. When the eyewall (yep, the eyewall) passed over us in Covington County, our sustained winds were at least 85-90 mph with gusts to around 120mph. (as per local tv station's met who emailed me 2 weeks after the storm)

[otowntiger]

NWS in Jackson, MS issued a tornado warning for our county when Katrina's eyewall began to move over us.

I think this is done because the areas under the warning are expected to be experiencing tornado like winds for a prolonged period of time. (and in our case, that is exactly what happened )

I thought it looked to me that the eyewall of Katrina moved well to the east of Jackson. What kind of winds did you get there? All the reports that I saw had you in the 50mph range.

The only 50 mph winds we saw here occured around 10 am. When the eyewall (yep, the eyewall) passed over us in Covington County, our sustained winds were at least 85-90 mph with gusts to around 120mph. (as per local tv station's met who emailed me 2 weeks after the storm)

I'm guessing Covington County is well to the south and east of Jackson proper, because I don't see how Jackson could have gotten the eyewall, and even if she did, by that time the winds were significantly lower than what the local met stated

[timNms]

NWS in Jackson, MS issued a tornado warning for our county when Katrina's eyewall began to move over us.

I think this is done because the areas under the warning are expected to be experiencing tornado like winds for a prolonged period of time. (and in our case, that is exactly what happened )

I thought it looked to me that the eyewall of Katrina moved well to the east of Jackson. What kind of winds did you get there? All the reports that I saw had you in the 50mph range.

The only 50 mph winds we saw here occured around 10 am. When the eyewall (yep, the eyewall) passed over us in Covington County, our sustained winds were at least 85-90 mph with gusts to around 120mph. (as per local tv station's met who emailed me 2 weeks after the storm)

I'm guessing Covington County is well to the south and east of Jackson proper, because I don't see how Jackson could have gotten the eyewall, and even if she did, by that time the winds were significantly lower than what the local met stated

Covington County is about 60 miles south of Jackson if you travel highway 49...or about 90-100 miles north of Gulfport. Trust me, our winds here were every bit what the met said they were!