Tornado, 79 MPH Winds: Fay Kicks It Up A Notch
UPDATE: A tornado has been reported at Barefoot Bay, injuring three people, bringing today's tornado reports to five. According to via MESOWEST (The Government Mesonet), several stations are currently gusting near 50 mph as Tropical Storm Fay moves over Central Florida. But on Lake Okeechobee, it's a different story. South Florida Water Management District stations showed 65 mph gusts in the center of the lake, with 79 mph gusts on the west end (this data is only available on the old version of the MADIS data page, not on MesoWest). UPDATE: I have contacted MesoWest and they expect the data to be online soon.
Our forecast track now has her going out in the Atlantic briefly, as does The NHC [JessePedia], but they turn her west sooner. The screenshot below is from our Google Hurricane Tracker.
