Severe Thunderstorm warning issued for the theme park areas

Nov 25, 2014 in "Severe Weather impacts to Walt Disney World"

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Posted: Tuesday November 25, 2014 3:22pm EST by WDWMAGIC Staff

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FLC095-117-252100-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0076.141125T2012Z-141125T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
312 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA
WESTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 400 PM EST.

* AT 309 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 58 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BAY LAKE...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
SEA WORLD...DOCTOR PHILLIPS...BAY HILL...WINDERMERE...WET N WILD
WATER PARK...UNIVERSAL STUDIOS...OAK RIDGE...ORLOVISTA...ORLANDO...
PINE HILLS...ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT...COLLEGE PARK...FAIRVIEW
SHORES...LOCKHART...WINTER PARK...FOREST CITY...MAITLAND...
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS...GOLDENROD...FERN PARK...WEKIVA SPRINGS...
CASSELBERRY...LONGWOOD...WINTER SPRINGS...SANFORD...LAKE MARY AND
LAKE JESSUP

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ALSO DETECTED SOME WEAK
ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM.

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prberkNov 26, 2014

I'll bet you needed a boat (or a Nautilus sub) to get through Tomorrowland. It always floods there during heavy rains.

ScuttleNov 26, 2014

Still going strong.

hopemaxNov 26, 2014

My flight left MCO at 8:45 this morning, on time. When I landed and texted my Mom, she said I was lucky to get out when I did. I knew it was raining, but never paid attention outside the window at the terminal to how heavy. When we took off, it was pretty bumpy and the flight attendants were in their seats much longer than usual. Looking at the flight stat page, it looks like my plane made it off the ground by about an hour before the delays started.

jgj123Nov 25, 2014

We were on Jingle Cruise and had just left the dock when the rains and thunder started. At the end of the cruise we had to wait maybe five minutes or so by Trader Sam-ta and when we finally docked it turned out we were the last cruise before the storm. They gave us a fast pass good for one of six rides through Nov. 30 and we made a dash to Pirates. After Pirates, we got a few new ponchos and while waiting I got a tornado alert on my phone. The rain was coming down in buckets and a part of the path between Pirates and Frontier Land flooded as water tried to run off. All outdoor rides closed unti almost noon when the lightening threat subsided - just in time for our 7DMTfast pass. At The Magic Kingdom it was just heavy rain and lightening, no high winds. We did monitor the weather with our weather apps and never felt there was a serious threat at the park

Mike CNov 25, 2014

A few residents near the parks have Weather Underground personal weather stations http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KFLWINDE7 is one behind the magic Kingdom, which shows about 3 1/2 inches of rain Another one next to Universal http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KFLORLAN113 Has 5 ! Inches of rain. I'm sure parts of Uni were wading today. (And still more rain coming)

Cmdr_CrimsonNov 25, 2014

Just watching the DTD Webcam and I can't even see Epcot... http://71.43.203.4/view/viewer_index.shtml?id=3207

ScuttleNov 25, 2014

This is crazy. It hasn't stopped raining since 7am. Still going strong.

marni1971Nov 25, 2014

I was witness to a funnel cloud over Epcot in 2001. Found out later the park was evaced into the designated buildings.

psherman42Nov 25, 2014

As far as I know it's never happened, but yes, there is an evacuation procedure in place that if there was a big enough threat of bad weather or anything else, guests would be brought into the tunnel.

wdwmagicNov 25, 2014

Severe Thunderstorm warning issued for the theme park areas

JakesterNov 25, 2014

Drove between All Stars to Bonnet Creek and didn't notice any flooding about an hour ago

rct247Nov 25, 2014

Magic Kingdom received a lot of rain and lightning, but not much in terms of high winds or hail. The rain rate was so heavy that many areas of the park flooded until the drains could catch up. Other than outdoor operations going down for the lightning, there were no other weather related guest impacts with the tornado warning.