Tornado 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 9:54am EST by WDWMAGIC Staff

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Warning for the theme parks area through to 10:30am today, November 25 2014.

TORNADO WARNING
FLC095-097-251530-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0015.141125T1447Z-141125T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
947 AM EST TUE NOV 25 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAY LAKE...
NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...KISSIMMEE...INTERCESSION CITY...
CELEBRATION...

* UNTIL 1030 AM EST.

* AT 947 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SEA
WORLD...OR ABOUT NEAR CELEBRATION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DOCTOR PHILLIPS...WET N WILD WATER PARK AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE IMMEDIATE DANGER OF A TORNADO IS HIGH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS
DEVELOPING TORNADO ARE URGED TO QUICKLY PREPARE FOR ITS APPROACH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION! ACT NOW AS SECONDS CAN SAVE LIVES!

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.
KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF
STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

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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.