POWER
POWER FROM OTHER AREAS BUT THEY SAY SOME MIGHT BE WITHOUT POWER UNTIL TOMORROW. YOU KNOW,
PANNELL IS NOT THE ONLY ONE
GETTING HIT HARD BY THIS
TORNADO. POLK COUNTY TO
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE WEST
DAUGHTRY ROAD RIGHT NEAR LAKE
GIBSON4@. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
SAYING THE PORTION BETWEEN
GIBSON SHAW'S DRIVE4@ IN LAKE
GROVE DRIVE ESPECIALLY HIT HARD
.4@THIS IS A ROUTE THAT I TOOK
THIS BACK FOR YOU AND SHOW YOU
.THIS4@ IS A ROUTE THAT WAS
THROWN INTO A YARD AND PART
OF THAT TOWN. OTHER HOMES,
OTHER CONCRETE WALLS KNOCKED
DOWN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE CREWS
WORKING TO GET THINGS CLEANED
UP L4@ATE INTO4@ THE NIGHT
TENTATIVE BASE ANGELINA SAUCEDO
WAS ALONG FOR THOSE SURVEYS.
ANGIE, WHAT DID YOU GET TO SEE
OUT THERE? RYAN, DAMAGE IS
EXTENSIVE4@. THAT'S WHY THE
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS
KEEPING US A FEW BLOCKS AWAY
FROM WHERE T4@HAT4@ TORNADO DID
TOUCH DOWN. BUT THEY DID LET US
GO BACK THERE A LITTLE BIT4@
EARLIER SO THAT WE COULD SHOW
YOU WHAT HAPPENED. WE SAW
EVERYTHING FROM4@ DOWNED POWER
LINES TO PIECES OF HOMES THAT
HAD BEEN RIPPED WHILE THIS
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN TONIGHT.
NEIGHBORS TELL ME THEY4@ ARE
COUNTING THEIR BLESSINGS4@. CLEN
UP BEGINS FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD
DEVASTATED4@ BY A TORNADO IN POK
COUNTY SIDING FROM HOMES, TREE
LIMBS AND DEBRIS LITTER GIBSON
SHORT DRIVE WALKER PEOPLE OFF
BEHIND ME. BUT THE BULK OF THE
DAMAGE FROM SCOTT LEVITT'S
HOME. YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY DON'T SO@
54 SECONDS. THIS IS WHAT CAUGHT
MY CAR. HORRIBLY WRONG. ALL
OF THIS DAMAGE IS FROM THAT
GENTLEMAN'S HOME AND IT CAME
INTO4@ THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S
GENTLEMAN'S HOME AND IT CAME INTO4@ THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S@ RIGHT. THAT'S AS I LOOK UP
ACROSS THE STREET, CAROL. AMES
WAS HOME WITH HER GRANDKIDS.
THEY WERE JUST ABOUT TO4@ HEAD
OUT. BUT SOMETHING TOLD HER NOT
TO GO. IT WAS AN4@ THE GIRLS WE
ALL FELT. AND WE SAT DOWN ON
THE GROUND AND WE SAID OH MY
GOD. THANK YOU, GRANDMA. 4@YOU
SAVED US. TO HAVE4@ THIS CLOSE S
CRAZY. YOU JUST4@ I MEAN I CAN I
CAN JUST SPILL MY BLOOD. 4@GOING
ON. THE FACT IS THAT WE USED TO
JUST GET SCARED AND YOU'RE ALSO
HAPPY THAT WE'RE KEEPING WE'RE
ALIVE.4@ THE POLK COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS NO ONE
WAS INJURED AND MOST4@ OF THE
DAMAGE WAS CONTAINED TO THIS
AREA. DR. HAVE ALMOST WHITE
HOUSE OVER ALL THE OTHER WERE
SOLDIERS TRASH WALL STREET.
THIS WHOLE YEAR IS TERRIBLE4@.
IT'S JUST TORTURE. WHAT THEY
GOT THROUGH THE WAR. TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY ONE. GIVE YOU A
LOT MORE4@ NOW. THIS AREA WILL E
BLOCKED OFF UNTIL MORE CREWS
COME OUT IN THE MORNING AND
REALLY ASSESS THE DAMAGE THAT
WAS DONE HERE4@. THE POLK COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS URGING
ANYONE THAT WAS DIRECTLY
IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADO TO
PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE RED
CROSS FOR HELP. GANDY, 4@THANK
YOU SO MUCH AND WE'LL GET A
BETTER IDEA TOMORROW4@ FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUST
HOW STRONG THAT TORNADO WAS4@
IN PINELLAS AND OBVIOUSLY
IN POLK COUNTY TO CHECK YOUR
BODY. JUST COME BACK WITH US ON
A DEEPER4@ DOVE ON JUST HOW RARE
THESE TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY
ON4@ THE CUSP OF CHRISTMAS.
DECEMBER NOT A BIG TIME FOR US4@
TO SEE TORNADOES AROUND THE
AREA. FIRST LET'S TALK ABOUT
HOW STRONG IT WAS LIKE RYAN
SAID. WE'LL FIND OUT MORE
TOMORROW BECAUSE THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WILL GO OUT AND
DO A SURVEY. WE DON'T KNOW FROM
THE RADAR FROM TONIGHT WHAT DAN
OR WHAT THE WIND SPEEDS WERE.
WE ACTUALLY FIGURE THAT OUT BY
LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE. AND
THAT'S WHAT THE TEAM FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL
GO THROUGH. NOW ONE TIME THIS
AFTERNOON I WAS TRACKING AS I
THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID
IT ON AIR LIKE THIS IS ONE
OF THE STRONGER ONES I'VE SEEN
.I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT STRONG
WORDS LIKE THIS. I'M GUESSING
RIGHT4@ NOW IN THAT E EF 2 RANGE
WITH SOME OF THE CONSIDERABLE
DAMAGE THAT WAS4@ OUT THERE. NOW
WITH SOME OF THE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE THAT WAS4@ OUT THERE. NO@ AVERAGE TORNADOES PER MONTH
HERE IN FLORIDA4@ IT'S 2 IN THE
MONTH OF DECEMBER. THAT'S
ACTUALLY THE LOWEST4@ THAT WE
HAVE OF EACH MONTH. BUT HE TO
POINT OUT HERE IS WE CAN GET
TORNADOES ANY MONTH OUT OF THE
YEAR. YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO
KNOW THAT WE RANKED THIRD
IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE STATE
WITH THE MOST AVERAGE NUMBER4@
OF TORNADOES EACH YEAR. YES,
EXACTLY. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE HAVE
OF TORNADOES EACH YEAR. YES, EXACTLY. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE HAVE@ THE WATER THINGS COMING IN FROM
THE GULF AS A WATERSPOUT COUNTS
AS A TORNADO WHEN IT COMES
ONSHORE. AND THEN HERE'S BACK
TO THAT STRENGTH. NINETY ONE
PERCENT OF THE TORNADOES WE SEE
HERE IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA ARE
E EF 14@ OR