NOT TO TAKE ATTENTION AWAY
FROM THE TORNADO WARNING.
THAT GOES ON UNTIL 4:30.
ANOTHER HALF HOUR.
I SAW AN UPDATED FROM THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS THAT IRMA MADE
LANDFALL ON MARCO ISLAND.
WE REPORTED THAT AT 3:55.
THAT WAS THE CHIME THAT WE
HEARD.
I READ THE STATEMENT.
IT MADE LANDFALL IN MARCO
ISLAND.
THE REPORT WAS 130 MILES PER
HOUR WIND GUSTS.
REPORTED BY THE MARCO ISLAND
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU,
THERE WAS NOBODY AT THE MARCO
ISLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT
CALLING THAT IN.
THERE WAS AN AUTOMATION STATION
ON THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING.
EVERYBODY ON MARCO ISLAND
SHOULD HAVE BEEN OFF OF MARCO
ISLAND.
WE'RE -- I THINK WHAT WILL
HAPPEN HERE -- LET'S TALK ABOUT
HOW THIS UNFOLDS AND WHERE WE
GO FROM THERE.
LET ME JUST ZOOM OUT THE RADAR
AND CLEAN IT UP A LITTLE BIT SO
IT IS PRETTIER.
NOPE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT.
PUSHING THE WRONG BUTTON.
A BIGGER PERSPECTIVE HERE.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN --
HONESTLY, I'M KIND OF HAPPY TO
SEE THIS FEEDER BAND THAT IS
OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT IS
SLOWLY ADVANCING AWAY.
IT'S CREATING QUITE A BIT OF
HAVOC IN TERMS OF RAINFALL IN
PARTS OF MIAMI-DADE AND
BROWARD.
I DID IT AGAIN.
RIGHT HERE.
YOU FOLKS ON THE RADIO ARE
SAYING YOU SAID IT AGAIN.
THIS BEATER BAND, THIS HEAVY
BAND RUNS FROM NEAR MIAMI BEACH
TO AVENTURA AND WEST OF FT.
LAUDERDALE AND INTO NORTHWEST
BROWARD.
IT HASN'T MOVED A LOT.
THERE IS A LOT OF RAIN COMING
OUT OF IT.
I'M GETTING REPORTS THAT
BACKYARDS ARE DEEP IN WATER.
SOME OF THE RAINFALL ESTIMATES
EXCEED -- I WILL CHECK ON THAT
NEXT.
I DON'T WANT TO GUESS.
BUT THE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE
HIGH.
IF I LOOP THIS, PUT IT INTO
MOTION AND YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU
CAN SEE THAT GRADUALLY THESE
LINES ARE VERY SLOWLY WORKING
THAT WAY, WHILE AT THE SAME
TIME VERY QUICKLY THEY'RE
MOVING THAT WAY.
SO THERE IS A FLOOD THREAT.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A
SUBSTANTIAL FLOOD THREAT AT
THIS TIME, BARRING SOME NEW
FEEDER BAND SETTING UP.
IF YOU LOOK OVER HERE -- LET ME
CLEAR THAT.
IF YOU LOOK TO THE WEST -- I
DID IT AGAIN.
I TALKED TO THE FLORIDA
KEYS RADIO NETWORK, THE NEW
DIRECTOR, BILL BECKER, HE GAVE
ME THE IMPRESSION THAT WHILE IT
WAS BAD, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A
LOT WORSE, MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE
HE WAS NOT ABLE TO SURVEY A BIG
AREA, LET ME PUT THAT INTO
PERSPECTIVE.
THE AREA WHERE THE EYE WALL
WENT, IF THERE WERE BOATS THEY
LIKELY GOT SWEPT AWAY, IF THERE
WERE WEAK STURS WHERE THE EYE
WALL WAS -- STRUCTURES WHERE
THE EYE WALL WAS, THEY LIKELY
GOT SWEPT AWAY BUT THEY WERE
ABLE TO KEEP THE RADIO POWER,
THE WEATHER IS GOING TO IMPROVE
IN THE KEYS, THE HIGHEST WIND
GUSTS HAVE COME DOWN AND THE
LULLS ARE STARTING TO GET A LEL
LOWER.
IN MIAMI-DADE, THE WORST OF THE
WEATHER IS JUST ABOUT OVER AND
WILL SLOWLY DECREASE, THAT
BEING SAID, THERE IS STILL A
BIG WIND GUST THAT COULD HAPPEN
IN.
BROWARD, THE WORST OF WHAT WE
ARE GETTING IS WHAT WE ARE
GETTING RIGHT NOW IN BROWARD, A
LOT OF WIND AND THESE LITTLE
TORNADES THAT HAVE NOT CREATED
A LOT OF DAMAGE, THEY ARE BASED
ON A RADAR SIGNATURE, NOT BY
SEEING THE TORNADO.
THE WORST OF THE WEATHER IS IN
BROWARD BUT IN ABOUT THREE
HOURS, THE WEATHER IS SLOWLY
GOING TO START IMPROVING IN
BROWARD AS WELL.
SO THAT SUMS IT UP.
WE ARE GOING THROUGH WHAT WE
COULD GO THROUGH CONSIDERING
THE SITUATION AS IT IS AND