ORLANDO, Fla. – Springtime and severe weather go hand in hand in Central Florida. In fact, the National Weather Service has a day dedicated to reminding residents that during severe weather, tornadoes are possible.
Tornadoes frequent east Central Florida more than you think. There are two years where deadly tornadoes stick out in Central Florida history.
Let’s take a look back. Groundhog Day 2007 Instead of starting the second day of February finding out if there will be 6 more weeks of winter or an early spring, Central Florida news outlets were covering devastation from a tornado break out earlier that morning.
A supercell thunderstorm moved east to northeast across the peninsula pounding 75 miles from Sumter county to the Volusia coast