Tornado Watch Issued for Antigua and Barbuda

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Tornado Watch Expires

MET OFFICE: The tornado watch for Antigua and Barbuda will be allowed to expired as of 3 pm today. Current conditions have improved, and the immediate threat of tornadoes has diminished. However, residents are encouraged to stay informed and monitor local weather updates. Continue practicing caution and be prepared to take action if future alerts are issued or you are threatened by extreme weather. Thank you for your vigilance.

Tornado Watch Issued for Antigua and Barbuda Amid Unstable Weather Conditions

Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services issued a tornado watch for Antigua and Barbuda on Sunday, October 6, 2024, as unstable weather conditions continue to sweep through the region. The watch will remain in effect until 3:00 PM today, with residents urged to remain vigilant and take safety precautions.

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The Meteorological Office warns that conditions are favorable for the development of tornadoes, posing a medium risk to both life and property. There is a potential for tornadoes to occur near or within the watch area, which includes the entire Antigua and Barbuda region.

Potential Impacts:
The advisory highlights several serious potential impacts, including:

  • Injury or death
  • Extensive damage or destruction to homes, businesses, and other structures
  • Disruption to essential services such as power, communication, and transportation
  • Thunderstorms with heavy rains leading to flash flooding

Safety Precautions:
Residents are advised to review tornado safety protocols and prepare to move to a place of safety if conditions worsen. The safest places include interior rooms of sturdy buildings away from windows. The Meteorological Office also urges people to stay informed via updates from the Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Office through their website, social media platforms, and local radio and television outlets.

Forecaster Dale Destin reminds the public that the situation could become hazardous and life-threatening, emphasizing the importance of taking this watch seriously and preparing accordingly.

Stay tuned to official weather updates as the day progresses.

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9 COMMENTS

  1. Are tornadoes a regular phenomenon in Antigua and Barbuda or are they a part of the new changing trend? In all my years I cannot remember hearing tornado warning in our neck of the woods outside the regular hurricane feature and events.

  5. This advisory is full of hot air. We are not accustom to have tornadoes unless it’s over the sea. If such warnings are given why aren’t the authorities more detailed about such storm and announce proper places of safety? In their bulletin we are only hearing be prepared and the tornado can the lost of life & damages to properties

  6. What the region is accustomed to hearing about are #waterspouts; and, while these can create some danger(s) at sea where they occur, once they make landfall, they’ll [die] quickly for the most part.

    As to whether, weather systems such as tornadoes occur in the Caribbean, yes! Yes, because hurricanes and other tropical storm systems do produce tornadoes.
    While, there are no hurricanes in the immediate vicinity, weather conditions are such that, cyclones can develop; and, while a tornado is not necessarily a cyclone it’s a version of it.

    Regardless, as to the cause(s) for the alerts, and yes, we all know, that the WEATHER FORECASTER is the only profession, that 🙃gets well paid to be wrong at times! Yet? When they get it right as with most hurricanes these days. It’s better, to be safe, than sorry.

    In the case of no basement, you’ll need to find the innermost hallway and stand under the doorframe(remember to open the door).

    Ras Smood aka Jumbee_Picknee
    De’Ole Dutty Peg🦉Garrat_Bastard

    Vere C. Edwards

  7. I do believe we had one in Bendals some years back. I think they claimed if a waterspout gets to land the name changes to tornado.

  8. Not even the damage from a tornado can compare to the destruction done to the UPP by the “CHAOS DEMON” as Damani Tabor calls her. The Man Cow Lipstick Hag is from the pit of hell!!!

  9. What we have is waterspouts out in the sea and tornadoes inside of hurricanes. Never been anything more. Perhaps the met office is trying to remind us that they exist…

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