Another Week of Wild Weather in Northwest Florida

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Each day in Northwest Florida residents of the area consistently are making every attempt at staying prepared when the warnings are issued. Weather meteorologists are constantly issuing Tropical Storm Watch, Thunderstorm Warning or Tornado Watch messages. The tickertape seems to never stop when moving along the bottom of your television screen advising of the prevailing weather conditions.

In Northwest Florida, the warnings have become such a reality, they may soon begin to cause the "Boy that Cried wolf" syndrome in the area.

Throughout the night, Pensacola was bombarded with massive amounts of rain pouring down like a faucet had been turned on "full force." In addition, the claps of lightening flashing across the sky along with the many resounding booms of thunder made most of us move under our sheets while asking ourselves, "what is going on outside?"

The area can expect the same or worsening condition for the remainder of today and on into the night. Area residents begin to prepare early spring for the ever changing weather conditions in the state, or local area. In Florida, you can go to sleep wearing shorts and a T-shirt, however, sometime during the night, you might find yourself literally freezing your hiney off due to the drop in temperature from 80 degrees the day before to 30 degrees changed or lower during the night.

Maybe the description of the state should be changed from "The Sunshine State" to something more appropriate: "The Unpredictable Weather State."

According to the Pensacola News Journal, "The dreary Wednesday morning began with a tornado watch for most of the morning, as well as flash flood watch for much of the Panhandle as well as parts of Alabama."

For the afternoon, the prognosis is not any better. Conditions reported the same or worse calling for showers and thunderstorms with some of these so severe, we can expect large hail and damaging winds.

Some are residents have concerns about the tornadoes that seem to pop up out of nowhere, destroy a home or business and then gone as quickly as it appeared. With insurance rates in the area higher than most of the nation as well as most insurers pulling out of the state, we pray for a mild summer with an even milder hurricane season.