MIAMI – A sunny start to the weekend across Florida could finish with a round of severe weather, as well as the threat of damaging wind and a few tornadoes particularly focused on South Florida.
A storm system that brought a few tornadoes to Texas on Friday and threatened flooding along the Gulf Coast on Saturday is expected to sweep severe thunderstorms into Florida on Sunday.
However, with some enhanced wind shear and plenty of available moisture, conditions are getting ripe for some thunderstorms to turn severe.
The National Weather Center has placed Miami, Fort Lauderdale and the Florida Keys at a Level 2 out of 5 risk for severe weather on Sunday. Threats include isolated tornadoes and damaging wind gusts of 60 mph.
According to Local 10 meteorologist Brandon Orr, a few showers should be approaching throughout Sunday before 10 a.m.
Weather conditions could worsen between 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and lingering showers are expected to move offshore after 3 p.m.
South Floridians should expect strong winds throughout the day.
The strongest storms will push offshore Sunday evening, ending the severe weather threat. Another round of showers and thunderstorms is expected on Monday before drier and sunnier weather returns for the rest of the week.