CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Before Hurricane Milton even made landfall, portions of Florida were impacted by a spawn of tornado warnings. Some of the tornadoes were even caught on camera.
And one Florida meteorologist happened to be on the air as he described what appeared to be a possible tornado crossing over a bridge.
Fox 4 Meteorologist Trent Aric shared that the station -- which covers the Southwest Florida area such as cities like Cape Coral and Fort Myers -- receives radar scans every few minutes. He asked his newsroom to keep an eye on the camera over the Matlacha Bridge to see if they spot any movement.
As he was talking, what appeared to be a rotation moved across the screen. The heavy wind and water was clearly visible.
"Right there's your rotation," he said. "There it is."
Watch the video below.
"That is the potential water spout, potential tornado moving right over the Matlacha Bridge," he added.
As the wind and water moved rapidly, there were also cars driving on the bridge.
"This vehicle is stuck right in the middle. This is why we told you guys you had to evacuate early this morning," he explained. "We've got a very distinct rotation showing up right now on the velocity images."
While there was action action noticeable in the view of the camera, the National Weather Service is the only agency that can confirm whether a tornado actually happened. The NWS normally sends teams out into the field to survey potential damage in the days following storms.
To learn about the tornado outbreak and how NWS surveys storm damage, click here.
