A tornado warning was issued for the area surrounding the Daytona International Speedway, which is hosting the Daytona 500 today.
Hook of storm tracking right at daytona beach. Should still narrowly miss #DAYTONA500 track #TORNADO warning!! http://t.co/iCa2zBYsTr
— Nate Woodard (@storm_chaser82) February 23, 2014
Daytona 500 on hold after 38th lap. Tornado warning until 4 PM Eastern. Light rain now. pic.twitter.com/li0k9zn5OA
— Peter King (@PeterKingCBS) February 23, 2014
Wow. RT @severestudios: Tornado Warning to the north… now a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for #Daytona Int'l Speedway pic.twitter.com/f0p46U8k1t
— Joanie MacPhee (@JoanieGentian) February 23, 2014
https://twitter.com/MTMF_de/status/437677944065232896
Tornado #Warning issued for Daytona Beach Florida! TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY if you are at the race. #Daytona500
— Brad Maushart (@BraaadWx) February 23, 2014
I'm as high up as you can be in Daytona, surrounded by metal grandstands and lightning/tornado warning in effect. Uggh. #Daytona500 #NASCAR
— BW: King of You’r (@BillWhiteheadFL) February 23, 2014
#Daytona500 at 3:16pm via @Mattzel89: pic.twitter.com/aDszgwC5cv
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) February 23, 2014
Twitchy will monitor for further developments.
Editor’s note: Additional tweets have been added to this post.