Bryan Bennett
@weatherbryan
Meteorologist, AMS Certified, Emmy awards for coverage of Hurricane Sandy & Irene, Undergrad degree from GT, Graduate degree from MS State.
Pea size hail and frequent lightning in Treasure Island. Storm drifting NW. Not safe to be outside in central/south Pinellas Co.

Tonight's Sunset was Amazing! 🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆 (Five out of five Suns)




Gnarly backside of the shelf cloud that just passed over Tampa Bay.


🌀TROPICAL TROUBLE BREWING🌀 BOTTOM LINE: A trough will bring scattered tropical downpours & localized flooding to Florida late Monday into Tuesday, then potentially organize into a tropical storm over the NE Gulf. Models favor a track toward Louisiana. 🌀 FLORIDA IMPACTS (MON…

Mother Nature showing off again this evening 🥰🌅 #masterpiece #like_a_painting


Another round of intense flash flooding—this time impacting the Ruidoso River in New Mexico. Torrential rainfall overwhelmed the region’s steep terrain and narrow watershed, triggering rapid runoff and dangerous river rises in a matter of hours.
Slash school funding, then blow taxpayer dollars on ridiculous vanity projects like this.
The "One Big Beautiful Bill," now enacted, directs that space shuttle Discovery be removed from the Smithsonian and placed on display at Space Center Houston by January 2027. space.com/space-explorat…
HEADS UP TAMPA BAY (FRI 830PM): If you plan on being on a boat or outdoors for fireworks this evening, keep an eye to the sky. A line of storms is moving SSW, producing frequent lightning, heavy rain, & gusty winds. Scattered storms and gusty winds from an outflow will move…

Pentagon Halts Critical Hurricane Data Feed, Raising Alarm Ahead of Peak Storm Season via @techstoryin techstory.in/pentagon-halts…
I captured these two completely different looking bolts this evening. ⚡️1st Photo: Forked Lightning. The ionized branches are more noticeable when parts of the discharge don’t fully connect with the ground but still emit light. ⚡️2nd Photo: Non-Forked (or Single-Channel)…


Brief tornado in Largo (near Ranchero Village) around 720pm this evening. Damage from the mobile homes sent a ton of sheet metal airborne.
Brief tornado in Largo, FL about 30 mins ago. Several reports of damage.

Hailing in Redington Shores. Video take by my nephew: Caleb Swinehart
