All rights reserved. Tropical Depression 26 formed last night in the Caribbean near Jamaica and is forecast to become Hurricane Delta this week as it moves into the Gulf of Mexico. Fire tornado warning grips California as wildfire explodes with 'extremely dangerous' conditions north of Tahoe Videos and photos showed a funnel forming in a plume of wildfire smoke Warning: is an urgent message that severe weather is either occurring or will occur. The warning area covered northeast Hempstead County and western Nevada County, with weather service officials saying that radar indicated rotation in the storm. COMMENTS - It looks like you're using Internet Explorer, which isn't compatible with the Democrat-Gazette commenting system. 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Emergency alerts and warnings are invaluable when public safety agencies and alerting originators need to get important information out to the public as quickly as possible. The AP will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing. Meteorologists at NWS Reno decided to issue the tornado warning to activate the emergency alert … By Mary Papenfuss At least three dozen large uncontained wildfires are burning in the western U.S. Said Smallcomb: “NWS Reno’s fire tornado warning has resulted in a robust policy conversation within the NWS and partner agencies about the utility of such warnings in a wildland fire situation, since it had never been done before!”. For related media requests, contact STMedia@hq.dhs.gov. The latest system off the Gulf Coast brought damaging winds and drenching rains and will move inland with heavy rain and more life-threatening flooding. Some power outages were reported, but the extent of those outages could not be determined late Saturday. The grim job of searching for flood victims in Alpine villages and on nearby French and Italian coasts is now even more gruesome, Deadly Tropical Storm Gamma has stalled just north of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, while a potentially more threatening Tropical Storm Delta has formed in the Caribbean. Upon inspection, NWS found evidence of three different tornado paths with the largest being a low-grade EF-2. 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