wayne cooper took cover with his family. for several weeks now 10news and local officials have been warning about severe weather. we have seen you school and daycare preps, even how to survive if you're in a vehicle. for weeks on air, online, and social media, we urged you to prepare. >> there wasn't anything on the news that stated it was coming. >> reporter: the danger may be enhanced in an el nio year, but florida is the number one state surpassing kansas when it comes to tornadoes. north port, river view, even this waterspout in downtown tampan 2013. this is -- tampa in 2013. >>> certainly lots of reasons to stay weather alert. really be on top of the news. but we've been hearing on social media that there's some rankings. >> there is a distinction between a tornado watch and a tornado warning. >> reporter: we have all the right environmental conditions up in the atmosphere and it's very possible that usually within the span of six to eight hours a tornado could happen, watch. but when you hear the warnings, when a warni