Misleading Hurricane Nadine Claims and Social Media Panic

Misleading hurricane images falsely claim a storm is approaching Florida, but experts confirm no such system exists.

### Debunking Hurricane Nadine: Viral Misinformation in the Gulf of Mexico
* 🌪 Recent viral images have sparked concerns about a supposed **Hurricane Nadine threatening Florida**, but these claims are **misleading**.
* 📅 A post circulating online suggests that Hurricane Nadine will follow a path similar to Hurricane Helene on October 18th, but this information is **inaccurate**.
* 🗺 According to the National Hurricane Center and chief meteorologist Tim Deegan, the official maps show **no tropical systems in the Gulf**, debunking the existence of **Nadine**.
* 🔍 The real map displays three monitored systems: Milton, Leslie, and an unnamed system near Africa, with **no threat from Nadine**.
* 📉 Historical comparisons reveal that the viral cone resembles a previous advisory for **Hurricane Helene**, which adds to the **confusion**.
* ⚠ The National Hurricane Center only issues advisories for systems that are **likely to develop within a short timeframe**, typically **no more than two days in advance**.
* 🤔 While there may be potential for development next week, current forecasts indicate **no named storm will form imminently** in the Caribbean.
* 📧 For accurate information and verification of weather-related queries, the public is encouraged to reach out to **trusted sources and experts**.

Viral images show another hurricane on Milton's tail in the Gulf of Mexico. You may have seen it on your feeds today, but the track and the cone being shared online. Is that true? Is it real? Is it misleading? Our Jie Blaylock is joining us tonight to verify. Well, you know, the last thing people wanna hear right now is that another hurricane is coming and we're gonna get slammed, right. We've seen images like this one spread all over social media today showing parts of Florida in a cone. The person who posted this wrote Hurricane Nadine is coming next week. October 18th looks like same path of Helene. You can see what we did. Big red X at. We don't want anybody to believe this at all. We wanna tell you right off the bat. This track is not real. Our sources tonight are the National Hurricane Center and our chief meteorologist Tim Deegan, the National Hurricane Center puts out advisories for any tropical systems.

They are keeping an eye on. So here is the real thing. This is actually the official map from today on their website, and you can see there are three spots. Here's Milton White over here leaving Florida. Here's Leslie out in the middle somewhere, and then there's an unnamed thing or by Africa. And you notice here in the Gulf, there is no such thing as Nadine or any system at all. So let's check in right now with First Coast News chief meteorologist, Tim Deegan. And Tim, I think whoever posted this was just downright me. Nobody needs to get upset. Well, they certainly know how to tweak people's nerves because friends, family members this morning early started off with many texting me saying, Tim, sorry. But is this true? So it certainly, uh, seemed to hit a lot of uh folks to make them wonder. Now, we can't prove this. But we went back to the archives of uh just the last couple of weeks, and this cone looks very similar.

This is of Helene Notice September 23rd, and this is what the hurricane center put out for Helene. Now, Jeannie mentioned this, and I want to double up on this. If you wonder if it really is something that is, uh, well, getting you upset. Let's take a look, and I wanna show you and remind you that, as Jeanie mentioned, there's Leslie, there's Milton, there's nothing down to the hurricane center is watching, but I also want to talk about, and Jeanie put it, well, just this thing off of Africa. Remember they'll do that. This only has a 20% chance of developing over seven days, and yet they'll talk about that. So they're going to do that. Number one, number two, they are not going to, it's part of their threshold rules. They will not put out a cone a week before they think something will form, maybe two days. That's it. Now, with all that said,

that doesn't mean that late next week, we might be watching something develop here. But at the present time, there's no reason to think that on Tuesday, uh there'll be a named storm in the Caribbean. Another reason to try to trust the folks you get your forecast from. All right, Tim Deegan, thank you. And our verify team is on your side. We are always answering your questions using experts. If you want something verified, just email us verify at first goes news.com.

VERIFY: Is there a 'Hurricane Nadine' coming to Florida next week, right after Milton?

First Coast News

Viral images claiming Hurricane Nadine is approaching Florida are not real and misleading.

The National Hurricane Center's official map shows no tropical systems in the Gulf.

The spread of these images has caused confusion and concern among the public.

Update on Hurricane Helene and Other Systems

The hurricane center provided an update on Helene, with Jeannie highlighting other systems like Leslie and Milton.

There is a system off Africa with only a 20% chance of developing over the next seven days.

The hurricane center's policy is to avoid issuing a cone forecast more than two days before a potential formation.

Uncertainty in Caribbean Storm Development

There is currently no indication of a named storm forming in the Caribbean by Tuesday.

The forecast may change late next week, but for now, there is no cause for concern.

The verify team is available to answer questions and provide expert information.