Extreme wind warning

As of 2024, it has only been used for the eyewalls of major[a] hurricanes when they pass near-shore, and during and shortly after landfall, but it is also intended as a general "short-fused" warning for any immediate occurrence of such winds.

During the passage of Charley across the state, the National Weather Service weather forecast office in Melbourne, Florida, issued such an ad hoc "tornado" warning after the office's forecasters determined that the active hurricane warnings did not sufficiently convey the severity and imminence of Charley's eyewall over central Florida.

[1] The forecast office also issued similar "tornado" warnings as the strong winds of Jeanne moved ashore from the east later that year.

[2] The nonconventional usage of tornado warnings for extreme hurricane winds was praised by emergency management, citing it as an ingenious method of protecting lives.

[3] On the morning of October 7, 2016, the nearby passage of Category 3 Hurricane Matthew just off Cape Canaveral prompted the first issuance of an extreme wind warning.