LOOK: Tornado crosses Florida interstate as Hurricane Milton churns closer

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — As Florida's Gulf Coast braces for the impacts of Hurricane Milton Wednesday, the tempest is causing terrible upwind crossed the state, adjacent successful Miami.

The National Weather Service Miami shared photos of a tornado crossing Interstate 75 Wednesday arsenic cars were inactive driving connected the highway.

"TORNADO crossing I-75 arsenic we speak! Seek structure NOW!" the agency wrote connected societal media.

Credit: NWS Miami

Credit: NWS Miami

Miami and overmuch of South Florida are not successful the nonstop enactment of Hurricane Milton but could inactive look terrible weather, similar Wednesday's tornado.

Parts of the Tampa Bay area, which is successful Milton's path, are nether tornado watches until Wednesday night.

Hurricane Milton is acceptable to marque landfall determination on the Florida Gulf Coast arsenic a "dangerous large hurricane" astir 2 a.m. Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said.

As of Wednesday morning, the Category 4 hurricane is presently moving toward the northeast astatine 16 mph with winds of 155 mph.