Meteorologist Casey Cloud

Creator of Cloud’s Weather

Casey is a degreed meteorologist who is committed to keeping people safe during dangerous weather situations. He has witnessed the destruction storms can cause firsthand. In March 2000, an F3 tornado came within a mile of his family’s home, when they lived in North Texas. This was the spark that led to Cloud’s interest in the field of meteorology. Casey has been tracking North Florida and South Georgia weather since he moved with his family at five years old to Bradford County, in June of that year.

Since late 2019, live streaming coverage has been provided by Meteorologist Casey Cloud for every tornado warned storm to move through the area. Casey grew up here and prides himself on being live when inclement weather strikes. On Christmas Eve night in 2020, he warned on-air that a spin-up tornado could occur near Starke. Minutes later, an EF-1 tornado struck within a Severe T-Storm Warning issued for the area (no Tornado Warning in effect). Another noteworthy severe weather episode he covered was the tragic and deadly Tallahassee tornado event on the morning of Friday, May 10th, 2024. Since Cloud’s Weather, LLC started operations, he has been live through multiple tropical systems that have impacted the area. This includes extensive coverage, before, during, and after devastating hurricanes, Helene in 2024, and Idalia in 2023. Cloud has also covered noteworthy local winter weather, including when Tallahassee got about two inches of sleet and snow in January of 2025.

Casey grew up watching late legendary Jacksonville Chief Meteorologist George Winterling. Cloud had the opportunity to meet him in the third grade at the former Southside Elementary School in Starke. He invited Casey and his family to tour Jacksonville’s WJXT-TV. Winterling inspired Cloud to ultimately attend Florida State University. Casey gave his first live television forecast on Gainesville’s WCJB (ABC) in 2005 after winning a junior weathercasting contest, led by late longtime Chief Meteorologist Bill Quinlan.

Believe it or not, Cloud is really part of his actual birth name! It is from his beloved late father William Cloud’s side of the family. Casey went to school from first grade through high school in the Starke area. This is where he had perfect attendance all the way through each of these grades. Casey is a proud 2012 Bradford High School graduate. Ironically, a tornado is that high school’s mascot!

While in high school, Casey volunteered cleaning tables between events and meetings at American Legion Post 56 in Starke. Military veterans are especially important to him as his late father (55 years old when Casey was born in 1994) served in the United States Air Force from 1958 to 1962, and was a Commander at Post 56. In addition, his father and Casey’s grandfather, James Henry “Russell” Cloud, sadly made the ultimate sacrifice after deploying from South Georgia. He was tragically killed in action near the end of World War II in April of 1945.

Casey has interned at television stations WALB (NBC/ABC) in Albany, Georgia and KFVS (CBS) in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, where Cloud has family nearby both. He worked with WSI Max graphics extensively and used them to tell critical weather stories. Cloud posted many weather graphics to social media while in Southwest Georgia. Casey has been described as someone who has a strong work ethic. One manager said he is “eager to learn and first to volunteer.” Casey did not just gain experience forecasting for these areas, but he also learned how to become a broadcast/digital meteorologist and serve communities. Cloud credits mentors he worked with on teaching him many important lessons.

He earned his meteorology degree from Mississippi State University. In one of his final courses, Casey wrote about how to learn from January 2017’s rare winter tornado outbreak that killed over a dozen people in South Georgia. Cloud is also a proud graduate of Florida State University. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography and Media Communication Studies. Casey earned a certificate in Emergency Management and Homeland Security as well. He is an avid supporter of FSU and Seminole Athletics. Go Noles!!

The 2013-2014 school year was his second year as a student at FSU, and it was a fun one! Through teamwork and dedication by the players and coaches, football finished a perfect 14-0 and won the National Championship at the Rose Bowl! Incredibly, during Cloud’s four years there, FSU Football won all 25 home games he attended!

However, during his junior year, tragedy struck in the early morning hours of Thursday, November 20th, 2014. Casey was working on a course essay at his desk close to a window on the ground floor of Cawthon Hall. He heard unusual noises over a heater running very loudly on a cold night. These turned out to be from a school shooting at the next building over at Strozier Library. Cloud was uninjured, but it is a heartbreaking situation he still recalls vividly.

While in Tallahassee, Casey was a very active member of the FSU Weather team. Cloud produced Friday’s television shows during his senior year. Key responsibilities included working on Weather Central graphics, making a rundown for the show, and forecasting. He valued working with fellow students. When he was not in front of the camera, Cloud assisted with the technical production of shows and provided time cues.

Casey was heavily involved in FSU Weather’s severe storm tracking operations. He was part of on-air and digital coverage numerous times over his four years in the Florida Big Bend. Cloud even recognized an unusually noteworthy nocturnal tornado threat for portions of the Florida Peninsula in 2016 and spearheaded special livestreaming coverage of the event. A deadly tornado ultimately struck Manatee County. Other noteworthy events that he covered at Florida State include Tallahassee’s strongest tornado in over two decades, a Moderate Risk severe weather night for portions of the region, and a rare winter storm that cancelled classes.

Cloud gained reporting experience at FSU and was offered the opportunity to showcase his work on the college’s radio and cable television stations, plus a regional sports network. One award-winning report that he wrote and produced for the channel previously known as Sun Sports was about how adverse weather conditions impact Seminole Athletics. Watch this at youtube.com/watch?v=e_ZztG9dRLc.

At Florida State, he was also Vice President of the North Florida American Meteorological Society and National Weather Association’s award-winning chapter. Cloud coordinated all meetings and the yearly banquet. Casey was in charge of choosing the guest speaker for each one. In addition to his role as an officer, Cloud and other members went out into the community several times to help give back. In 2013-14, Casey was named the chapter’s Member of the Year.

Before officially launching Cloud’s Weather, Casey provided extensive coverage on social media of several historic weather events. These included hurricanes Dorian, Michael, Florence, Irma, Harvey, Matthew, and Hermine. As Matthew moved closer to Florida, he also offered insight about the storm to an international audience on Israel’s i24NEWS. Casey spoke with Canada’s CTV News as preparations were underway ahead of Hurricane Dorian too. Cloud even streamed coverage on YouTube as a rare Tornado Emergency was issued for Albany, Georgia, and also when Leon County was struck by their second strongest tornado since 1945.

A compilation from 2022 of some of Cloud’s experience in broadcast and digital is available at youtube.com/watch?v=IzEZvGUz_HI. Go to linkedin.com/in/caseycloudwx for his LinkedIn profile. If you are interested in having Casey speak about meteorology at your school, to your group, or have any other questions, please email him at caseycloudwx@gmail.com.