The Sheriff's Office in Pasco County, Florida, has warned residents to not shoot guns at Hurricane Irma after a Facebook event went viral

Two residents of the state started the event, titled 'Shoot At Hurricane Irma', and, as of Saturday evening, more than 53,000 people said they were interested in the event and 25,000 said they were participating.

A description for the event read: 'YO SO THIS GOOFY LOOKING WINDY HEADA** NAMED IRMA SAID THEY PULLING UP ON US, LETS SHOW IRMA THAT WE SHOOT FIRST'.

The Sheriff's Office in Pasco County, Florida, has warned residents to not shoot guns at Hurricane Irma after a Facebook event went viral

Two residents of the state started the event, titled 'Shoot At Hurricane Irma', and, as of Saturday evening, more than 53,000 people said they were interested

Deputies warned, however, that shooting at a hurricane could have devastating consequences.

'To clarify, DO NOT shoot weapons @ #Irma. You won't make it turn around & it will have very dangerous side effects,' the Sheriff's office tweeted on Saturday evening.

One of the co-creators, Ryon Edwards, 22, told the BBC he created the event out of 'stress and boredom' and never expected the kind of response that came out of it.

'The response is a complete and total surprise to me,' he said.

'I never envisioned this event becoming some kind of crazy idea larger than myself. It has become something a little out of my control.'

Several other bizarre Facebook events have been created to prevent the storm from visiting the Sunshine State, including 'Spinning your arms really fast to push away Hurricane Irma' and 'Destroy Hurricane Irma By Cooling The Atlantic With Ice Cubes'.

The Category 4 storm is set to make landfall over the Florida Keys on Sunday morning with sustained winds of 120mph (Pictured, Facebook event for 'Shoot At Hurricane Irma'

The Category 4 storm is set to make landfall over the Florida Keys on Sunday morning with sustained winds of 120mph.

'This is your last chance to make a good decision,' Governor Rick Scott warned residents in Florida's evacuation zones, which encompassed a staggering 6.4 million people, or more than one in four people in the state.

Irma has already caused massive damage sweeping over the Caribbean, killing at least 23 people and destroying up to 95 percent of structures on the tiny island of Barbuda.