All new at 11 00 just within the last 45 minutes Tropical Storm julia now forming over florida. Good evening everyone and thanks for joining us im wendy ryan. Im jamison uhler. Lets get right to chief meteorologist Denis Phillips with the latest on Tropical Storm julia. Dennis . Reporter hi advisory literally just came out. What we were talking about earlier on today kind of figured this would become a depression, but jumped the depression status going straight to a Tropical Storm. Now what does this mean for us . At this point in time we are still looking at the rain. There are Tropical Storm warnings in effect for northern florida, southeastern georgia. Winds of 40 miles an hour. Now in terms of the track, it is expected to go very slowly. So there is the issue. Heavy rains might be up to 10 inches of rain across northern florida from say jacksonville towards macon. Now how will it impact our weather . There is a moisture train if you will that extends from the the center all the way
Thank you for joining us. Im james tully. Hillsborough county deputy hurt after his patrol car was rammed. Fired at the suspects who ran off, at a busy intersection at Woodrow Wilson street in plant city. Lets go to rodney dunigan, hes on the scene, has been there for quite some time. Any word on the suspects . Reporter not at this point. Investigators have been here throughout the morning trying to g as they can. You mentioned that deputy was hurt, thankfully is recovering this morning, expected to be ok. This is a very active scene this morning. Im going to let you see where investigators have set those evidence markers, at the exact spot where all of this happened. Again this information were getting in slowly this morning but what i can tell you is all of this sparked around 11 00 last night. Apparently this deputy who was involved got a call about a aggravated battery call in this area and spotted a vehicle that that case. The deputy pulled that car over and investigators say as t
You see the cone of uncertainty . When you have a circle you have problems. That means its not going to move much. That is going to be an issue for them. For us again on and off showers, some heavy at times throughout the day. So just keep that in mind. It will come and go rather quickly as they impact manatee and sarasota right now. Temperatures mid and upper 70s. Well stick with the upper 80s this afternoon. Generally mid80s by 1 00. A few upper 80s and rain chance 50 . Not going to rain every minute of the day but just keep in mind as the showers stream from the gulf well continue to see them on and off through today and then drier time ahead heading into the weekend. Wet roads in sarasota up through bradenton but elsewhere were pretty dry. Checking out i4, the drive from lakeland all the way to tampa looks great. This is i4 just west of i75. These taillights there heading towards downtown tampa. Lets talk about the serious crash we have in pasco, New Port Richey eastbound ridge als
Good morning. My seatbelt is green today. Things are looking good on the roads. 95 southbound there are no accidents or pressure to get downtown. The early birds are enjoying the ride. The palmetto no issues there either. In Broward County a great ride. We are following a developing story. A car slams into a restaurant overnight in oakland park. Debbie fleshman is live at the scene. Shaken up and banged up. He said he was sitting inside the restaurant with his fiancie waiting for their pizza when a car slammed straight through the front of the storefront. This is downtown pizza grill on a strip mall off Cypress Creek road. We have some video where you can see the damage from the crash. The entire front of the store was ruined and the pizza counter was knocked to the ground. The victim said he and his fiancie were sitting on the stools inside waiting for their food and there were several employees and one other customer inside when the driver of the suv who appeared to be an ical and cu
Top of the morning to you. As we take a live view from the fort little camera you can see some green on the tops of buildings. Make sure to wear your green. I cannot wear green because of the green screen. But thankfully were not seeing any green on the radar indicating rain. The luck of the irish is with us so far. The fog is around for some spots. Westcott on homestead but everywhere else its okay for now. Its a mild monkey start. Low 70s to the coast and upper 60s inland. The winds are light out of the west. Today highs in the upper 80s. Maybe a stray shower tonight. Changes come tomorrow into the weekend. More details coming up. Now lets check traffic. Good morning. Looking awesome in miamidade 95 southbound no issues espoused from the golden glades. Barely any cars on the road. Just open space especially on the palmetto. Us 1 also looking good. Broward county also no issues. We have breaking news. Two people are hurt after a car make a slimming entrance through a restaurant. It ha