Its warm, its stuffy outside. Were beginning with some cloud cover this morning and i actually have a couple of sprinkles. Now, theyre falling apart but if you run into them in rural manatee or sarasota county, dont be surprised. 75 closer to punta gorda, theyre a steady sprinkle activity. I think its more than a nuisance to the morning commute. During the evening commute, different. Well get more in the way of stronger storms and heavier downpours. 79 degrees in tampa, brandon, st. Petersburg. Hey, were wel barely. Rain chances are best this afternoon and theyll run 50 to 60 . Tropical storm just north of jacksonville. Julia is its name. It will not impact us but well tell you about the impact in the southeast in a few minutes. Busy morning along the interstates. Southbound 275 seeing very slow Traffic Building up as you can see approaching fifth avenue north in the area of 22nd avenue north. Possibly two right lanes blocked. A left lane able to squeeze by there with this crash. Delay
Tampa 78, clearwater is down below 80 now and theyre at 79 st. Petersburg, brandon, sarasota all at 77. Sun will be up officially at 7 03. Less than two minutes. Just a real pretty start to the day. Its warm, stea. 90s difference yesterdays 40 . Not a huge difference from daytoday, we know we tweak the ra minutes. How are roads . Vanessa theyre starting to get a bit busy. We also have some updates on an earlier crash as far as the lane blockage. Theres some modifications weve gotten as far as what direction and how many lanes but its a hit and run. This is out of hernando. Cortez at mariner. We originally heard westbound lanes were blocked but were hearing northbound lanes are completely blocked and then eastbound westbound traffic is actually alternating in the remaining lanes so delays i through this intersection. Avoid if you can. Instead of mariner,barclay to wheork around here jacquelin just on the other side of the Shopping Center with the marshalls in the area. Looks like a pret
A boy was killed yards from his front doorstep. He was hit by a suv running to catch the bus. It was in the preserve apartments. The Sheriffs Office said he was running to catch the bus when he was hit by a suv. You can see the vehicle. The collision knocked him to the ground he hit his head and later died at the hospital. He wind to middle school. They dont believe the driver was impaired. Teen is in a coma now. She was shot during a Home Invasion in pasco county. But the bullet did not come from the suspects gun. Were learning why the homeowner is just as much to blame for what happened. And aaron mesmer is live outside of the Sheriffs Office. The crime does not sound random. It isnt thats where the sheriff said this house was a drug house that was, quote, poisoning the community and a renting it, the person renting it shoulders the blame in the incident. She is identified at karen clark. We were there as she was arrested. Before 1 a. M. Three men barged into the home a suspect was a