Force when it goes back over the atlantic. So by 2 00 on thursday, this has still not made landfall. Not that it is slowing down, it is moving more northwest. Because of that, taking a closer look here, this is a great view, 65 Miles Per Hour winds approaching the big bend area. But notice where we are. Does this change our forecast . No. It doesnt. Because we have said from the beginning this is event. That wont change. Definitely gusty winds. This does not pose a threat as a significant wind maker for us. Gusty winds, absolutely. Tropical storm . You know, Northern Counties maybe. Some coastal flooding, definitely. And that is something that we will follow up on coming up in a couple of minutes. Thank you, denis. As we speak, preparations are underway in pasco county to avoid major flooding like we saw right here back in 2012 how could you forget that. County officials urging families in the most flood prone areas to voluntary evacuate. Eric waxler reports tonight past problems is wh
Taking care of him while his parents were in jail. Its 4 00. Time for the no as we come on the air right now a Severe Thunderstorm Warning just issued. Lets head over to ryan to shay ryan, what areas are we talking about specifically . Eastern Hillsborough County, that is the west side of it but it goes through plant city and then up to about lakeland. So thats where we are in the th some pretty heavy rain and plenty of lightning as well. Taking the lightning off the map so you can see the cities affected. From zephyrhills to the north through dover just to the north of the Fish Hawk Ranch area. Plant city included. This is all headed to the east. Around lakeland into gibsonia, midjuly, youre seeing this moving into your area. The potential for 60 mileper its going to take time as it moves its way to the east. Again, lakeland affected by this across ifor and most of this is east of i75. So that some good news if youre headed into the roadway. But check out the lightning strikes over th
Right now. Jim she is dodging kellie cowan out there. Alcides sure of it. Jim greatlooking weather. Warmer temperatures. A warm afternoon. Keep the rain chances low for today as well and beau beautifullooking view along bayshore boulevard. You can tell how light the winds are because you look at the water almost like glass out there. We are seeing very light wave action and will continue to see fairly dry conditions as we go through the afternoon. We keep that rain chance at 20 for today. Right degrees. Warming up along the coastline. Clearwater 81. In sarasota, 82. Heading for the 90s once genitor today that we do bring the rain chances back in the next few days. We will talk about that in a little bit. A developing story out west. Authorities in Washington State continue to search for a gunman wanted in a deadly mall shooting. The shooter walked into the hunting rifle and started shooting. Four men were killed. A man was airlifted to the hospital as well, and he was also announced de
To be onshore. Inside these squalls, and thats a squall when you look outside, look how pitch black. Windy, youve got heavy rain. When these go by, it will look really bad. That will be happening in Pinellas County and even into manatee and sarasota counties by about 6 00, and then eventually some of this activity will kind of sit over the bay area tomorrw as the storm begins to move to the north and northeast. Lets zoom in. Bands of rain coming up from the when this areas of red go by is when the wind and rain really picks up. Thats moving rapidly from south to north. Now, half of hernando citrus and pasco are dry, but theres more rain heading your way from the south and southwest. We slide south look at this solid line of rain. At the put that into motion and you can see it is moving north, but the line itself is slowly shifting to the east and then of hermine, our skytower is powerful enough to look all the way out in the gulf and see what appears to be, i wont call it n eye, but yo
And good morning, we begin with a major announcement overnight from the donald trump campaign. The republican nominee is taking his campaign south of the border planning to meet with the head of the nation that was really front and center in his tough immigration talk. He accepted an invitation to sit down and criticized by the clinton campaign. Kenneth moton has details from washington. Reporter mexicos president extended the invite to donald trump last week to sit down for a meeting. Well, late yesterday trump confirmed in a tweet hes going to mexico city. This morning, donald trump is heading south of the border. The same one where he plans to build that wall. We are also going to secure our border. Reporter overnight trump rallied in Washington State but of mass deportation of mexicans. Theyre bringing crime. Theyre rapists. Reporter will meet privately with the mexican president. He has been critical of trump comparing him to hitler and the promise for mexico to pay for the wall r