Pmaybe a little over an hour. Pin the past few moments, i would psay half hour or so, radar pdetected this particular cell pive zoomed in on now is trying pto develop a little bit of protation and thats the main pconcern this morning would be an pisolated tornado so were pwatching this particular cell, p51 miles off the coast of pasco pcounty. Pwere also watching another cell pjust a little further to the psouth. Pthis one packing a punch with plots of lightning, thunder, very pgusty wind inside this pindividual storm and this is pmoving toward the east as well. Pso 6 00, looking at the next phour or so, these storms start pto work onshore and then theyre pliterally going to race pthemselves across the entire pstate. Pwinds are gusting, too, as well. P20 to 25 miles per hour. Peven a 33 mileperhour wind pgust in sarasota now. Pthats not even when the storm pis coming through. Pso very windy this morning. Pafter the storms move through, pits going to turn cooler this pabout that in just
Even more3 for Law Enforcement this is a sad day for everybody in this room and a sad day for Law Enforcement. Right now at 10 00, a Virginia Police officer shot and killed on her first day on the job. We have learned she has ties to florida. And two arrests in the armed kidnapping of a 2monthold baby and one of those arrested is only 14 years old. Living life every day and listing the things on his bucket list and finding new things to put on his bucket list. A celebration for this little boy brings out superheros and hundreds of people, friends and strangers alike. Good evening, thanks to being with us tonight. New at 10 00 a special celebration for a boy whose terminal illness just cant keep him from enjoying life. We have told you about eric piburn before, but tonight eric is checking a big item off of his bucket list. In speaking with eric piburn, his infectious study covers up that he is a sick little boy, and it could not overcome his company in a party months in the making. Alt
Of the vernal equinox. Thats when the suns rays are directly over the equator. While the calendar says spring winter is not going away. A snowstorm could hit the mid atlantic later today. Here in florida weve been dealing with a lot of rain. Well check on our forecast with debra shields. Good morning, candace. We had a lot of rain yesterday but today it will not be the same story. Certainly not a wash out. We may see a few showers, about a 30 chance. Take a look at the current temperatures right now. Were in the upper the bay area. Heres a look at the satellite and radar. You can see we are seeing a few showers coming into the pasco, hernando area and down towards the south moving into desoto and highlands county. Now, again, on and off throughout the day we will see some showers and storms. Really showers, maybe an isolated thunderstorm. The main reason for these showers, theres a cold front draped ahead of that cold front thats where you see the showers. As we head throughout the day
You can see behind me here, Central Avenue. You can see behind me here, crime scene investigators are still on the scene trying to piece everything together that happened just after midnight. And now the officers, one from tampa and one from st. Petersburg were members of the Auto Theft Task force. They were traveling down Central Avenue this morning when they were tboned at 54th street north. As it turns out, the car that hit them had been stolen l. A. Week but they were not actually looking for that vehicle. There were six people in it ages 15 to 25, one seriously injured. We were not involved in a pursuit. We were not behind the car at any time. We have two witnesses that verify that. So the two officers, they are both in stable condition. The driver of the car that hit the Police Vehicle is in Critical Condition as im being told right now. Reporter now again, that vehicle had been stolen last week. We are told by st. Petersburg police that the driver actually the owner had left the
Primary. Hell speak at the Tampa Convention center, but today another well known name in the bay area stumping for him. Would be former Alaska Governor and Vice President ial candidate sarah palin. She went to the strawberry festival to shake hands and pose for pictures and explain why she feels floridians should vote for trump. So thankful that we have a person in such a position to bust up the status quo because thats whats got to go. All these guys have been part of the problem all these years and finally we have an outsider who is so independent not bought and sold by anyone, owned by anybody, only beholden to the people. Finally we have the guy in the right position to take these guys on. Palin also attended the 88th annual arcadia rodeo in De Soto County today to promote trump there as well. Trumps stop in tampa tomorrow comes at a time hes being blasted for violence at rallies across the country. Trump is pointing his finger at supporters of Bernie Sanders while the republican o