Landfall there. Were going to be on the southern end of it. So again we tell you not to focus on the line. But if this is the center of circulation and comes in just this way were going to be on the southern end of. Of that. That is pushing water in our direction. So not only the potential for flooding rains but also coastal flooding as well at the time of high tide. That is coming up through thursday afternoons for both st. Pete and sarasota. So heavy rain potential, that begins today, continues through the day on thursday and well have tropical stm possible thursday, that will be winds in excess of 40 Miles Per Hour and also the tornado threat will be with us as well, through thursday. More on this and the forecast for later this afternoon in a few minutes. People in tampa hoping for the best, preparing for the worst. Abc action News Reporter Rodney Dunigan is live in st. Pete now at a sandbag location. This is just one place where people can go today if they are concerned about floo
Enforcement. Were looking great on the roads, no crashes or breakdowns, not even fender benders reported. So were checking the cameras, making sure everythings ok. This is i75 at fowler, 10 minutes to get from the apex to i4. And checking your drive across the bridges, this is the tampa side of the Howard Frankland bridge, wide open here. Just about six minutes to cross the bridge. And checking the average speeds on the major interstates in our area so i4 and i75 heading into 275 in Pinellas County from the Sunshine Skyway to the Howard Frankland, 69 the average speed there. 6 01. Its election day in florida. Todays primaries will give us the matchups in the general election and determine which major parties will gain or retain power in the senate and house. Polling places open in one hour. Abc action news anchor james tully joins us live at one of the locations on davis island to break down a crucial race. Both republicans and democrats frontrunner today. Reporter on the republican si
Live from the station taking action for you. All new at 11 00 all eyes on the tropics. A tropical depression brews and makes its way towards the golf. If the last few minutes. An the latest predictions. Lets get to what Everyone Wants to know. Dennis check the tropics for us. Heres what has new. The storm is stronger. The pressure is down. That means its Getting Better organized. Its moving west at 7 miles per hour. Its beginning to clear cuba. As far as im concerned, td 9 has an opportunity of 36 hours thats what the National Hurricane center is predicting. By tomorrow, they anticipate that will be a Tropical Storm. I think by tomorrow morning, part of the area will be under a Tropical Storm watch. If i had to guess, i would say Pinellas County northward. Im not sure if its 5 00 a. M. For 11 00. Because advisories come every six hours when a warning is issued. What we looked at, at 5 00 has not were looks at an accelerating storm arriving wednesday night thursday morning. Ahead of it,