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WFTS Action News At 11PM August 27, 2016

All new at 11 00, a Lightning Strike in the bay area this evening killing a local woman. A deadly reminder on how quickly the weather could change, im jamison uhler. Im wendy ryan. Thanks for joining us, abc action News Reporter Marisela Burgos out there. Marisela . Reporter this woman was underneath one of these two gazebos. According to friends that bike belongs to her as well as some of the belongings on the picnic table. Her friends say that they are shocked about this. Friday evening lightning lit up the sky. And i just saw a flash. And then a bam. Reporter he lives half a king jr. He had no clue that one of the Lightning Strikes hit his friend. She was under the gazebo when the bolt hit her. Let alone a girl that i have known for a long time. Reporter daniel has known his friend for more than 20 years. Her name hasnt been released. He says that she liked to spend time at this park. And she lived with her family nearby, but she comes over to the park and sits and hangs out and talks to people reporter the National Weather service says that when there is thunder, lightning follows it closely. There is nowhere outside that is considered safe during a storm. Stay inside for about 30 minutes after you hear the last roar of thunder. I can feel the pain of someones loved ones that were lost here, you know, but it is nature. We have to be more vigilant of what it is when we are outside our doors. Tonights fatality the National Weather service says that lightning is responsible for killing 31 people in the united states. Seven of those people lived in florida. It has quieted down significantly here in sarasota, so the next big question is what is the weather going to look like tonight and over the weekend . Yeah marisela, we will continue to see this as it is such a tragic thing. Almost always you can hear that thunder. This is something that we say all summer so please as a reminder, were going to get several more storms before the summer winds down. You can see it at the time of the Lightning Strike. It wasnt just a single strike. There were plenty of storms rolling through. I suspect that well see more of the same tomorrow and on sunday. Then things will begin to wind down in terms of thunderstorm activity. But i think the moisture will ramp up as we Start Talking tropics. Overnight tonight the rains will be winding down with some lightning offshore as marisela tomorrow a few storms will begin to pop. Most of the action later on in the to the day. But im still very confident that once this makes it into the gulf it is going to start picking up speed. Well tell you where we think it is headed coming up in a couple of minutes. All right, den, thank you. A grandmother shopping for baby formula ended up being robbed at a Pinellas Park wal mart. The victim said that something she said gave the criminal a conscious. Abc action News Reporter michael pa particular walmart being a hot spot for crime. Michael, that is according to reports that you pulled tonight, right . Reporter wendy, Pinellas Park police tell us that this walmart behind me on u. S. 19 is a hot zone for criminal activity. So much so that they have stepped up routine patrols in the area because they already assume theyre going to end up here. This is kevin barbers mugshot after he was arrested for robbery. The victim tells us that she was loading up groceries when barber pulled a gun on her at of u. S. 19 on wednesday. To do what you did to me was unacceptable, sir. Completely unacceptable. A life, a life. It isnt worth it. Reporter the victim who did not want us to identify her said that barber non challantly. That all she had was a debit card for food stamps and the tone quickly changed. He goes no, i think i mistook you fo took money from me the other day. Reporter he tracked barber down a few hours later and found a fake handgun in his truck. And knowing now that it is fake does it really matter . No. Not one bit to me. Reporter since june 26, police have responded to this walmart a staggering 261 times that averages out to four times a day. For crimes ranging from battery, hitandrun, robbery, vandalism, the most for trim your trees, light up your parking lot. Dont have your Security Guard standing inside the store greeting people. Have them out in the parking lot. Thats why theyre called Security Guards. Reporter and the victim telling us tonight that it is the cheapest place to get baby formula so the next time she comes here as she will continue to shop here shell be coming with a friend. We are live in Pinellas Park tonight, Michael Paluska abc action news. Michael, thank you. Some breaking news tonight, the cousin of the nba star was shot and killed while push elementary school. Police say that the 32yearold woman was an innocent bystander who got caught in the crossfire between two men as she was shot in the head. Her baby was not hurt. Wade recently moved back to chicago to play for the bulls. His mother said that he was just involved in an espn round table discussion about violence in his hometown. I just said on the panel yesterday, the undefeated, talking about the violence that chicago. Never knowing that the next day we would be the ones that would be living and experiencing that. Wade tweeting within the last hour using enoughisenough. In 2012 wades nephew was shot twice in the leg during an Armed Robbery at a Convenience Store in chicago. Right now police in polk county are looking for thieves targeting a nursing hoe. Targeting a nursing home. A woman and two men broke into unloed the trio were recorded on atm surveillance videos using stolen credit cards to withdraw money there. Police say that they also cashed a stolen check. They were last seen driving a light colored dodge fourdoor truck. New tonight a Football League that will put less privileged kids on the field for free looking to the public to help keep them going. And they are giving a chance to get going. Cameron polom tells us what they will need and how you can if you can afford it, you can play. There werent that many options. Reporter for luke edman it is those memories that motivated him to cope. The league that he joined seemed to fit his desire to affect a positive change in his community. Giving these kids an opportunity to be better or get better and, you know, do something other than getting into trouble. Messing up in school and on the streets. Reporter the south shore profit Football League. Half of the more than 160 children running rounds comes from homes where money is tight. The league provides scholarships that pay for registration fees, equipment, and more. We do all types of grass roots things, car washes, we do fundraisers. We do things like that. But sometimes you just come up a little short. Reporter the League President tony watkins says that the club has doubled in size over the last two years. With more kids comes more uniforms and helmets. There was a great need for underprivileged children who wanted to participate, but just simply could not afford to. Reporter they now hope the community will help fill the gap by donating to keep those kids on the field and out of trouble. Do it because at the end of the day we know we are empowering a life. Reporter in riverview im Cameron Polom abc action news. Taking action for you, it pays to be a disney one. Pass holders and six of their guests can get discount tickets from now until the end of september though. The oneday park hopper pass will cost 79 and get you into all of the disney theme parks. For more information go to our abc action News Facebook page and share it with your friends. 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A newborn giraffe at the her mom, dad, and older brother. In case you were wondering, she was born at more than five feet tall. That is how tall i am fully grown. I was going to say, it said fivefeet five. Im just saying that, you know, i got, well im coming back as a giraffe. What they dont see is what she is standing on right now. Yes. A box. This dont tell anybody. Things are pretty quiet out there. Actually we had all those storms throughout the afternoon into the evening. Still some storms in manatee, sarasota county. For the time being, all is quiet. Tomorrow i think that were going to see a similar set up. The morning will be nice. Mostly dry. So if you have anything you need to get done outdoors, morning until 2 00 to 3 00 that is when things will begin to change. As i said still looking at some here at 11 15 at night youre still looking at Lightning Strikes for manatee and sarasota counties. Theyll continue to move west. If you looked outside, look out to the south, youll see plenty of cloudtocloud lightning for a few more hours. Other than that very heavy rain spilled across most of our area tonight. Most of it on i75 west. Theres a good reason for that. Strong easterly winds means that the sea breeze set up right along the interior section is just west of i75 where the strongest storms were. Heres some of totals. It says in the last 24 hours, but you can really say it is the last four hours. Anywhere from northern pinellas to about inch, inch and a half. In fact most of Pinellas County had an inch of a rain. Manatee hit the jackpot at two to three inches. Same thing in sarasota with a couple inches of rain. Most of Hillsborough County around downtown towards bloomingdale half an inch of rain. Then you go off to the east a smattering of isolated showers. I think that set up is pretty much the same tomorrow. The closer you are to the beach the better the chances youll see some of those storms. The day just like it was today. Temperatures have cooled off into the upper 70s to the lower 80s about where they will be when you wake up in the morning with those high humidity levels. Look at these highs today. Tied a record today in tampa, 95 degrees. 96 in sarasota. Earlier in the week they hit 99. Strong east winds keeps that sea breeze offshore, so that is why it allows that air just to heat up as it travels across the state. And you really dont get much cool air. Low 80s and across most of the area. Except down across manatee and sarasota counties. Lee county as well and areas down to the south where they still have some decent rains. Thatll be winding down shortly and the rest of the overnight hours should be quiet. Now future cast is still hinting that maybe couple ow us see this right along the coast, but maybe even eastern polk could get in on the action between 8 00 and 10 00. Then by lunchtime we would expect to see a srms breeze boundary. But all in all the coverage will be about where it was today. 30 , maybe 40 of the areas will pick up storms. Between 4 00 to 9 00 as was the case today, any of them could produce a lot of lightning between that time and gusty winds. Sunday same thing. Then all of a sudden we start saying what about the tropical air from down south . I dont think that it will bother us on sunday. South florida could see some heavier rain out of it, but for us anything that we do see will be later on monday, tuesday, and into wednesday. Now lets area of low pressure is still really not organized at all. In fact the Hurricane Center even says there is a less chance than there was earlier. Down to a 60 likelihood to develop. The bottom line is that it is meaningless. This low, whats left of it will go into the southeastern gulf with a lot of warm water and calm conditions to develop. Now whether or not it goes into the central gulf, which we dont know yet. But if it does, im telling you this thing will blow up in the central gulf with perfect ingredients for a development. Of our state, which will be tuesday or wednesday, we would get some decent rains out of it. But dont look far lot of wind. Still the jury is still out. I mean you look at the Spaghetti Models and theyre all over the place with this thing. Because of that its a good idea to check us out on social media and on abcactionnews. Com. Well be updating all weekend, 24 7. Bill will be here over the weekend as well. So we can get a clearer idea and well share it with you when that happens. Right now the weekend is fine. Its more of a tuesday legal cause monday but it is late monday, tuesday, wednesday that things will heat up. 10 to 15 knot speed winds. Then it will be dicier along the coast. Thats a reason why we are concerned about the tropics. The gulf temperatures are up to 90 degrees. Your tide, sunrise, sunset. Hourbyhour forecast, partly cloudy overnight. Most of the area has to worry about storms starting from mid to late afternoon. Until those storms after 3 00 to 4 00. Floridas most accurate forecast, rain chances will begin to climb sunday into monday. Then had by tuesday whatever happens with the tropics that corain chances significantly. Action news at 11 00 continues ure, its our labor day sale. Where you can create the perfect home. From now until september 5th, youll find huge savings on stylish pieces. Get free delivery, plus an extra hundreddollars off every thousanddollars you spend. With havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isnt. Mom . Have you see my iguana . The labor day sale is on now, at havertys. Hello folks. Well that was impressive. The the buccaneers starters just owned the browns tonight. And everything on our checklist was met and warned. The buccaneers, they went to hurry up their offense to start off this one. That is something we suggested on twitter last sunday as they did not put it in the end zone. But argaillo makes the field 33 in the field goal department. Perfect for extra points tonight. As for winston, youre going to be winging it. He hit humphries for 23 yards for the first down. This time in the red zone were talking about td time. Winston buying time, finding simms for six. It is 103 buccaneers. And the bucs defense solid and more. They forced a cleveland punt here on the defensive side of 73 yards later hes looking up at the big board with the buccaneers leading 173. Again, the bucs defense showing up again. Mccoy and aires right here, up to rgiii for the 4th sack of the night. That is just impressive from every phase of the game from the buccaneers starters. Wynns to evans for another six. Buccaneers were putting on a show tonight leading 2710 at half.

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