Severe weather makes its way across Central Florida bringing tornadoes, hail, damaging winds and rain
AND DO NOT RUB THE AREA. ALL RIGHT, LET’S TURN OUR ATTENTION BACK TO THE FORECAST. TONY. IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLY BUSY 24 HOURS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA YESTERDAY MARQUISE TONIGHT. A LOT OF WARNINGS TODAY. NOW WE’RE SEEING A BIG DROP IN TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE PENINSULA. LET ME TAKE YOU BACK OUTSIDE. MORE GOOD NEWS NOW. THEY CONTINUE TO CHOP THAT TORNADO WATCH. STILL THOUGH, SUMTER COUNTY IS IN THERE. BUT REALLY I THINK THE WORST OF THE WEATHER IS OVER FOR THEM. THE ONE AREA THAT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH, I BELIEVE, IS SOUTH AND EAST OF ORLANDO, WHERE IT’S STILL QUITE WARM AS WE SHOWED YOU HERE. LOOK AT THESE TEMPERATURES 80 TO 85 MID 80S HERE WITH THAT LINE KIND OF PUSHING OFF TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND EAST. IT’S GOING TO FEED OFF OF THAT. ONCE THE LINE KIND OF COMES THROUGH. LOOK AT THE DROP OFF IN THE TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE 60S. SO WE ARE NEARING THE END FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER. GIVE THIS ABOUT ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO AT MAX. AND I THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE AGAIN. THIS YELLOW AREA, THAT’S THE CORRIDOR THAT WE’RE GOING TO WATCH AS THIS FRONT SAGS OFF TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND EAST. SPOTTY SHOWERS NOW. BIG LINE OF STORMS JUST BLEW THROUGH DAYTONA BEACH. WE’RE IMPROVING HERE. STRONGEST WINDS NOW WELL OFFSHORE. SO GOOD NEWS ON THAT FRONT. BUT YOU CAN SEE LOOK AT THESE STORMS NOW DEVELOPING OVER TOWARDS EAST ORLANDO. BACK TOWARDS BITHLO THE BEACH LINE. THE 417. THIS IS HEADING TOWARDS AVALON PARK. CHRISTMAS AND WEDGEFIELD FILLING ON IN AND HEADED OVER TOWARDS TITUSVILLE AND PORT SAINT JOHN. A LITTLE BIT LATER ON. POINCIANA KISSIMMEE WINTER HAVEN GOT SOME GOOD RAIN HERE. THIS IS KIND OF MOVING OFF TOWARDS THE EAST NORTHEAST LAKE HART SAINT CLOUD HARMONY HIGH SCHOOL, PORT SAINT JOHN. THERE’S YOUR ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL THIS EVENING. NOW, THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF RAIN UP TO THE NORTH TODAY. LOOK AT PORTIONS OF FLAGLER COUNTY. OVER 2.5IN OF RAIN. AND EVEN IN AND AROUND SANFORD, A GOOD SOLID SOAKING OF RAIN. JUST HAD A CHANCE TO KIND OF PLAY AROUND WITH SOME MORE OF THE NUMBERS THERE. SANFORD. THERE’S LAKE MARY, THERE’S HEATHROW, ALL OF YOU OVER AN INCH OF RAIN TODAY WITH EVEN WITH THESE FAST MOVING SHOWERS AND STORMS, NOW YOU GET OVER TOWARDS LONGWOOD AND ALTAMONTE SPRINGS. THE AMOUNTS ARE BELOW AN INCH, BUT AGAIN, ANYTIME YOU GET A HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IN YOUR DRY SEASON, YOU ARE DOING WELL. NOW. BEHIND THE RAIN. WE’VE GOT A BIG CHANGES COMING OUR WAY. WITH MORE ON THAT. HERE’S MARQUISE TONY AS YOU WERE MENTIONING, WE’VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT FALL OFF IN OUR TEMPERATURES, RIGHT? AND WITH THAT IN MIND, WE HAVE A VERY TIGHT TEMPERATURE GRADIENT. THAT’S WHAT’S PRODUCING THESE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. WE’VE HAD WIND GUSTS UPWARDS OF 50MPH INSIDE OF THOSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CELLS. WE’VE ALSO SEEN SOME HAILSTONES FALLING TODAY. WE’VE HAD SOME GREAT FOOTAGE SENT IN BY OUR VIEWERS LOWER ON THE IMPACT SCALE IS THE CHANCE FOR TORNADIC POTENTIAL AND HEAVY RAIN. WE ALSO DROPPED OUT OF THE TORNADO WATCH FOR MARION AND ALSO FLAGLER COUNTY. SO THAT’S SOME GREAT NEWS ENTERING THE EVENING. BUT WE COULD STILL SEE SOME DOWNPOURS TOTALING MAYBE AN INCH BEFORE TODAY IS SAID AND DONE. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE CHANCE FOR DAMAGING WIND IS GOING TO BE A TOP PRIORITY. AS WE MOVE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF YOUR EVENING HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. SO HERE’S A LOOK AT THAT STORM TIMELINE. JUST LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS NOW MOVING OVER OUR NORTHWESTERN. MOST COMMUNITIES, IF YOU’RE CLOSE TO THE I-4 CORRIDOR, WE’RE WATCHING OUT FOR A LINE OF STORMS BETWEEN NOW AND 7:00 IN THAT SAME LINE WILL ENTER OUR SOUTH AND EASTERNMOST COMMUNITIES BETWEEN 7 AND 8, BEFORE PUSHING OFFSHORE BY 9:00. SO HERE’S THE LINE THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, PRETTY MUCH JUST PARALLEL TO THE I-4 CORRIDOR SPILLING OVER INTO KISSIMMEE RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK. AND WITH THAT IN MIND, WE STILL HAVE THOSE STRONG GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLY PRODUCING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40MPH. NOW AT 6:00, NOTICE THAT THE WINDS ARE DYING DOWN. TEMPERATURES ARE GETTING A LOT COOLER. ONCE THE RAIN SHOWERS PASS YOU BY. SO BITHLO SAINT CLOUD, YOU’RE STILL A LITTLE BIT BREEZY MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTY. WE HAVE TO ALSO WATCH OUT FOR IS ANY SEA BREEZE INTERACTION RIGHT WHERE WE COULD HAVE A STRONGER STORM WITH THE COLD FRONT MOVING IN TO WHAT’S ALREADY AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND THAT SEA BREEZE CONNECTION THERE, WATCHING OUT FOR THE RAIN SHOWERS AS WELL. AS I MENTIONED, POCKETS OF RAIN COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN HALF AN INCH AND A FULL INCH, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE HEAVY RAIN IS NOW PAST US. WE WILL SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT LINGER AT 7 TO 8:00, AND THEN WE’LL PUSH PAST THE 9:00 HOUR, WHICH IS CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. AND THAT CHANCE FOR RAIN IS CERTAINLY GOING TO DROP OUT. ALSO DROPPING TONIGHT, YOUR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BACK TO THE 40S AND EVEN THE 30S IN MARION COUNTY. ONCE YOU FACTOR IN THE FOR THE FEELS-LIKE CONCERN, IT COULD FEEL LIKE YOU’RE BELOW THE FREEZING LEVEL AT 31 DEGREE WIND CHILL VALUES IN OCALA. SO YOU’LL STILL NEED THAT WINTER JACKET AFTER ALL THE SHOWERS HAVE PASSED YOU BY. COOLER WEATHER STILL TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S TO START OFF THE MORNING, BUT SLOWLY OVER TIME WE START TO THAW OUT HERE IN THE CENTRAL FLORIDA. EVENTUALLY, WE’LL MAKE IT BACK TO THE SEASONAL AVERAGE OF THE MID 70S AND LOWER 80S BY FRID
Severe weather makes its way across Central Florida bringing tornadoes, hail, damaging winds and rain
Updated: 5:30 PM EDT Mar 16, 2026