Storms moving into Orlando area on Tuesday afternoon

WESH TWO NEWS STARTS NOW. FIRST, AT FOUR FIREWORKS A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE FOURTH. STRONG STORMS AND A LOT OF LIGHTNING. ORLANDO TONY NEWS CHOPPER. CHOPPER TWO GOT A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF A BOLT. ALL PART OF A STORMY END TO JUNE. AND THE FIRST WARNING WEATHER TEAM TOLD YOU THE STORMS WOULD START EARLIER. AND THEY DID. DARK CLOUDS FIRST ROLLED OVER OUR HEADS HERE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, AND THERE’S BEEN PLENTY OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING SINCE THEN. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK ON THE ROADS RIGHT NOW. MOBILE WEATHER LAB IS IN WINTER PARK RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN SEE THE WINDSHIELD THERE. QUITE A FEW DROPLETS AND GRAY SKIES BEYOND THAT. I WANT TO TAKE IT EASY OUT ON THE ROADS. AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE FROM OUR TOWER CAM LOOKING SOUTH TOWARDS DOWNTOWN ORLANDO. STILL PLENTY OF LIGHTNING OUT THERE. CAM TRAN IS TRACKING WHAT’S LEFT AND HOW LONG IT WILL LAST. CAM THAT’S RIGHT. CAN YOU BELIEVE MORE THAN 20,000 LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER THE LAST SIX HOURS? AND RIGHT NOW, WE’RE STILL TALKING ABOUT 2400 LIGHTNING STRIKES AT THIS MOMENT. A LOT OF STORMS STILL BREWING IN THE ORLANDO METRO, INCLUDING FROM APOPKA TO LONGWOOD, JULIET SCHOR AND DOWNTOWN ORLANDO, AND ANOTHER BATCH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN, GOING OVER OUR ATTRACTIONS AREA, INCLUDING OUT BY THE THEME PARKS ALL UP AND DOWN THE 408 THIS AFTERNOON. AND WE’RE ALSO TRACKING SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN UP IN SEMINOLE COUNTY, MAKING THAT DRIVE HOME ALONG I-4 QUITE SLICK, ESPECIALLY IN THE SANFORD HEATHROW AREA, HEADING NORTH TOWARDS DELTONA AND THEN OUT TO THE WEST. WE’VE GOT SOME VERY GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY HERE NEAR DUNNELLON. LOTS OF LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. HONING IN A LITTLE CLOSER, WE DO HAVE A FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN OR CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY. EXCUSE ME, UNTIL 430 THIS AFTERNOON, INCLUDING FRUITLAND PARK, LEESBURG, OKAHUMPKA, FRUITLAND PARK. YOU PICKED UP OVER FOUR TO QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN AND IT’S STILL COMING DOWN THIS AFTERNOON. SO HEAVY RAIN STILL IN CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY DOWN TO THE SOUTH IN OSCEOLA COUNTY, HEAVY RAIN INTO KISSIMMEE, POINCIANA CELEBRATION. AND WE HAD A REALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SAINT CLOUD THAT IS NOW MEANDERING EAST SOUTHEAST ALONG THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE AND ALONG 441 THERE. SO IT’S ACTUALLY EASIER TO PINPOINT WHERE IT’S NOT RAINING THAN WHERE IT ISN’T RAINING, WHERE IT IS RAINING, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE’RE STILL DEALING WITH THOSE HEAVY DOWNPOURS ACROSS OSCEOLA COUNTY. THE GOOD NEWS IS, AN EARLIER START TO RAIN USUALLY MEANS AN EARLIER END. SO BY SUNSET TONIGHT, WE ARE EXPECTING THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO WIND ON DOWN. BUT I WOULD SAY THE NEXT HOUR TO TWO HOURS. WE’RE STILL LOOKING AT SOME PRETTY SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE WET

Storms are moving into the Orlando metro area on Tuesday afternoon. The National Weather Service has put the western part of Central Florida under a marginal risk for strong to severe storms.RadarSevere Weather Alerts Active alertsNo active alerts at this timeExpired alertsA severe thunderstorm warning that was issued for parts of Lake and Orange counties expired at 3 p.m.First Warning Weather Stay with WESH 2 online and on-air for the most accurate Central Florida weather forecast.RadarSevere Weather AlertsDownload the WESH 2 News app to get the most up-to-date weather alerts. The First Warning Weather team includes First Warning Chief Meteorologist Tony Mainolfi, Eric Burris, Marquise Meda, Cam Tran and Victoria Wisniewski.

ORLANDO, Fla. —

Storms are moving into the Orlando metro area on Tuesday afternoon.

The National Weather Service has put the western part of Central Florida under a marginal risk for strong to severe storms.

Active alertsNo active alerts at this timeExpired alerts
A severe thunderstorm warning that was issued for parts of Lake and Orange counties expired at 3 p.m.
First Warning Weather

Stay with WESH 2 online and on-air for the most accurate Central Florida weather forecast.

Download the WESH 2 News app to get the most up-to-date weather alerts.

The First Warning Weather team includes First Warning Chief Meteorologist Tony Mainolfi, Eric Burris, Marquise Meda, Cam Tran and Victoria Wisniewski.