Impact Weather: Strong Storms Prompt Flood and Severe Weather Threat in Central Florida
THAT’S A GREAT IDEA. ALL RIGHT, THE GOOD NEWS HERE WE’RE NOT GOING TO BE SEEING ANY WHITE CHRISTMASES LIKE THAT. WHAT WE SAW THERE A LOT OF SNOW, BUT A LOT OF RAIN TODAY. YEAH, WE’RE SUBSTITUTING IN THE SNOW FOR HEAVY SHOWERS AND IMPACT WEATHER TONIGHT. NOW, THE RAIN HAS BEEN NONSTOP ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA ALL DAY LONG. AND HERE’S SOME OF THE STRONGER IMPACTS THAT WE WILL BE WATCHING OUT FOR. ADDITIONAL HAZARDS DO INCLUDE THE CHANCE FOR A TORNADIC SPIN UP. I’M NOT GOING TO SPEAK THAT INTO EXISTENCE, BUT I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT TOWARDS THE GULF COAST, WE ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAK ROTATION. OF COURSE, DAMAGING WIND. THAT’S GOING TO BE AN IMPACT WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SOME OF THE STRONG GUSTS THAT WE’VE SEEN TODAY ARE BETWEEN 25 AND 30MPH. THE CHANCE FOR HAIL. WE’RE NOT SEEING TOO MUCH OF THAT, BUT WE ARE SHOWING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES ALL ACROSS OUR SUNSHINE STATE. SO AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE METRO RIGHT NOW, THIS IS WHERE WE’RE SHOWING SOME OF OUR HEAVIEST RAIN. YOU SEE THOSE DARKER SHADES OF RED MOVING OVER CONWAY AND AZALEA PARK. RAINFALL RETURN RATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES IN JUST AN HOUR’S TIME SPAN. NOW, OVERALL, THIS SYSTEM IS MOVING ABOUT 30MPH, SO COMING UP, IT’S GOING TO BE REACHING GENEVA AT 623. LOOKS LIKE JUST AFTER 630. BUT WIDESPREAD RAIN, VERY HEAVY CONCERNS ACROSS WINTER PARK. LOOKS LIKE BUMBY AVE JUST MOVING OVER AZALEA AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW. WE’RE STILL WATCHING THOSE HEAVY RAINFALL RETURN RATES, BUT ON TOP OF THAT, WHAT WE’RE WATCHING OUT FOR AS WE HEAD FURTHER OUT TOWARDS THE WEST IS ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. THIS IS JUST NEW, NEWLY COMING IN, IN WHICH ACROSS HILLSBOROUGH AND PINELLAS COUNTY, WE ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING CONCERNS. LOOKS LIKE WE’VE SEEN UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN INDICATED BY OUR DOPPLER RADAR. AND THAT’S JUST WITHIN THE LAST SIX HOURS. SO THIS IS WHAT’S MOVING ON SHORE, COMING UP WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. THIS FEATURE RIGHT HERE, YOU SEE ALL THE LIGHTNING STRIKES ASSOCIATED WITH IT. WE HIGHLIGHTED IT FOR YOU MOVING INTO BAYONET POINT AS WE SPEAK. RIGHT NOW, THIS IS WHERE WE SEE THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY INCREASING THAT CHANCE FOR POTENTIAL ROTATION. ON TOP OF THAT, STILL ACROSS OUR NORTHERNMOST COUNTIES, YOU’VE SEEN CONTINUOUS SHOWERS ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. OCALA SALT SPRINGS I’M LOOKING AT YOU GUYS EVEN OUT ACROSS I-95, EXPERIENCING THE RAIN TOO, IN SCOTTSMOOR TITUSVILLE NOW PORT SAINT JOHN. WE JUST WATCHED SOME SHOWERS HEAD TOWARDS YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS. WIND SPEEDS AREN’T TOO QUICK, BUT NOTICE THAT CONVERGENCE TAKING PLACE RIGHT ALONG THAT I-4 CORRIDOR WHERE WE HAVE THE HEAVIEST RAIN. THAT’S WHERE WE HAVE SOME OF OUR STRONGEST STORMS RIGHT NOW IN ORLANDO AND KISSIMMEE. ALSO, OUR FASTEST WINDS OUT THAT DIRECTION TO PEAK GUSTS AT 2420 EIGHT MILES PER HOUR OUT TOWARDS SANFORD, IN WHICH YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN NO STRANGER TO THE RAIN. SO WHAT WE’RE WATCHING OUT FOR TODAY, TONIGHT, AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO YOUR OVERNIGHT HOURS. WET ROADS, HEAVY RAIN, LIGHTNING AND EVEN SOME DEBRIS WITH THOSE FASTER MOVING WINDS OUT THE DOOR. STILL, OUR TOWER CAM NETWORK ALL GRAY HERE IN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO. WE JUST LIT UP WITH THE LIGHTNING STRIKE THERE. YOU SAW THAT? BUT 68 DEGREE TEMPERATURES IN ORLANDO. YOU NOTICE AS YOU HEAD FURTHER SOUTH, TEMPS ARE WARMER. THE WARMER WEATHER WILL SUPPLY THAT INSTABILITY IN WHICH WE COULD POSSIBLY SEE SOME WEAK ROTATION TONIGHT. SO LET’S TAKE YOU HOUR BY HOUR ON FUTURECAST. WE HAVE THAT PRIMARY LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. SO LEESBURG YOU GUYS WILL SEE THAT BEGIN TO PICK UP COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. SANFORD AS WELL. THIS IS GOING TO PROJECT TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND THE EAST TONIGHT IN WHICH WE COULD STILL SEE SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN WINTER HAVEN. KISSIMMEE HEAVIER POCKETS OF RAIN AS WELL, PUSHING OUT TOWARDS THE COAST BY MIDNIGHT. AND THEN WE’LL DROP THE IMPACT WEATHER COMING UP TO START OFF THE DAY TOMORROW. SO BETWEEN SEVEN, NINE, 11 AND 12:00 STILL IMPACT WEATHER HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, CLOUDY SKIES AND THE CHANCE FOR FOG WILL EXIST AFTER THAT. AS FAR AS RAIN IS CONCERNED, WE COULD SEE ANOTHER POCKET OF MAYBE 2 TO 3IN ACROSS ISOLATED AREAS. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE FOG TRACKER IN WHICH TONIGHT, AFTER THE RAIN QUIETS DOWN, WE’LL SEE PATCHY FOG ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. AND THEN TO START OFF THE WORKWEEK ON MONDAY, WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS IS GOING TO STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE AS IT PUSHES TOWARDS THE SOUTH. BUT IT WILL COOL YOU DOWN. THAT COOL STRETCH WILL DROP TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID 40S ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY IN MARION COUNTY FOR OCALA. SO COMING UP, A LOT MORE SUNSHINE AFTER TUESDAY. STILL GOING TO GET THROUGH SOME ADDITIONAL SHOWERS MONDAY, BUT TEMPERATURES COOL T
Impact Weather: Strong Storms Prompt Flood and Severe Weather Threat in Central Florida
Updated: 7:12 PM EST Dec 7, 2025
Impact Weather: Strong Storms Prompt Flood and Severe Weather Threat in Central FloridaThe chance for Strong Storms returns to the picture today prompting IMPACT WEATHER across central Florida. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Marginal Threat (1/5) today as a slow moving cold front continues to descend across the region today, moving into ta warm and unstable airmass. The timing chance for severe weather will start at 5:00 and continue through Midnight, as today’s line of showers will be pushing offshore just before the overnight hours. The primary concerns that we’ll be watching out for will include strong damaging winds, the possibility of a brief tornadic spin-up, and the potential for flooding, especially surrounding I-75 where rainfall amounts can vary between 3-5+” in isolated areas. Even after the severe potential dies tonight, that won’t be the end of our showers. Rain will linger into the start of the workweek Monday, but temperatures will significantly decrease. Expect to see afternoon highs fall into the low seventies and upper sixties Monday and Tuesday, with overnight lows dropping into the 40s/50s Tuesday and Wednesday.
Impact Weather: Strong Storms Prompt Flood and Severe Weather Threat in Central Florida
The chance for Strong Storms returns to the picture today prompting IMPACT WEATHER across central Florida. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Marginal Threat (1/5) today as a slow moving cold front continues to descend across the region today, moving into ta warm and unstable airmass. The timing chance for severe weather will start at 5:00 and continue through Midnight, as today’s line of showers will be pushing offshore just before the overnight hours. The primary concerns that we’ll be watching out for will include strong damaging winds, the possibility of a brief tornadic spin-up, and the potential for flooding, especially surrounding I-75 where rainfall amounts can vary between 3-5+” in isolated areas. Even after the severe potential dies tonight, that won’t be the end of our showers. Rain will linger into the start of the workweek Monday, but temperatures will significantly decrease. Expect to see afternoon highs fall into the low seventies and upper sixties Monday and Tuesday, with overnight lows dropping into the 40s/50s Tuesday and Wednesday.