{"id":139654,"date":"2026-02-01T14:04:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T14:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/139654\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T14:04:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T14:04:25","slug":"tampa-bay-residents-spot-first-snow-for-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/139654\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay residents spot first snow for the weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 Tampa Bay residents spotted their first snow of the weekend Saturday evening, with icy flakes blowing around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/timeline-dangerous-cold-move-tampa-115856327.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:LIVE RADAR: Chance for snow as dangerous cold moves in to Tampa Bay;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> LIVE RADAR: Chance for snow as dangerous cold moves in to Tampa Bay <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hernando County<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A family in Brooksville went out to catch snow flurries as they came down from the sky Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Hernando County resident reported seeing a snow flurry at their Brooksville home at 5:44 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/snow-florida-send-photos-video-230736018.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:SNOW IN FLORIDA: Send photos, video of winter weather!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> SNOW IN FLORIDA: Send photos, video of winter weather! <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More flurries were spotted in Lake Lindsey, which is located north of Brooksville.<\/p>\n<p>Sarasota County<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Snow flurries had a kid in North Port jumping for joy Saturday night<\/p>\n<p>Citrus County<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Beth Huntberry of Crystal River sent in a video showing how astonished she was by the presence of snow in Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI can\u2019t believe it is snowing, y\u2019all!\u201d Huntberry said. \u201cOh my Lord have mercy. I\u2019m moving to Key West.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Crystal River resident Jeanie McClellan spotted flurries in her area as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meanwhile, Megan George spotted flurries around her house in Inverness, which was featured on a WFLA Now livestream.<\/p>\n<p>Hillsborough County<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Chris Careccia captured some snow flurries falling in Lake Keystone near Odessa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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