{"id":359238,"date":"2026-07-31T20:11:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/359238\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T20:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:11:19","slug":"severe-thunderstorms-move-across-central-florida-on-friday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/359238\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe thunderstorms move across Central Florida on Friday afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Severe thunderstorms move across Central Florida on Friday afternoon<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0ef9e7e2-0673-4d77-92c5-22a1e3663de5_1697751930.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Allison Petro\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Central Florida \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Strong storms are expected in parts of Central Florida on Friday. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Heavy rain and localized flooding are possible between noon and 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Rain coverage is estimated at 70%. <\/p>\n<p>Alerts <\/p>\n<p>This content is imported from x. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">60 mph wind gusts are possible near Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach right now. A severe thunderstorm just north of Port Canaveral is pushing east, with damage to roofs and trees likely. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6Xf5bIgA9g\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/6Xf5bIgA9g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tony Mainolfi (@TMainolfiWESH) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TMainolfiWESH\/status\/2083252123999867138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 31, 2026<\/a><br \/>\nLooking ahead<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">This weekend, rain coverage remains high at 80% for both Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>This content is imported from x. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.<\/p>\n<p>First Warning Weather <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\">Stay with WESH 2 online and on-air for the most accurate Central Florida weather forecast.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"13\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/wesh-2-app\/41431568\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WESH 2 News app<\/a> to get the most up-to-date weather alerts. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"14\">The First Warning Weather team includes First Warning Chief Meteorologist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/c15dac96-e8e1-4a2f-8a7c-b0d9c1d1ede8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Mainolfi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/b84a2751-86e2-4b70-8f05-12ecc06b0236\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Burris<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/abedc214-9e69-4857-8bcc-5d658fde966c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Vickery<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/97bcf79a-31d8-4f11-b87a-39b3812b68f6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cam Tran<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61560185211984\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Victoria Wisniewski<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Severe thunderstorms move across Central Florida on Friday afternoon Central Florida \u2014 Strong storms are expected in parts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[315,26849,5124,28,30,29,8597,144836,49966,5123,67905,117218,918,26848],"class_list":["post-359238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-brevard-county","tag-cam-tran","tag-eric-burris","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-friday","tag-luke-vickery","tag-most-up-to-date-weather-alert","tag-on-air","tag-severe-thunderstorm-warning","tag-victoria-wisniewski","tag-wesh","tag-wesh-2-news-app"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}