Same area, tampa road and u. S. 19, earlier crash from overnight that involved a semi. That has cleared. Now we have a new crash in this area reported, looks like some lanes are still blocked, might want to avoid that area if you can. You can try belcher instead. Checking out another crash eastbound i4 just before you get to macintosh, you can see it here not really seeing delays and westbound into tampa looking pretty good. 6 01. We will continue on weather and traffic conditions all morning to help keep you safe. People in Citrus County are paying especially close attention to the forecast. They could take the brunt of the storm in our area as ivan told you a little while ago. They are going to see heavy rain and also gusty winds throughout the day today and tomorrow. And because of that restaurants like the freezer tiki bar have generators on standby, its next to the Homosassa River. Several parks west of u. S. 19 will be also closed later this afternoon for everyones still have tim
Closer to the bay area the rain is already here. Abc action news making sure youre ready for the potential flooding as it hits part of the bay area. The rain already moved in. The latest from the National Hurricane center, really no big changes as far as the track and what were expecting. Still a heavy rain event. Still coastal flooding potential especially through tomorrow at the time of high tide. Right now 35 mileanhour winds, yes, that is a tropical depression. Not a Tropical Storm. You get four more and you get a Tropical Storm which is what were expecting here. Me anticipation of what the storm will be like as it approaches the area. This will become a Tropical Storm, its going to head to the north and northeast with winds at 50 to 65 miles an hour between thursday morning and thursday afternoon and then by thursday evening making landfall along floridas big bend. The trend has been, youve been noticing the last couple of days shifting further and further away which is excellent
Heavily. So this is going to continue to be a big problem through the morning and into the midday hour. Theres clearwater through st. Pete and some lightning embedded there as well. So not just all rain, we continue to see lightning throughout the morning hours. Look at this, this is not from yesterday. This is just this morning, 2 to 5 inches of rainfall fell in a very short amount of time and that is why we had the flooding issues. Widening out the shot you can see this blob of white, that is the depression, were well out good 400 to 500 miles away and were getting that plumb of tropical moisture that continues to move from south to north. Again a multiday rain event and tomorrow getting into the winds. Right now 35 miles an hour. Still the forecast from the National Hurricane center and the models 55 to 65 mileper hour winds. Track shifted a little further west and that is even better news for us that, means the coastal flooding were expecting for tomorrow 1 to 2 feet will be less s
Taco trucks on every co corner . Why those words have sparked backlash and mockery on social media. From tampa bays number one news station, this is good day tampa bay. Jen well, well, well, look at this lineup. Alcides what day is it, friday. Jen 7 a. M. On a alcides filling in. Jen i am filling in for anjuli. Aid in. Thank you for. Dave i am filling for lindsay. May they dont want to work with him. Jen you had a really buzzer day. Dave he will take his k kickball and go home. Very busy but tart to quiet things down. A lot of moisture in the area, but i want to show you this beautiful sunrise. It is gorgeous i mean look at that orange and of cloud cover with the extra moisture that we have though. This is what is going to ha happen. More showers are going to form today. The overall rain chances will be running 50 to 60 as that activity starts to move onshore later today and eventually it will move inland. And the forecast is not perfect for the first part of your labor day weekend. Mo