Strong to Severe Storms Today

FROM WESH TWO. FIRST WARNING WEATHER. THIS IS A SEVERE WEATHER UPDATE. LOTS OF ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON. AND WE WILL GET YOU BACK TO YOUR SCHEDULED PROGRAMING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. BUT DARK, BILLOWING CLOUDS LOOM OVER THE TOURIST DISTRICT AS A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS JUST POPPED UP ACROSS NORTHERN OSCEOLA AND SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY. YOU SEE THAT LIGHTNING STRIKES ALONG THE I-4 CORRIDOR WITH THIS PARTICULAR CELL. THIS IS GOING TO BE ACTIVE UNTIL 5:15 P.M. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND EVEN THE CHANCE FOR HAIL ARE BOTH ON THE TABLE. WE’RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PICK SOME OF THOSE WINDS RIGHT NOW, IN WHICH THE WINDS COULD BE UP TO 60MPH. SWITCHING OVER TO OUR DOPPLER RADAR. AND HERE WE HAVE THE WINDS MOVING CLOSER TO THE METRO. RIGHT NOW. WIND GUSTS COULD BE UPWARDS OF 20 TO 40 PLUS MILE PER HOUR CONDITIONS. BUT WE’RE JUST BEING AWARE THAT THESE WINDS COULD BE EVEN GREATER AS THE STORM DOES MOVE TOWARDS THE NORTH AND THE EAST AT 15 TO 20MPH. ALSO OUT TOWARDS THE EAST ACROSS I-95. WE’RE WATCHING THIS PARTICULAR CELL GOING TO BE ACTIVE UNTIL 515 ACROSS COCOA BEACH, CAPE CANAVERAL. YOU SEE ALL THE LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS A1A AND BACK TOWARDS DISNEY MEADOW WOODS. THIS IS OUR FIRST CELL THAT WE HAVE ENTERING THE METRO AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW, JUST ALONG THE I-4 CORRIDOR FOR OSCEOLA AND ALSO ORANGE COUNTY, WATCHING OUT FOR THE WINDS, THE HAIL AND OF COURSE THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BUT IT’S A VERY ACTIVE AFTERNOON HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. WE’VE GOT STORMS ALONG THE COAST AND NOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INLAND ENTERING THE METRO. AND OF COURSE, WE’LL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY RIGHT HERE ON WESH TWO. THIS WESH TWO FIRST WARNING WEATHER UPDATE