First Warning Weather Day: Tornado watch issued as severe storms pose threat to Central Florida

SATURDAY, MAY 25TH AT 10 A.M. AT 647. ON OUR FIRST WARNING WEATHER DAY, WE DO KNOW THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING JUST EXPIRED, RIGHT? KELLIANNE THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. AT 645 IT EXPIRED SO WE NO LONGER HAVE ANY ACTIVE WARNINGS. BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE STILL HAVE THAT TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11:00 THIS MORNING FOR ALL OF OUR CENTRAL FLORIDA LOCATIONS. SO JUST A WATCH MEANS BE PREPARED. THE CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR TORNADOES TO FORM. A WARNING MEANS THAT THERE IS AN IMMINENT THREAT. BUT RIGHT NOW, JUST A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT. NOW, I WANT TO GET YOU OUTSIDE. THIS IS A LOOK IN LAKE COUNTY RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER TO START. WE COULD SEE EVEN SOME LOWERING OF THE CLOUD COVER JUST DUE TO SOME COOLING. IT’S WHAT WE CALL A SCUD CLOUD. BUT OVERALL THINGS ARE NOT TOO BAD IN THIS VIEWPOINT. BUT DO KNOW THAT THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS AND EARLY AFTERNOON, WE’RE STILL GOING TO KEEP THAT POTENTIAL OF A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. SO WHILE THINGS ARE PRETTY QUIET RIGHT NOW WITH NO ACTIVE WARNINGS, WE STILL HAVE THAT POTENTIAL. SO LET’S LOOK AT FIRST WARNING RADAR. IT’S A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE I-4 CORRIDOR OUT IN SEMINOLE COUNTY AND APPROACHING NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY. THINGS ARE NICE AND DRY FOR FLAGLER, MARION, NORTHERN LAKE, AND NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTIES. THIS WAS THAT SEVERE WARNED STORM OUT IN LAKE COUNTY THAT HAS PUSHED INTO DELAND. IT’S REALLY BEGINNING TO WEAKEN, WHICH IS WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE NOW. WE STILL HAVE SOME LIGHTNING STRIKES WITHIN THIS, SO IT’S NOT QUITE STRONG SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL, BUT IT’S JUST ENOUGH. AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SOME HAIL JUST EAST OF LAKE HELEN. NOT QUITE SIGNIFICANT HAIL THOUGH TO ISSUE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. PLENTY OF RAINFALL FROM NEW SMYRNA BEACH DOWN TO SAMSULA OVER TOWARDS DELTONA. WORKING OFF TOWARDS SANFORD. SO HEADS UP SANFORD, THAT RAIN IS ON YOUR DIRECTION AND ON YOUR APPROACH. DOWNPOURS FOR SORRENTO ZELLWOOD MOUNT DORA OVER TOWARDS THE ASTATULA AREA. A COUPLE OF SHOWERS AHEAD OF THAT MAIN LINE FOR LIOTTA, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE SPOTTY SHOWERS AS WE LOOK TOWARDS OSCEOLA COUNTIES AND AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS, THAT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK SOUTH AND EAST, PRODUCING A LOT OF RAINFALL AND CAM. WE’VE ALREADY SEEN A LOT OF RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. THAT’S RIGHT. TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE RAINFALL RATES AT SOME OF THOSE THUNDERSTORMS AT KELLIANNE IS TRACKING. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT RAINFALL RATES WELL OVER AN INCH AN HOUR. IF WE CAN HOP ON TO SEE TWO HERE, A RAINFALL RATES ABOUT AN INCH TO TWO INCHES. AN HOUR. AND THAT’S WHY WE’VE SEEN ALREADY WELL OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME SPOTS. SO EARLIER THIS MORNING WHEN WE HAD THAT LINE OVER FLAGLER COUNTY, PINE LAKES, YOU PICKED UP OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN. PALM COAST, ALMOST TWO INCHES DAYTONA BEACH, ALMOST TWO INCHES IN ORMOND BEACH, AN INCH AND A HALF. AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING, WE’LL CONTINUE TO SEE THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE ORLANDO METRO. AND THEN AS WE GO INTO THE AFTERNOON, WE COULD POSSIBLY SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL WITH THE DAYTIME HEATING. AND WE’LL ALSO WATCHING SOME MOISTURE COMING IN FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. THAT COULD BRING US OUR NEXT ROUND OF RAIN. THEN, AS WE GO INTO LATE THE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING AROUND THE EVENING, DRIVE AROUND 5:00, I DO THINK THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BY THEN SHOULD BE OVER. IT IS A WARM AND MUGGY START THOUGH AS YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR ON THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING. 72 RIGHT NOW IN DELAND, 73 CURRENTLY IN THE VILLAGES. WE’RE IN THE MID 70S RIGHT NOW IN ORLANDO. FIRST WARNING WEATHER DAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY ONLY CLIMBING INTO THE UPPER 80S. THANKS. THE RAIN SHOWERS AND CLOUDS THAT WE’RE EXPECTING TODAY. WEEKEND WEATHER NOT LOOKING TOO BAD. WE ARE GOING TO SEE A HOT WEEKEND IN STORE THOUGH, SO HEADS UP ON THAT. 96 A HIGH ON SATURDAY BUT WITH A HIGHER HUMIDITY. FEELING LIKE THE UPPER 90S EARLY NEXT WEEK. WE DO START TO DRY ON OUT AND LATE WEEK WE DRY ON OUT AS WELL. SO ONCE WE GET THROUGH THIS FIRST WARNING WEATHER DAY CONDITIONS WILL IMPROV

First Warning Weather Day: Tornado watch issued as severe storms pose threat to Central Florida

Updated: 7:07 AM EDT May 15, 2024

After a line of severe weather tore through the state on Tuesday, another round is expected to bring damaging winds and hail Wednesday. That’s why WESH 2’s First Warning meteorologists have declared Wednesday a First Warning Weather Day. Active alerts:A tornado watch has been issued for Polk, Sumter, Flagler, Marion, Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia counties until 11 a.m. WESH 2 will continue to monitor the weather and adjust alerts as necessary. Several counties were placed under a tornado warning overnight, but those have since been allowed to expire.RELATED: Understanding the difference between tornado watches and warnings Most of Central Florida has been placed under a level 2 out of 5 Wednesday, meaning we are expecting scattered severe storms.Damaging winds and hail will be the primary threat. The worst of the weather will move through between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Looking ahead, Thursday and Friday will be more quiet. While there is the possibility for an isolated shower or two, the forecast will be mostly dry and sunny.Another round of showers and storms can be expected this weekend.Stay with WESH 2 online and on-air for the most accurate Central Florida weather forecast.RadarSevere Weather AlertsDownload the WESH 2 News app to get the most up-to-date weather alerts.

ORLANDO, Fla. —

After a line of severe weather tore through the state on Tuesday, another round is expected to bring damaging winds and hail Wednesday.

That’s why WESH 2’s First Warning meteorologists have declared Wednesday a First Warning Weather Day.

Active alerts:

• A tornado watch has been issued for Polk, Sumter, Flagler, Marion, Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia counties until 11 a.m.

WESH 2 will continue to monitor the weather and adjust alerts as necessary.

Several counties were placed under a tornado warning overnight, but those have since been allowed to expire.

RELATED: Understanding the difference between tornado watches and warnings

Most of Central Florida has been placed under a level 2 out of 5 Wednesday, meaning we are expecting scattered severe storms.

Damaging winds and hail will be the primary threat.

The worst of the weather will move through between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Looking ahead, Thursday and Friday will be more quiet. While there is the possibility for an isolated shower or two, the forecast will be mostly dry and sunny.

Another round of showers and storms can be expected this weekend.

Stay with WESH 2 online and on-air for the most accurate Central Florida weather forecast.

Download the WESH 2 News app to get the most up-to-date weather alerts.