FOX 35 Orlando is tracking the potential for severe weather, including strong thunderstorms, strong winds, and an isolated tornado, on Sunday, following days of severe weather in the central and southern parts of the United States. FOX 35's Laurel Blanchard explains the latest severe weather outlook, forecast, storm timeline, and main weather impacts.
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00:00widespread just because this entire front is basically being pulled through
00:03the region. So it's starting off in Gainesville and then finishing off in
00:07Melbourne as we head more towards the morning in Gainesville and then finally
00:11out of here in Melbourne by the time we hit sunday night. So overall across the
00:15region, sunday is not a washout, but there is going to be a couple of hours
00:19where you are going to be impacted by that line of storms and we'll talk
00:23about it in just a few minutes. Taking a look sunday is our day of a storm
00:28alert day. Tornadoes and severe storms are possible as this line makes its way
00:32through the region. And as we do take a look at that line right now, we can see
00:36tornado watches in effect for the panhandle parts of southern Alabama and
00:40then all the way through Georgia as well. They have been canceled for
00:44Louisiana central Tennessee, but we are still seeing this storm very active as
00:49right now we are still experiencing a lot of severe thunderstorm warnings. As
00:53of right now, there are no tornado warnings in effect. However, we see this
00:57storm still has a lot of energy associated with it as we continue to
01:01keep an eye. So this is what we're continuing to watch right now. A little
01:06bit of good news right here is that the worst is done. So we definitely saw
01:10that bullseye right over the border of areas of Mississippi and Alabama. So
01:15slowly this line is going to lose that strength that it had. But this storm
01:20definitely caused a lot of damage as there were lots of tornadoes and very
01:24widespread tornadoes, especially across Mississippi and Alabama earlier on this
01:29evening. But that line again slowly going to start to calm down as we head
01:33into further through the overnight tonight. However, it's not done yet. We
01:37still have another round of severe weather to go before we finally see this
01:41thing push out to sea. So as we do take a closer look, we're seeing that storm
01:45threat coming from our area all the way up into Virginia. And as we take a
01:49little bit of a closer look, we see areas across Gainesville, Ocala, Cedar
01:53Key, Horseshoe Beach, as well as Bell in that level two out of five for
01:57severe weather anywhere south of Ocala and south of Palm Coast in that
02:02possible region. So ultimately what this means is the likelihood of seeing
02:06severe weather up in the Gainesville area, maybe seeing a severe storm or
02:10two or the possibility of a quick spin up and here across the Orlando metro
02:15area and once again up towards Palm Coast, going to be seeing the isolated
02:18chance of a severe storm or a quick spin up as well. So let's take a look
02:23at those storm threats and really break those down. So damaging winds is
02:26number one and we'll actually put numbers to that damaging wind in just a
02:29moment. But because we have a little bit more storm energy in the atmosphere,
02:34as opposed to wind shear like we saw on monday, this is also going to produce
02:38the possibility of some stronger thunderstorms, which could lead to some
02:42large hail. Of course, very similar to the event that we did see on monday.
02:46Tornadoes are not out of the question and also heavy rain is a factor as
02:49well, but not as much of a threat as these three like we mentioned before.
02:54So let's talk about timing, mainly the same as what we've seen, but we did
02:58change the angle of this graphic just a little bit thinking on making its way
03:02down towards the Gainesville area right at about between nine and 11 a.m. Still
03:07Gainesville down to the villages and Bushnell from 11 a.m. To two p.m.
03:11Orlando metro area, Claremont back up towards Daytona Beach. This line moving
03:15through between two and five p.m. And if you're anywhere Bithlow over to the
03:19coastline, this is going to be moving in after five p.m. So that's the timeline.
03:24Let's look at one of the models that we're seeing right here. This is the
03:28name model usually does very well with severe weather just in events like this.
03:32But overall, what we're going to see is this line possibly fire up just a
03:36little bit as all that energy from the day and that sun coming up, starting to
03:41seep into areas, especially across central florida, which could ramp up
03:45those storms just a little bit. We're also going to have that wind play a
03:49factor as well. That line continuing to make its way down towards the Orlando
03:53area, possibly at about five p.m. And then finally making its way off the
03:57coast as we head into sunday night and early, early monday morning, things
04:02should be completely done by monday at midnight, not affecting that morning
04:06commute. So that is the good news right there. Wind is going to be a pretty big
04:10factor. And as that line is starting to move through, possibly looking at 40
04:14mile per hour winds by cedar key and overall possibly seeing 30 mile per
04:18hour winds region wide as that line does start to move through. So a very
04:23gusty day and it's going to start in early, early tomorrow morning. And if
04:27you do find yourself in a severe weather situation, make sure you do get
04:31to the most center room of your house, like a closet or a bathroom away from
04:35any windows and doors. Seven day forecast real quick. We are going to be
04:39seeing that temperature drop as soon as that cooler air starts to move in. We're
04:44gonna go to the nineties into the upper fifties. So it's going to be a
04:47chilly start and windy start to the work week.