FORMALLY PUSH THEIR CLAIMS WITH
ORANGE COUNTY'S SHERIFF.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
I'M GINGER GADSDEN.
THIS IS LOCAL 6 NEWS AT 7:00.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WE START WITH THE STORMS AND THE
DAMAGE THEY'VE ALREADY CAUSED.
SKY 6 WAS JUST OVER TAVARES
WHERE SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY
SPOTTED A TORNADO.
DESPITE TREES DOWN AND ONE
MOBILE HOME DAMAGED, NO ONE WAS
SERIOUSLY HURT.
IT'S NOT BAD EVERYWHERE TONIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE THE SUN TRYING TO
SHINE THROUGH HERE ON THE FUN
SPOT AMERICA CAMERA ON I-DRIVE.
SO LET'S GET RIGHT OVER TO
METEOROLOGIST JULIE BROUGHTON IN
FOR TOM SORRELLS TONIGHT.
WHAT ARE WE IN STORE FOR THIS
EVENING, JULIE?
THINGS ARE IMPROVING IN A LOT
OF SPOTS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HEAVY RAINS
AND GUSTY WINDS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OCALA
NATIONAL FOREST, NEAR CEDAR
CREEK AND BURBANK, NEAR EUREKA,
WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE POCKETS
OF HEAVY RAIN, NOT A LOT OF
LIGHTNING CONTAINED WITHIN THE
PARTICULAR CLUSTER.
MORE THAN 4 INCHES OF RAIN PER
HOUR FALLING IN SOME SPOTS.
WE'VE SEEN SMALL HAIL IN SOME OF
THESE SHOWERS TODAY.
THERE'S THE POTENTIAL OF A
LITTLE BIT OF HAIL WITHIN THE
CORNER.
THESE ARE THE RAINFALL TOTALS IN
THE LAST HALF-HOUR, SOUTH OF THE
TURNPIKE, 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN
THE LAST 24 HOURS OVER OCALA AND
DUNNELLON.
MOST OF US ARE SEEING THE
ACTIVITY ENDING FOR THE NIGHT.
THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS AFTER WE
LOOP BACK OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
HOURS AND FACTOR OVER THE
SATELLITE IMAGERY.
WE'RE SEEING THE STRONGER STORMS
MOVING THROUGH TO THE TAVARES
AREA.
WE'RE GETTING INDICATIONS THE
DAMAGE IS FROM STRONG WINDS, NOT
FROM A TORNADO WITH WIND GUSTS
50 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR.
WHERE WE'RE SEEING RAIN RIGHT
NOW IS IN MARION COUNTY.
THE SHOWERS WILL WIND DOWN FOR
US OVER THE NEXT HOUR, HOUR AND
A HALF.
WE'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THERE'S THE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG STORMS
TOMORROW WITH THE HOUR-BY-HOUR
FORECAST IN A COUPLE MINUTES.
THANK YOU, JULIE.
DON'T FORGET, YOU CAN GET
BREAKING WEATHER ALERTS AND LIVE
RADAR ANYTIME ON OUR FREE LOCAL
6 STORM TRACKING APP.
JUST SEARCH WKMG IN YOUR APP
STORE.
NOW, THESE STORMS HAVE CAUSED
PROBLEMS ALL OVER CENTRAL
FLORIDA.
IN MOMENTS, WE'LL TAKE YOU TO
ORANGE COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE
A WOMAN WAS REPORTEDLY STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.
WE START IN LAKE COUNTY WHERE
STORM DAMAGE REPORTS ARE COMING
IN NEAR DOWNTOWN TAVARES
CENTERED ON A MOBILE HOME PARK
ON MAIN STREET AND STATE ROAD
19.
AMAKA UBAKA IS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE
DAMAGE LEFT OVER FROM THIS
STORM.
YOU CAN SEE THE TRUNK OF THIS
TREE LITERALLY SPLIT IN HALF AND
FELL RIGHT ON THIS PLAYGROUND.
WE'RE TOLD THIS PLAYGROUND IS
USED FOR PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN,
ABOUT 70 CHILDREN WE'RE TOLD,
POSSIBLY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
WORTH OF EQUIPMENT WAS DESTROYED
LIKE PLAYHOUSES, SAND BOX, BIKE
PATH, AND LOTS OF OTHER
EQUIPMENT.
THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS OUT HERE
AROUND 3:30 WHEN THE TREE FELL
SMACK DAB ON TO THIS PLAYGROUND.
NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TAKE
A LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER
PARTS OF LAKE COUNTY TO SEE IF
THERE'S MORE STORM DAMAGE.
OF COURSE, WE'LL BRING THAT TO
YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN.
IN LAKE COUNTY, AMAKA UBAKA,
LOCAL 6.
AND TWO PEOPLE HAS BEEN
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IT HAPPENED ON MARTINEZ DRIVE
SOUTH OF HOLDEN AVENUE AND
HOLDEN HEIGHTS.
LOCAL 6 JUSTIN WARMOTH JUST
TALKED WITH NEIGHBORS.
THE OWNER OF THIS HOME ON
MARTINEZ DRIVE SAYS THE TWO
FRIENDS WERE STANDING IN THE
DRIVEWAY TALKING WHEN ONE OF
THEM WAS APPARENTLY STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.
SHE WAS TAKEN TO ORMC, BREATHING
AND CONSCIOUS.
THE CALL CAME IN JUST BEFORE
5:00 THIS AFTERNOON.
SHE SAYS SHE AND HER TWO FRIENDS
JUST GOT HOME FROM RUNNING
ERRANDS WHEN THIS HAPPENED.
THE WOMAN WHO WAS STRUCK IS 30
YEARS OLD AND THE NEIGHBOR SAYS
SHE'S A WIFE AND MOTHER.
WHEN SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL SHE WAS BREATHING AND
CONSCIOUS.
THE OTHER WOMAN REFUSED TO GO TO
THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
THE HOMEOWNER IS THANKFUL HER
FRIENDS WEREN'T SERIOUSLY HURT.
IT KNOCKED HER OUT INTO HER
BACK AND SHE SAID SHE HAD A BAD
HEADACHE.
HER EYE WAS HURTING HER.
SHE COULDN'T REMEMBER FOR A
LITTLE WHILE SOMETHING RIGHT ON
TOP OF HER HEAD AND SHE WAS
CONCERNED THAT, YOU KNOW,
SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED TO HER.
WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE
30-YEAR-OLD'S CONDITION AS THE