AND I REACHED OUT. >> WELL, AGAIN OR WHAT I’M CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TOM
SORRELLS, SEVERE WEATHER
ALERT. I’M SORRY TO INTERRUPT
YOUR SHOW, BUT WE WANT TO SHOW
YOU WHAT’S GOING ON. BREVARD
COUNTY. IT’S JUST BEEN NASTY
HERE.
>> THIS AFTERNOON, YOU SEE
WHAT’S HAPPENING. LIGHTNING
STRIKES ARE ABUNDANT AND HAIL
STONES ARE FLYING ALL OVER THE
PLACE. WE KEEP WATCHING THE
SEVERE THREAT HERE EMBEDDED
WITH ALL OF THIS, OUR HAIL
STONES THAT ARE SUPER
IMPRESSIVE AND LARGE IN THE
WHITE ZONE RIGHT THERE. SOME
OF THOSE ARE ESTIMATED TO BE 3
INCH HAIL STONES. BUT WHAT IS
VERIFYING ON THE GROUND? IT’S
ALMOST CHRISTMAS WHITE AGAIN
THIS AFTERNOON, NOT LAKE
COUNTY, BUT IN SOUTHERN
BREVARD. THIS IS I-NINETY-FIVE
CLOSE TO ELLIS ROAD ACTUALLY
FROM RIGHT AND HIS PERSPECTIVE
APPEARS TO ACTUALLY HAVE
IMPROVED NOW THAT WE HAVE
BETTER VISION. YOU CAN SEE THE
WHITE ALONG THE SIDE OF THE
STREET AND TEAR AS YOU’RE
LOOKING AT YOUR SCREEN TO THE
LEFT HAND SIDE, ALL THAT WHITE
STUFF THAT’S HAILSTONE ACTION
THAT’S BEEN WASHED AND A
LITTLE POCKETS BANDING HAIL
STONES ACROSS THE MEDIAN. ALL
OF THAT WHITE, SOME OF THAT.
THAT’S ALL HAILSTONE ACTION.
SO NOW HE’S SORT OF
UNDERSTAND. WHY TRAFFIC CAME
TO A DEAD STOP. FOR THE FOLKS
WHO ARE RUNNING HEADLONG INTO
GIANT HAILSTONES. ALL OF A
SUDDEN WOW, PUT ON THE BRAKES
AND SEE HOW WE DO AND THEY HAD
TO SIT THERE TO BE PUMMELED BY
THE HAIL STONES. IT’S JUST
AWFUL TO THINK WHAT THAT MUST
HAVE BEEN LIKE FOR THE FOLKS
RIGHT THERE IN BREVARD COUNTY.
SEE ALL THAT ACTIVITY RIGHT
THERE. ALL THAT WHITE STUFF UP
AND DOWN THE STRIP. THAT’S
REMINISCENT OUR MINDERS. WHAT
WE HAD YESTERDAY IN LAKE
COUNTY OVER THEIR MASCOT
GROVELAND CLERMONT, EVEN THE
CORNER OF ORANGE COUNTY. ALL
THAT WHITE OUT STUFF WE HAD
YESTERDAY. ALL THAT VIDEO WE
POSTED WE’RE LIVING IN AGAIN
TODAY IN SOUTHERN BREVARD
COUNTY. SEVERE THREATS SHOW
YOU EXACTLY WHERE THE HAIL
STONES ARE FLYING. AND NOW ON
THAT CAMERA, WE HAVE
VERIFICATION OF WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE ON THE GROUND. THESE
HAILSTONES ARE IMPRESSIVE AND
THEIR SIZE THIS AFTERNOON
SINCE I WAS LAST ON WITH YOU,
THE SIZE OR THE LITTLE PATCH.
THIS IS 3 INCHES. PLUS HAS
SHRUNK A FEW MINUTES AGO. BUT
THIS BIG NOT STARTING TO
COLLAPSE ON DOWN. SO I DO
BELIEVE MAY BE JUST MAYBE IT’S
GOING THE RIGHT WAY. AND THIS
THING IS LOSING A LITTLE BIT
OF ITS PUNCH. OUR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE
FIRST PART OF THE BOX UP HERE
GOES UNTIL 4 O’CLOCK FOR THE
BUCS TO THE SOUTH. IT GOES
UNTIL 4.15. I’M GONNA PUT
RADAR BACK ON YOU CAN FIGURE
OUT WHO’S GETTING PUMMELED
WITH THE BIG RAIN AND IT’S
EVERYONE JUST ABOUT EVERYONE.
HERE’S MELBOURNE, HIS PALM BAY
MALABAR. YOU STILL HAVE TIME
TO GET INSIDE THE LIGHTNING
STRIKES. A PRETTY INTENSE IF
YOU. SUDDENLY SAFETY RUNNING
OUTSIDE AND MOVING YOUR CAR
AND I’M SORRY, I I TOLD YOU
EARLIER TO GET YOUR CAR INSIDE
MAY PUT A BLANKET ON IF YOU
DON’T HAVE A GARAGE, BUT NOW
IS NOT THE TIME. BUT THESE
LIGHTNING STRIKES IS TOO
DANGEROUS. NOT WORTH RISKING
YOUR HEALTH STEP OUTSIDE TO
SAVE YOUR CAR PUBLIC. NOW WITH
THE RAIN FROM MELBOURNE
VILLAGE, MITTENS QUARTER TO
WEST MELBOURNE ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO THE SOUTH. YOU SEE HOW
HEAVY RAIN IS. HERE’S PALM
BAY, RIGHT ALONG HIGHWAY ONE
PALM BAY LIGHTNING STRIKES,
HEAVY RAIN. LET’S SEE IF SOME
OF THOSE HAILSTONES HAVE
GOTTEN TO YOU IN PALM BAY
RIGHT NOW, I’LL PUT THE SEVERE
THREATS BACK ON MY HAILSTONE
TRACKER SHOWS YOU EXACTLY
WHAT’S HAPPENING. HERE’S THE
ZONE RIGHT HERE. THAT HAS A 3
INCH. PLUS ECHOING BACK ON
RADAR IN THE DARK ZONE. ALL OF
A SUDDEN WE’RE TALKING 2 INCH
HAIL STONES RIGHT ON TOP OF
PALM BAY RIGHT NOW. HAILSTONES
NOT QUITE AS SEVERE CATEGORY,
HOLDING IN THEIR HALF OF AN
INCH, BUT ALL ACROSS THE AREA.
THIS IS DAMAGING HAIL THAT IS
FLYING. IT NEVER FLASHED IT
THIS AFTERNOON AS WHAT THEY
CALL DESTRUCTIVE HAIL STONES
YESTERDAY. WE’VE NOT SEEN ANY
OF THE 3 INCH HAIL STONES MAKE
IT TO THE GROUND. WE’RE JUST
SHOWING A PALM BAY. THIS IS
NORTH OF PALM BAY ON
I-NINETY-FIVE. ANOTHER LIVE
CAMERA RIGHT HERE TO MY RIGHT
TRAFFIC STILL ONGOING. AND AS
YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT’S KNOWN
AS WHITE IT OUT IS THE STUFF
NEAR ELLIS ROAD MAYOR. WE JUST
STARTED THIS CUT IN. THIS PART
OF THE NEWSCAST WITH THE
WHITE. COVERINGS ON THE SIDE
OF THE ROAD. I’M SEEING WHAT I
THINK WOULD BE HAIL STONES
FLIGHT, ALTHOUGH I DON’T SEE
IT POPPING UP LIKE POPCORN OUT
OF THE GROUND AS IT NORMALLY
DOES WITH EITHER LIKE REALLY
HEAVY RAIN. OKAY. WE’RE GOING
TO BACK TO THE SHOT JUST A
MOMENT. WE WANT YOU TO
VISUALIZE THIS ONE AND NOTICE
HOW THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IS
NOT WIDE AND OUT. THE MEDIAN
JUST LOOKS GREAT. AND THEN
LOOK AT THAT. THAT LOOKS LIKE.
WE HAD A WANTED SNOWSTORM IN
DETROIT. THAT’S WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE. TRAFFIC IS FLOWING
THROUGH IT. THOSE ARE ALL HAIL
STONES THAT HAVE TURNED THE
MEDIAN WHITE AND THE SIDE OF
THE ROAD WHITE ON THE SHOULDER
AND YOU SEE THE EXIT RAMP WAS
IT SAYS IS WEST MELBOURNE,
MELBOURNE, INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT TRAFFIC GOING SLOWLY
UP THAT RAMP. THAT LOOKS LIKE.
YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE GOING UP
THE RAMP THERE TOWARD WEST
MELBOURNE. THAT LOOKS LIKE,
YOU KNOW, YOU SOT OF THE ROAD
AND THE SNOW IS OFF TO THE
SIDE. THOSE ARE ALL HAIL
STONES THAT HAVE ACCUMULATED
THERE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
OR BEEN PUSHED TO THE SIDE BY
THE WATER FLOWING OFF THE
STREET ITSELF. IT HAS BEEN