02:00PM. I WILL BE RIGHT BACK TO PINPOINT THAT HOUR BY HOUR. BREAK OUT. SO YOU KNOW WHO IS
IN DANGER? YOU CAN MAKE YOUR
PLANS.
>> TOM, THANK YOU. OUR TEAM
COVERAGE CONTINUES NOW IN
CLAREMONT WHERE WE’VE GOT THE
MOST REPORTS OF HAIL DURING
TODAY’S STORMS. NEWS SIX’S
TROY CAMPBELL IS LIVE IN LAKE
COUNTY TONIGHT. SPEAKING WITH
HOMEOWNERS WHO EXPERIENCED
DAMAGE TODAY. TROY.
>> WELL, WE SO WE SPENT
SEVERAL HOURS OF GOING AROUND
HERE IN THE SAWGRASS
NEIGHBORHOOD IN CLERMONT TAKE
A LOOK RIGHT HERE. YOU CAN
STILL SEE THIS HAIL SEVERAL
HOURS LATER IS STILL ALL PILED
UP HERE ON THE SIDE OF THE
ROAD. WE SPOKE A LOT OF
HOMEOWNERS OUT HERE WHO SAY
THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN A OF
IT LIKE THIS. THAT IS NOT
SNOW. THAT IS, IN FACT, FAIL.
MARK FULLER SAID HE HAD JUST
RETURNED HOME FROM WORK WHEN
HE STARTED TO HEAR STRONG
WINDS OUTSIDE OF HIS HOUSE ON
RYE, GRASS STREET IN CLAREMONT
EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. HE SAYS
MOMENTS LATER HAIL STARTED
FALLING FROM THE SKY.
>> FULLER SAYS THESE LARGE
PIECES FELL AS BACKYARD
RECORDING THIS VIDEO OF THE
AFTERMATH. OPENED THE BACK. I
SAW MY GOSH.
>> THEN WE OPENED UP THE
GARAGE, LOOKED OUT THE GARAGE.
AND THAT’S WHEN I GOT THE
VIDEO OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING
OUTSIDE. IT WAS AMAZING. AS I
SAID, I’M A FLORIDA NATIVE
OVER 60 YEARS. I’VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS UP THE
STREET IN THE SAWGRASS BAY
NEIGHBORHOOD. SEVERAL MORE
HOMEOWNERS WERE SPOTTED
CLEANING UP DEBRIS FROM THE
STORM. THIS HOMEOWNER SHOWING
US THE HAIL DAMAGE TO THE
SHUTTERS ON THEIR HOME. I’VE
LIVED HERE SINCE 2003. AND
THIS IS THE MOST WORST
WEATHER. OTHER THEM, A REGULAR
HURRICANE THAT I’VE SEEN.
ADRIENNE FREEMAN SAYS HE WAS
DRIVING HOME WHEN THE STORM
BEGAN. WHEN HE ARRIVED. HE
SAYS THE HILL COVERED HIS YARD
AND DAMAGED A NEIGHBOR’S CAR.
IT’S ALMOST MAY.
>> AND HERE WE ARE HAVE AND
ICE FALL FROM THE SKY IN LARGE
QUANTITIES AND IT’S LASTED FOR
HOURS.
>> AND ULTIMATELY ALL OF THE
RESIDENTS AND HOMEOWNERS WE
SPOKE WITH SAY THAT THAT WIND,
RAIN AND HAIL TOOK THEM OFF
GUARD OF WHEN THE STORM HIT
HERE TODAY. THANKFULLY, LAKE
COUNTY SAYS THEY DO NOT HAVE
ANY REPORTS OF ANY MAJOR
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE LIVE IN
CLERMONT TROY CAMPBELL,
GETTING RESULTS NEWS. 6 PEOPLE
WERE SURPRISED AT HOW LONG
THAT ICE STAYED ON THE GROUND
FOR TONIGHT. TROY, THANK YOU.
LET’S GET YOU TO NEWS SIX’S
TREASURE ROBERTS NOW WHO’S NOT
FAR FROM TROY.
>> SHE’S IN GROVELAND
TREASURE.
>> YEAH. THAT BESIDES THE HAIL
THE HEAVY WINDS UPROOTED A
LARGE TREE IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD AND RIGHT ACROSS
THE STREET DAMAGED A BRICK
ROAD. WE SPOKE TO RESIDENTS
EARLIER WHO SAY WAS HEAVY
WATER THAT CAUSED THE BRAKES
TO RIP UP OUT OF THE GROUND
AND FORM A LARGE HOLE HERE
THAT’S NOW SURROUNDED BY
BARRICADES. A GROWLING COUPLE
GRABBED THEIR RAKES AND GLOVES
TO BAG OF DEBRIS SCATTERED
ACROSS SOUTH LAKE AVENUE NEAR
SWANSON STREET.
>> AFTER AN INTENSE DRAINS
WERE JUST TOTALLY COVERED WITH
LEAVES AND EVERYTHING IN
DEBRIS AND FELT LIKE IT NEEDED
TO BE CLEANED UP. THE SEVERE
WEATHER HIT RESIDENTS IN 3
WAYS. RAIN, HAIL AND THE WIND.
>> RIGHT THERE BEFORE CHRIS
HANDS CAME OUT FISHING. HE WAS
AT HOME SLEEPING UNTIL YOU
HEARD STRONG WIND SMACKING.
THE WINDOWS WAS CRAZY. LOT OF
WHEN I THOUGHT WAS A TORNADO.
ANY SAW
>> NEVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE
CHUNKS OF HAIL COVERED THE
GROUND. IT EVEN BROKE A WINDOW
IN HIS SHED AND BANGED UP HIS
CAR WAS GOLF BALL-SIZED HAIL.
>> BUT THAT’S PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT. SO WE DIDN’T WANT
ANYONE OUT. YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY, DURING THE STORMS
THAT SARAH PANKO GROVELAND
PUBLIC SAFETY SPOKESPERSON.
>> SHE SAID FIRST RESPONDERS
MADE AN ASSESSMENT IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THE STORM PASSED AND
ONLY FOUND MINOR DAMAGE. AND
FORTUNATELY, NO REPORTS OF
INJURIES. YOU CAN LOSE A TREE
HERE AND THERE YOU CAN. YOU
CAN HAVE TO CLEAN UP SOME
STUFF. BUT
>> IT’S WHEN PEOPLE GET HURT.
IT’S REALLY. REALLY SAD.
>> NOW NEIGHBORS ARE DOING
THEIR PART, AS YOU SAW BY
CLEANING UP WHAT THEY CAN SOME
OF THE CLEANUP AND REPAIR.
NICE TO BE LEFT TO THE CITY.
CITY OFFICIALS ARE URGING YOU
TO CALL FIRST RESPONDERS IF
THERE’S IN UPROOTED TREE OR
DOWNED POWER LINES IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD IN GROVELAND
TREASURE ROBERTS GETTING
RESULTS. NEWS 6.
>> TREASURE. THANK. YOU KNOW
MANY OF YOU SHARED YOUR STORM
PHOTOS AND VIDEOS WITH US AND
WE HAVE MADE THAT EASY TO DO
JUST UPLOAD THEM TO THE
PENNANT SECTION OF THE FREE
NEWS. 6 PINPOINT WEATHER APP