ivan cabrera tracking the storms. we're all interested in course in the timing. >> 7:00 to 10:00 a.m. that is why the tornado watch continues until 10:00 a.m. i want to emphasize despite the fact that only citrus, pasco, hernando are in the tornado watch, all of us are under the gun for the potential of severe thunderstorms with wind gusts in excess of 60 miles per hour as we head through the remainder of today. but in these counties, across the nature coast we have conditions more favorable for severe thunderstorms to take on rotation. that's what's going on up here. in fact the rest of us may get a watch box as far as the severe thunderstorms, that hasn't happened. i'll let you know if it does. we'll have to wait for the evolution of the storms as they continue to move from the gulf. all the lightning associated with it. my concern is more for the cells that develop ahead of it. we'll watch that. but the timing, again for the nature coast, after 7:00 a.m., we'll see a line of showers and storms move in. 6:00 to 7:00 and then we'll see heavier showers and

across the tampa bay area. all of this pushes out by the way as we head through later this evening so. we have several hours here right through the midday hour to go with some heavy rainfall, freezing lightning certainly and then in -- frequent lightning certainly and then in some of the thunderstorms, wind gusts could be 60, 70 miles per hour. you could get damage with that, even without rotation. the main threat for spinning storms, that is tornadoes across the nature coast and especially up towards the north in the panhandle, of course they had significant damage there. we're looking at the damage left behind overnight by a tornado in the western panhandle. florida just one of several southern states dealing with severe weather. so far at least seven tornadoes have been reported, one ripped through escambia county, you can see emergency crews responding in pensacola. damaged homes, downed trees and power lines. the city reporting at least three buildings severely damaged at a an apartment complex.

so far seems everyone there survived. the tornadoes did turn deadly as they hit southeast louisiana and southwestern mississippi. >> one slammed into an rv park in convent, louisiana killing two people through. at least 30 other injuries were reported, several critical. meanwhile in mississippi one person died when a mobile home was crushed in the storm, in lamar county. take a look at this video. this was shot in a gym in prairieville, louisiana. imagine being one of the dozen people inside when some of the roof and side of that building was completely torn off, leaving nothing but wide open skies over that building. >> it touched down in the gym, then right when it touched down in the gym the wall blew out. it was one piece. didn't even have time. >> what were you thinking? >> thinking please god we want to be safe. >> reporter: crews have been searching for hours now, looking for anyone that may be trapped under the debris where the storms hit hardest. meanwhile in new orleans

site here, these water spouts on lake pontchartain. first one large spout forms, then two smaller ones form on either side. the storm system has also been doing damage in northwest alabama. the tornado touched down briefly in marion county near hackleburg which was also devastated by a killer tornado just five years ago. officers were reporting falling trees and a few structures with roof damage in the area but no injuries. good morning. if you're heading out the door now, corey dierdorff behind the wheel of our live drive cam. he's on the courtney campbell causeway heading towards the airport there. no crashes or breakdowns to tell you about on the courtney campbell. in fact all three bridges are in the clear. less than 10 minutes to get across all three. speaking of bridges, we have a travel advisory, high wind advisory over the sunshine skyway bridge if you're heading there the next few hours just use caution. both hands on the wheel especially if you're driving

we have construction on the veterans expressway, that's in the clearing stages. could be why we're seeing a little bit of slow numbers here in the drive times. 20 minutes from 54 to 275. 13 minutes from van dyke to 275. six minutes from waters to 275. breaking news in democracy 2016. donald trump claims victory in the nevada presidential caucuses running his third straight state in the race for the white house. >> he made sure to remind everyone of that after his win was called after midnight. >> of course if you listen to the pundits we were not expected to win too much and now we're winning, winnings winning the country! [ cheering and applause ] soon the country is going to start winning, winning, winning. >> the final caucus numbers are still not official but trump had over 46% of the vote, florida senator marco rubio and texas senator ted cruz are fighting it out for second

at last check rubio up 3% over cruz. we'll continue to update you as the final numbers roll in. we're waiting to find out the name of the person killed in a crash last night in polk county. deputies say two vehicles collided, at state road 60 and rifle range road. all we know now is one person was killed in the crash but several others why injured. they were all taken to hospitals. we're making phone calls now and trying to get updates on their conditions. state road 60 was shut down for several hours overnight but it's back open this morning. scary moments for a sarasota county deputy as he barely escapes getting hit by a wrong way driver. that deputy's dash cam video from monday morning shows him trying to get that driver to stop. deputies say ryan flurry had a blood alcohol level of .287, nearly three and-a-half times the legal limit. they believe he had been going the wrong way for 12 miles. >> he was apologetic to him being impaired while he was

to drink, and basically that he knew he shouldn't have been on the road and was glad he didn't hurt somebody. >> the national transportation safety board estimates 400 people are killed each year by wrong-way drivers. we're taking action for you this morning. tion reporter rodney dunigan is live near i-275 at the ashley exit at downtown tampa. we've seen the issue of wrong way drivers a lot in the bay area the past few years. even as recently as just a couple weeks ago. >> reporter: that's right. unfortunately it's a growing problem. if you remember it was two weeks ago a guy was killed near 275 when another driver went the wrong way up the ashley drive exit. if you remember it pretty much shut down traffic for hours. i want to point out something. there are plenty of signs indicating this is the wrong way. you have a no turn on to ashley and across the street you see six signs, two do not enter and four wrong-way signs so this area here is clearly marked. the department of transportation is also

lights on the interstates to warn drivers that they are driving the wrong way. in that sarasota case it was only inches that kept that deputy from getting hit head on by that driver on monday. deputies believe that drunk driver was going 70 miles per hour the wrong way for, get this, more than 12 miles. also on monday tampa police stopped a driver traveling the wrong way on the 50th street exit ramp for i-4 and police said there was not enough evidence to determine if that driver was drunk at the time. then there was this accident here near 275 and ashley, two men died in a wrong-way crash at ashley and the jefferson street exit. toxicology results are still pending for the driver that caused that accident. back here live, the ntsb estimates that about 400 people are killed every year by wrong way drivers. something else that you will notice more on the interstates, the department of transportation also installing more of those electronic signs warning drivers they are traveling the wrong way and also to look out for those

sending out the warning this morning for all drivers, simply pay attention while out on the road. for now reporting live near downtown tampa, rodney dunigan, abc action news a mom in pinellas county demanding answers after the teen she claims attacked her son in 2013 was recently arrested for assaulting another child. we are not identifying that woman but she tells abc action news she's angry that she was not notified when the suspect moved to a school closer to her home. she also says the state attorney's office didn't tell her about the suspect's status and completion of an intensive therapy program. she says she was surprised when she learned about the most recent incident. investigators say the suspect lured a student off-campus, tried to assault him. >> i think that the parents deserve to know. that is just wrong. it's broken. it's not right. again, i believe that the administration is more concerned with protecting the privacy rights of this child than they are the safety of the students.

student safety and security are number one priority. the district adds it's not obligated to inform a parent when a student is in a new school. a former lakewood high school football player and current florida nfl player apologizing after a video of him surfaces. the nfl now investigating after tm ask posted this footage, appears to show dante fowler encouraging a fight between two women. he eventually breaks up the brawl and leaves with one of the women. tmz says the fight was between the mother of fowler's child and his current girlfriend. fowler released a statement saying he's embarrassed and takes full responsibility. in a separate statement his nfl team, the jaguars said this type of violence is unacceptable and the team will support fowler and his family to help them through this private matter. in polk county with the school district superintendent up this morning. they claim there's been a culture of fear under katherine

forward now saying they want better pay and better working conditions. about two dozen teachers rallied yesterday. the superintendent turned her resignation in a week and-a- half ago after an investigation into an alleged inappropriate relationship she had with an associate superintendent. the teachers union is now hoping this new superintendent will encourage more open lines of communication and address their needs. >> it's been one of the most difficult years in just trying to work with the district at all this year. i don't know if it was because the former superintendent was distracted or if because there's just no will to honor a contract. >> the union president said she requested a sitdown meeting with the interim superintendent to start negotiations but says why yet. >> our weather alert. we're under a tornado watch box for citrus, hernando and pasco pretty good line of thunderstorms rolling in off the gulf. about an hour away from the northern most counties and the

later on in the morning hours. more on that in a few minutes. also coming up -- a semi collides with a train and is taken along for the ride. how long the train dragged that truck down the tracks, with the driver inside. >> plus pants on fire. what sent flames shooting out

5:14. the driver of a tractor- trailer, watch this, ignores

loud horn and then pays the price, getting hit by that passing train. it happened last month in northern minnesota with the state patrol just releasing this dash cam video. a trooper just finished inspecting that truck when the driver pulled away, right into the train's path. the train dragged that truck about a quarter mile down the tracks before it was able to stop. the truck driver is pretty lucky, escaped with just a small cut to the eye. he was cited for failing to stop at a railroad crossing. meanwhile, rooftop cameras catch the moment an earthquake hit central california, just watch as that camera starts to shake yesterday afternoon. it was a 4.9 magnitude quake that hit just north of bakersfield yesterday. that is about midway between san jose and los angeles. it was actually one of the largest onshore earthquakes california has had in the past two years so it's amazing that there were no reports of major damage or injuries. the video incredible. certainly, our weather cams are going to be shaking for an

it's a weather alert day. we have a tornado watch box in effect for the nature coast hernando counties. a.m. remember a watch means conditions are favorable for the severe storms to begin rotating, citrus, pasco, hernando, until 10:00 a.m. i want to show you the other map. i think with just the tornado watch we don't get the scope as far as the severe weather. yes, this is the area preferred for the potential of isolated tornadoes. the rest of us are under the gun for damaging wind potential. that is straightline winds, 70 mile-per-hour winds possible from 6:00 to 11:00 a.m. the later in the time frame, the further south, right? so starts 6:00 a.m. across the north, eventually moves in around 9:00 through the tampa bay area and continues to push to the south and east. certainly with that we can have well so. we'll keep you posted, all of us again under a severe threat today.

area under the tornado watch box. let's get to radar. this is about an hour away now from moving in, with the showers and storms there. there you see the lighter rain, good thing, when you have a bit of rain ahead of it, it toned tends to weaken the storms but looks like a pretty good band, another hour, hour and-a-half before it begins to move in. the reason it's going to take a while to get into tampa, it's because it's moving to the northeast. sometimes these fronts come south and east and we can get rid of them quicker but because of the northerly component we have to get through the entire line of storms that will begin to move in. there we are with the clock around 9:00. moving in through the heart of tampa bay and continuing further to the south and east, but see what happens here. more where that came from. from the south and west. because of that movement. so we'll keep you posted through the day if you're heading out the door now you're fine. the roads are not wet and the storms are not here yet. you have another hour to get

before things get a little bumpy. the roads are clear especially on the veterans expressway, that's where corey dierdorff is now. he's heading southbound and tells me that they are clearing construction in the northbound lanes. so if your morning drive takes you on the veterans expressway you are good to go, no crashes or breakdowns there. also looking good on 275 at fowler. the cars here heading south towards downtown, looking at about a 7-minute drive from here down to i-4. let's check drive times on i-4, maybe you're in the lakeland area, getting ready to head to the interstate to get to downtown, that drive 23 minutes. 15 minutes from county line road to 75, just eight minutes from 75 to 275. unbelievable video shows the moment that a man lights up like a firework in a kentucky convenience store. all because of an e-cigarette in his pocket. he's standing at the counter

his pants. the video stops there but he ran outside and struggled to get the pants off before the employee put it out with a fire extinguisher. he got second degree burns to his leg. still ahead -- interfering with police work, what happened overnight? >> and how a man steal girl's underwear. how can you prevent this from happening to you? and good news for homeowners. details plus lego breaking ground with its new figurines. >> reporter: good morning. topping "america's money" -- good news about housing. >> home prices up nearly 5.5% in december. the fastest pace in a year and- a-half. >> experts say the prices still have room to rise because supply is so low. audi tops the new "consumer reports" annual rankings of best new cars followed by

top ranking domestic brand, buick at number seven. "consumer reports" considers performance and reliability while compiling its annual list. notable new figures in legos new city set. >> mom on the left holding a baby bottle but dressed for the office. bearded dad is the one pushing the stroller. on the right a boy in a wheelchair. lego calls them an attempt to stay in tune with the world around us.

police in tampa are searching for someone that pointed a green laser at their chopper. it happened a short time ago around 3:30 this morning near the area of columbus drive and tampa street. now officers are driving around hoping to find that suspect. if you know anything call police. that crime is a felony meaning whoever is responsible could face a fine and even prison time. a strange case to tell you about now out of california, a man accused of using instagram to steal underwear from college women. authorities say arturo galvan used gps locations in instagram pictures to track locations. he's accused of stealing electronics and jewelry as well. if convicted could face 50 years in prison. this case is an important reason to make sure you turn

your phone's camera. coming up next -- the numbers are still rolling in from the nevada caucuses. trump may be the clear winner but there's still a fight going on now for second place. >> then a tornado rips through pensacola. we'll show you more of this video from overnight as the same storm system proves deadly in other southern states. >> the same storm system heading our way. we'll have the timing and what you can expect with the watch boxes in effect for the nature coast. >> we have a high wind advisory over the sunshine skyway so use caution if you're driving over that bridge. if you're waking up in wesley chapel we'll check the roads where you are.

killer tornadoes bring death and destruction across gulf coast states and pensacola, one of the city's reeling from the intense winds and rain and the watch just issued for the bay area. luckily no reported deaths in florida. >> ivan of course now turns the concern to us. that same storm system heads our way. will it be just as strong? i don't think so but not to minimize it, we're still under the gun for damaging wind gusts and severe weather throughout the morning. absolutely the worst of the

underway across the panhandle but we're getting the cold front associated with that. in fact the potential for rotating thunderstorms which is why the national weather service here has issued the tornado watch box. remember this means conditions are favorable for tornadoes to develop. not that we have to take action at the moment. just be alert. that continues into through 10:00 a.m. for citrus, pasco, hernando. this is the map to pay attention to as well. there's the watch box there but the rest of us, as far as the timing between 6:00 and 9:00 a.m., i think the worst of the weather moving through our northern counties, again severe would rotate. that means some tornadic cells possible to the north. then between 9:00 a.m. and the midday hour everything shifts further south and east. here continuing to see the severe weather threat potential with wind gusts in excess of 60 miles per hour. even if we don't get that, 40 mile-per-hour winds could certainly cause problems here and even power outages.