the woman, 53-year-old lly hatton. as far as what happened, the mother tells us yesterday she went to a doctor's appointment and her mother was watching the 6-year-old. when she came home around 7:00 p.m., they were gone. i was told by the mother that they were here with her other children, that the 12-year-old son of the mother said they left in a taxi. of course, this mother, she said she's in shock. she's confused. she doesn't know what's going on. she went out to try to look for according to her she spoke to her mother's boyfriend, she was said she was thinking about getting a bus ticket to new york. it's important to note t ts is a missing child alert, not an amber alert. fdle says there'sossible danger for the 6-year-old but they don't believe it was an abduction. we asked why would your mother take this little girl away from the home. there's been concerns about how strong willed the 6-year-old is and the mother had concern about the pareing. when we talked to the mother again, she is in absolute shock. take a l

police say she may be in the company of 53-year-old lily hatton -- lily hatton. anyone who knows where ashley may be is urged to call 911. >>> ivan has a look at the rainy forecast. >> it's been raining all night. we had thunderstorms rolling through. in fact 40 mile-per-hour winds. we had some power outages as well. i think those are likely going to be attributed more to lightning. we didn't really have 60, 80 mile-per-hour winds rolling through. older trees on power lines, that kind of stuff. here's the heavy rain much over for us. still heavy rain bands with embedded lightning across portionses of highlands county. that continues rapidly to move east. we're not under any warnings at this hour. a bit of a close-up, you can see east of sebring plenty of lightning, pushing to the east. there are tornado warnings to the south which is where the severe threat remains and it will end certainly for us. as will the rain. temperatures in the low 60s by this afternoon, full sunshine and low 70s. extended forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> the morning commute, i-27

they believe shemay be with 53-year-old lilly hatton. tir relationship is unclearment we don't know if this is a grandmother, a mother, exactly their relationship. we don't know exactly how they may have left this area. officials have not said whether they believe this 6-year-old is in any danger. we do know the 53-year-old woman was last seen wearing blue floral dress. we have posted this to facebook and our social media account. we encourage you to check them out, the nbc 6 south florida facebook page to spread the word on this missing 6-year-old. i talked to two neighbors and showed them the pictures. they say they have not seen the 6-year-old or the wwen. hoping people can spread the word a get this 6-year-old back where she belongs. we'll continue to make calls and find out more information about what exactly happened yesterday. for now, live in little havana, michael spears, nbc 6 news. >>> your time is 5:06, breaking news to tell you about out of the panhandle on this tuesday morning. there are reports that a tornado touched down

we're hearing she might be with lilly eugenia hatton. we have more pictures from nbc 6 reporter michael spears who is covering this story right now. we'll be talking with him and getting an update on where the little girl was last seen and what police are doing moving forward as they continue to search for her. >> it is tuesday, february 16th. we're also following the radar. a look at south florida's only live radar. you u n see a line of storms, but not in miami-dade or broward, at least for now. >> a lot of red and yellow means not good things headed in our direction. >> that's right. a lot of it locked inland first thing this morning. pretty nasty storm moving to the east-northeast right along alligator alley. we are currently ouide any if you're wondering what these circles are, we're looking at low level and mid level lowation in these storms. these are potent storms across collier r unty and henry county. maybe if you're along the saw grass in western broward county, you can see all the lightning produce friday the storms. south fl

police beeve she may be with 53-year-old lilly hatton, possibly her grandmother. i did leave a message with fdle to confirm the relationship. it's important to note that at this time an amber alert has not been issued, just a missing the difference is with the missing child alert, it's issued when a kid is in danger but there's no evidence of an abduction. we'll wait to get clarification on the relationship. it's not clear if they left the area by car. no vehicle description. we know the 53-year-old woman reportedly last seen wearing a blue floral dress. we've posted this the nbc 6 facebook page, across social media. we encourage you to check it out to share, hopefully spot the little girl and bring her back home. for now, live in little havana, michael spears, nbc 6 news. >> okay. we'll check back in with you then. >>> a garbage truck crashes through a guard rail plumb netting nearly 100 feet near a park below. nbc 6's julia bagg is lii on the scene. you talk about the people who time this happened. >> reporter: credibly, sheli, none of them were hurt. i want to

authorities think she could be travelling with 53 year old "lilly eugenia hatton." it's not clear if the two are related. if you see the two this morning... call 9-1-1. 3 3 in pasco county: deputies are searching for one man... who could be behind *several business burglaries. 3 it all happened sunday in the land o' lakes area. deputies say the burglar hit *three places, all in the same morning. first.. "diver city supply" on land o' lakes boulevard... then "sally beauty supply" on state road 54. and finally..."mainstream boutique"... also on 54.. 3 the sheriffs office released a surveillance photo of the suspect on monday. they think he was riding a large cruiser type motorcycle. if you recognize him... or know anything the crimes... contact the pasco sheriff's office. 3 3 an important reminder for voters today: if you're still not registered for the presidential primaries... this is your last *day to do it. today is also the deadline to change your party affiliation before the primaries. you ba da ba ba ba 3 a new government workshop on fighting the zika virus. th

not clear if they are related, officials haven't identified exactly who hatton is. if you see the pictures in your facebook feed please share them to help spread the word. >>> breaking news update in polk county. officials identified the driver morning. woodrin was driving a truck on i-4 in polk city, hit a cable barrier in the median and flipped the truck. this is a live picture from the scene. still an active investigation. traffic is moving now but there is a bit of a backup. his passenger was killed in the crash, the only information we have on him is that he was a 48-year-old man from titusville. we will continue to bring you any updates as we get them. >>> we have some new information on two murder cases we're tracking throughout the bay area. starting in hillsborough county, where deputies are just revealing to us that two people, we're about to show you may have known a man killed over the weekend in a parking lot near usf. deputies think these guys, efrom rosado and jeffrey dejesus may know about the murder. michael fuentes body found on sycamore court off

fdle tells us ashley martinez is believed to be with lily hatton. the relationship is not clear. you can get word out about the 6-year-old by sharing her picture from our facebook pages. >>> the woman accused of hitting and killing a tow truck driver yesterday morning is set to face a judge in pinellas county this afternoon. allison huffman was caught last night at an apartment complex in st. pete after a daylong search. investigators believe that she drove off after hitting and killing tow truck driver roger perez on the howard frankland bridge just before rush hour yesterday morning. >>> 21-year-old woman accused of stabbing a man in sulfur springs park is also expected in court this morning. tampa police say ashlee weathers tried to kick the man into the river during an argument and stabbed him twice with a small pocket knife he's in the hospital now in stable condition. increasing the amount of healthy food available to people on food stamps. a new push announced today that would require retailers that accept food stamps to have a wider variety of healthy food. >>> good news

might be in the company of the woman you see there on the right side of the screen, 53-year-old lily hatton. if you see this child or woman, and you know where they are, call 911. >>> we're adding up damage after a tornado ripped through escambia county in the western at least 10 homes destroyed or severely damaged in the town of century. >> three minor injuries is all we've heard so far, so people are grateful because judging by the damage you see here it could have been a whole lot worse. we heard it took a while for crews to rescue a 94-year-old woman trapped in her home after that storm. >> this is actual tornado footage itself, that prompted the calls to emergency crews. you can see the funnel cloud in the distance. right now they are going through debris still and the storm caused thousands of power outages throughout north florida. >> you can't control mother nature. thank god no one got killed, so far. >> the thunderstorms knocked out power for tens of thousands and four pensacola schools will be closed today because they don't have power. >>> a new video this morning as florida hig

crews are removing the crane in matt hatton. they will consult the crane into 35 -- they will consult the crane into 35 pieces to figure out what happened. cell phone caught the crane falling to the street. a 38-year-old wall street employee was killed in a crush car. investigators have recovered the movement recorder. >>> it will give us the angles of the bottom, of the two pieces that were action at the time, if it gives us more than that that will be an extra. i don't want to set expectations too high, that it will give wind speeds or actions of the operator. >>> the city has authorized large tower cranes to do work, cranes similar to the one that collapsed will have to be inspected one by one. >>> a camera captured trespass who allegedly scaled a rollercoaster, investigator say they climbed 200 feet to the top of the dominator roll coaster. they made the dangerous climb to steal a dorney park flag. we'll back after this. >> reporter: welcome back everyone, 6:23 sunday morning, the day planner looks really, really nice. you'l

police say she might have been with lily hatton the woman on the right-hand of your screen. no dough tails how she was discovered have been released yet. >>> we are staying on top of all the storm damage in our area. we have several more reporters fanned out across south florida just for you. >> constance: right after the break live reports from northeast miami-dade, miramar, lighthouse point and other neighborhoods where the storm caused damage today. >>> another possible health scare for chris bosh. the reports that he may be dealing with another blood clot. >>> tonight at 11:00, allegations of bid tampering. >> you did have influence in >> as soon as the report came out you resigned. local 10's nor nor bob norman getting >> kristi: let's get back to all this severe weather. strong storms passing through our area this morning causing a >> constance: we have team coverage this midday in northeast miami-dade, pembroke pines, lighthouse point and northwest miami-dade and julie durda in the weather center. let's start first with local 10 news reporter michael seiden. michael?

they say hatton got into an argument with the little girl's mom and took off with her. police say it's unclearf any charges will be filed. >> janine: coming up, a freak accident during a basketball game. how a player was immailed pale by the floor and how she's doing now. >> victor:r:torm damaged the roads, they were a mess today as twin tornadoes swept through sout florida. our continuing coverage and another check on the weather straight ahead. in. >> announcer: and tonight at >> bob: you did have influence >> announcer: misconduct. came out, you signed. hall? local10's bob norman getting answers. with your city engineer? i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anything just when i think it's just not going to work. this w wan that works there comes over and asks can i help you? and he was so happy,y,o do it amazing right? i never would have expected uld have thought that anyone would find that do that. make that go out of their way for me. right then, right there i couldn't believe it he was so helpful i know it's such a small thing little thing. simple thing but i