meaning doppler indicated tornadoes in the panhandle near panama city. this will move in our direction. most of the energy is moving to the north into south georgia. although we have the risk for stronger wind gusts, even rotating storms. most of this craziness is moving to our north. we can see the rain trying to move into our northern zones. the line kaeth indicating the direction. rain and strong winds up to 40 to 50 miles an hour and one or two rotating storms could lead to a tornado. we'll watch that through the noon hour, the worst of it along i-4. at 7:00, a 90% coverage of storms. big changes with temperatures. coming up, we'll talk about how cold it will be for the weekend. back to you. >> thanks, troy. >> breaking this morning, a man is arrested after crashing into a patrol car. >> the man is facing charges. the crash happened near not far from international drive. that's where we find news 6 johnny fernandez, what can you tell us at this point? >> that driver, like you said, he is facing charges. he is facing dui charges after he slammed into

tornado warnings in effect in the panama city area, to the east of panama city. that is some storms that are indicating some rotation in the upper levels of the atmosphere. it is doppler indicated. our main threat today from 10:00 this morning to 4:00 this afternoon will be strong wind and rain. wind up to 50 miles an hour or greater. we can't rule out rotating storms. the threat is very, very low. pinpointing storms through the day. they are quick movers. by 5:00, most of us are dry. 73 at 4:00, with a 90% coverage of storms, mainly at noon. then the storms push to the east. we'll talk about the timing and let's check on the roads right now with amy right now in the napeleton traffic center. good morning, amy. >> good morning to you. morning. we are doing ok on the roads. wanted to show you this nice early. this is on i-95, northbound and southbound. this is south of wickham road doing just fine there. throughout the area, minimal issues, as you can see. traveling 75 between ocala and the villages, just about 68 miles an hour as an example. similarly it looks li

a few warning store panama city. this is the line here that is stretching back to the gulf of mexico and that is the one that is really going to punch in midmorning and through the early afternoon, west to east motion. ahead of it, we still have rain that is around. he we go and volusia county, showers popping of the land stetson across 44, new york avenue, orange city, deltona cassadaga debary over tory st. john's and swap house through sanford also sings of rain by the zoo midway white slanting and then used his leesburg fruitland park clermont groveland south clermont lake lewis the back toward lake pam wester light showers ocala rainbow springs over toward the force also seeing a little bit of light rain. a break across i-4 but the rain will return over toward winter again showers over toward lake nona kissimmee and st. cloud and we have the watching the rain of brevard county rockledge and melbourne. temperature is not bad. running in the 60s for most of us a few 70s in flagler county and the outlook for today a

there's a tornado threat right through panama city. and you see that the line of storms associated with the cold mexico. a few light showers are coming onshore in pinellas and hillsborough right now. we do have the slight risk of severe weather, especially from tampa and i-4 through polk county and points to the north like citrus, hernando and the farther south that you live, your chance of severe weather is lower. let me time out the rain so you will know what to expect. between now and 8:30, just these lighter showers, especially near the coast and along and west of i-75. at 8:30, the line of powerful storms still out in the gulf of mexico and it gets closer to us, i expect it to start affecting citrus, hernando and pasco by 10:00 this morning. between 11:30 and 12:30, that's when storms could hit the tampa area, down through sarasota. as the day goes on, this is 1:00 p.m., east of 75 into polk and highlands county. and quickly exiting by 3:00, 4:00 and the gustier winds coming in. on weather and traffic on the 8s, i have the cold fr

south of panama city, some big winds, 60 miles an hour already reported, penny sized hail. light rain, the villages, ocala down to bushnell. many of us seeing the light rain there in parts of brevard county for meritt island and back over to east orange county and southern brevard county into areas like palm bay. the kids this morning will need the rain gear. if you can drive them this morning, that's the best scenario with the severe weather threat. we'll see storms linger through the noon hour and really fire up. after that, through 3:00 this afternoon, a lot of it begins to dry out. we warm to 76 and by 3:00, we'll see more sunshine breaking out. coming up, we'll break down that severe threat and take you hour by hour and let you know when these storms move in and out. >> the time now is 5:40 on this friday morning. we have a traffic heart alert for you. florida highway patrol is reporting a roadblock and injuries so drive carefully if you are about to head in this direction. here are your drive times, westbound in lake mary boulevard to colonial, that will take you roug

there's where i'm expecting the strongest storms in the next 10 minutes or so, right around the panama city area tallahassee. and we may see light showers ahead of the main line. but here's what will happen through the next 12 hours. 8:30 this morning, light the majority of the rain well back to the west. as the day goes on, this line of storms is going to get closer to us. this is 10:00 a.m. at that point, places like citrus, hernando, pasco town is, you could be see -- pasco county, you could be seeing your first strong storms. still staying west of polk county and pasco county, manatee. and then past 1:00, the rain inches east of i-75, heading into polk county. and as it gets toward the end of the day, i expect the rain to get lighter and the winds to get stronger. so the rain will be exiting by 4:00 4:00 p.m., 70. but the possibility of isolated strong storms is possible. at 4:38, i will give you the possible threats that you could see with the storms. >>> right now, if you get out early, the roads are really nice. not seeing any congestion so no threat of that. let's look at what we do

. >> spring break house party in panama city beach now faces life in prison. david dan ielshe hurt seven people last year during his spring break. he's scheduled to receive a sentence on march 18th. >>> the shooting spree prompted panama city officials to pass an emergency ordinances cracking down on the party city there. >>> you maybe among the million americans watching the netflix series, "making murder". >> two weeks ago, avery filed an appeal. >> this morning, hundreds of people believe the man is wisconsin. >> prosecutors say the tv series omitted significant pieces evidence that proves the men's guilt. >>> the affluenza teen is back in the u.s. and he's expected to go before a judge today. ethan couch arrived yesterday from mexico. police caught him last month with his mother after they fled the u.s. while prosecute rs were investigating whether ethan violated his probation. he's on probation for twie crash he crash killing four people. today, a judge willdecide whether ethan couch will postpone to get out of jail. >>> abc action news bringing you the n

going to be a rough 12 hours for 250,000 people who live on that island.erstorms rolling through panama city. during the day we could get strong storms with damaging winds across florida. heavy rain in areas of georgia and south carolina andol florida and by this evening, the heavy rain moves into and overnight, this will bomb off the coast and we may have just enough cold air in maine, looks like snow stormt just rain in boston which should exit before the patriots game. and the cold will be the other story over the weekendrn plains. that's your national forecast, now a look at your local weather. so that heavy rain in florida, a chance of a few strongand wind damage would be the biggest threat and how about the cold air? it returned. fargo a high of 1 degrees andat will spread over the weekend. >> the latest on those powerball winners next up. xt up. ng hand. after brushing, listerine total care helps prevent cavities, strengthens teeth d restores tooth enamel. it's an easy way to give listerine total care to the total family.al care. one bottle, six benefits. power to your mouth and for k

and a few showers storms their way through panama city. and maybee even a chance at severe storms. back towards daytona beach, and all the way back to fort meyers. and wind damage is the primary forecast for the rest of the country, very mild air. we're 50 in montana, 49 in andd that's the cool spot, 32 in chicago. but even on thursday, a very mild weatherno signsat of any big cold masses. that's your national weather, now a closer look at the day ahead. no klahoma city today at 57 degrees. areas o of the carolinas, some showers possible.back up to philadelphia and new york city. they'll be exiting as we go through the nono signs of any big storms until next week. the flint, michigan, water crisis. >>> and the itt quickly eroding california coast line. e e my sond carpet shows on tv now, i'm walking them. life is unpredictable one thing i need to be predictable is to be flake free. because i have used head and shoulders for 20 years.ularly, it removes up tot 100% of flakes r keeping you protected every week, every month, every year you rea

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we had a tornado warning up in the panhandle for panama city. that has weakened a bit. as it gets closer to us, we have a chance for some severe weather. here's our main threat. the red bar showing the heavy rain and then also some strong wind gusts, greater than 50 miles an hour. we can't rule out rotating storms. here is the hour by hour 70 by noon. that's when we see really the heaviest of the storms with a 90% coverage, rain chances at 40% at 4:00. we warm to 73 then. most of it is out of here by 4:00, 5:00 this afternoon. we'll talk about the cold air behind this and pinpoint the minute. first, let's check on the roads and head back over to amy in the good morning. >> good morning. we know the rain tends to complicate things. for now, we are being spared from that, doing just fine no significant accidents, travel times coming back very, very nicely really throughout the area. take a look at this live camera. this is on i-4 westbound and eastbound over by the parkway. adding a little bit more volume. maintaining on time speeds. that's your check on traffic. back ove

news outlets in panama city beach report swinney's estranged wife accuses him of harrassing her, stalking, her online...and leaving threatening voicemails for her. swinney is charged with aggravated stalking. he's being held on 15 thousand the highway patrol is releasing more information as it investigates a motorcycle crash that killed a shaw airman. 31-year-old staff sergeant dallas pauls died in the accident yesterday near the sumter gate on highway 76. pauls was a member o othe 609th air communications squadron...and had just arrived at shaw last year. dorn va medical center is responding to a viral video that's outraged some people on social media. the video posted to the wis facebook page has gotten more than 300 thousand views. it shows an exchange between a doctor and a patient about the patient's care needs...which becomes increasingly hostile. the doctor is heard disputing the patient's blood pressure concerns, which the doctor saw as normal. eventually, the doctor walks away. in a statement, dorn va says, "the video only shows the end of the encounter, however, dorn leadererip

we've attempted to contact the new management company---royal american based in panama city florida, and a regional office in charlotte. so far, no response. the clemson tigers come home as champions. after a win over oklahoma last night in the orange bowl--clemson is 14 and 0 and headed to play for the national championship. the tigers landed at greenville spartanburg international airport this afternoon and loaded the buses back to clemson. the were greeted by a packed crowd of excited tiger fans at death valley. they are just one game from winning the second national title in clemson's history. there won't be much time for the tigers to celebrate. they've got alabama to deal with. joe gorchow caught up with running back wayne gallman right after the game. the wayne train in full effect on new year's eve, wayne how does it feel to be orange bowl champions and to now one win away from a national to tell you the truth, i really can't tell you how i feel, 'cause i don't know how to feel yet. but just to know that we can play in a national championship, is a dream all in itself. do you

the biggest robbery was in panama city where she walked off with $400,000 worth of jewels. police say she tied up people with gunpoint in some of the robberies and wore gloves. leon: ahead at 6:00 -- a big comeback for the beleaguered classic. the car named north america car of the year. erin: i'm erin hawksworth. the season may be over but it doesn't mean the drama is. how rgiii got everyone talking today when "abc7 news at 6:00" ♪ changes leon: a master of changes. he has died. david bowie lost a battle with cancer sunday. the 69-year-old was pop music fixture for four decades. inspiration for fans and musicians the world over. the flamboyant images has been a driving torture for 50 years with glam rock. two grammys, emmy, selling 140 million records. the last video for the song shows him frail and laying in bed singing "look up here, i'm in heaven." that was his signal to say behind. he leaves behind a wife and two children. a new cancer center getting investment from two of the richest people in world. alison: bill gates and jeff bezos who led $100 million round of fund

monster storm prompt add tornado watch going all the way from panama city. that's where we have been sounding the alarm that we wanted to be ready for the potential of severe storms tomorrow al though -- although it looks like the worst weather will be to the north of us. into pensacola, it does carry on through tonight. that will shift tomorrow to the i-75 interchange and does include parts of the viewing area including pinellas county entirely and northwestern hills. let me take you through tonight and the morning. you are fine in the next few hours with no hours to worry p wind gusts around 16 to 20 miles per hour. how long do you have tomorrow before you want to get inside and let the rain come through? most of us will have at least until about 9:30, tampa and south, before we start to see showers and storms moving in. as they roll through, then after 2:00, you can go back to activities outside, although the wind will start screaming. so the wind dough where you really-- window where you want to have something happen or hold up is around 1:00. the mornin

police say this is video of the suspect inside a panama city jewelry store back in august. police say kemp robbed at least six stores in eight months all in the southeast. the most recent heist was monday in north carolina. tonight ucf announces a ban on hoverboards on campus. the university issued an advisory today, saying the devices can' operated, or stored around university-owned buildings. officials cite the fire danger surrounding the devices. this ban is being called temporary. other universities across the country, including fsu, have also banned hoverboards. it is de ja vu for blue bell ice cream. the company reports a positive listeria test at one of its plants. the company says none of the bacteria was found in the products. however, it' s testing every batch of ice cream from that plant. blue bell' s earlier listeria outbreak has been linked to three deaths and ten total illnesses. walt disney world turned into the world of runners today. the half marathon was held at 5:30 morning. this year for safety reasons, there are changes in the costumes runners are allow

kemp's biggest robbery was in panama city where she walked off with about $400,000 worth of jewels. salespeople at gun point during some of her robberies, and wore gloves to hide her fingerprints. >> ben: the horry county investigation tonight. reporting that s.l.e.d. is against a former detective accused of sexually assaulting multiple women while he was working for the department. a spokesperson for the county says the county requested the s.l.e.d. investigation. >> alicia: if you would like to become a billionaire, $1.4 billion is now what the lottery is up to for the powerball jackpot. wednesday y ght is going to be the big powerball drawing, and the drawing takes place at 11:00 wednesday night. feeling lucky? >> ben: a billion dollars? i don't know. >> alicia: up next, the music world says goodbye to a legend. >> ben: plus, we explain why it is the end of an era for columbia news at 6:00. fame, changes, space oddity, chances are you've heard >> ben: welcome back. with songs like "fame," "changes," "space oddity," canses are you have heard one of david bowie's songs. he died tod

panama city, mrs. the same line that will move into our area later today. high temperature profile, because of the clouds, showers, and storms. 70, webster. 72, daytona beach. jason, i will have coverage of this in a couple of minutes. all northbound lanes of i-95 reopened in volusia county. they were shut down all night after a truck crashed into a bridge where i-4 meets i-95. traffic is diverted onto beville road then north on williamson to international speedway boulevard. officials tell us the driver of that truck was taken to a hospital and is expected to be ok. for a look at your morning commute, let' s get to traffic now. ted: the flow of traffic is not severely impacted. give yourself extra time, it could delay. into downtown orlando, a perfect time to get on the roadway. no delays. on i-4 in downtown orlando. jason: breaking news in orange county. a gunman is on the run after an overnight shooting near ucf. orange county deputies say the gun shots rang out just before 11:30 last night near the marquee apartments on sterling avenue. that' s just off

investigators say the same woman could be seen grabbing jules from display cases at a panama city store in august. she is being blamed for robberies in tennessee, south carolina and georgia. michelle: a bad start to the new year for macy' s employees. the departments or says it will laugh more than 3400 employees. macy' cuts on poor holiday sales and what it called a disappointing 2015. they plan to shut down 36 stores this year. good news in the fight against cancer, a new study reveals death rates from the disease continue to drop. data shows a 23% decrease in the cancer death rate since the early 90' s. that means over 1.7 million fewer people have died from the disease. experts say it is because advances in cancer prevention, detection and treatment. jason: we are talking about maybe getting a little sunshine to break through that cloud cover that we have seen. eric: just a bit. we are starting that trend. you can see it clearly on our skycam. let me take you to port canaveral. we have a little bit of blue. almost a teaser if you are living in orlando and looking out the window at a

big thunderstorms rolling through panama city. during the day we could get strong storms with damaging winds across florida. so, we get heavy rain in areas of georgia and south carolina andol florida and by this evening, the heavy rain moves into virginia and overnight, this will bomb off the coast and we place on saturday, definitely in maine, looks like snow storm for you but just rain in boston which should exit before the patriots game. and the cold will be the other story over the weekend in the latest on those powerball winners next up. xt up. ng hand. after brushing, listerine total care helps prevent cavities, strengthens teeth and restores tooth enamel. it's an easy way to give listerine total care to the total family. listerine total care. . and for kids starting at age six, listerine smart rinse delivers extra cavity protection after brushing. jay knows how to keep his wheels spinning. nice shorts, dad... this is what the pros wear. uhhh... that's why he starts his day with those two scoops in heart healthy kellogg's ra

in fact, the entire state of florida does not have a cloud anywhere from miami to panama city. looking to our north, the blizzard of 2016, if you want to call it that, not sure what we'll call it if we have another blizzard in 2016, but nonetheless, that one is history. it's out in the atlantic, a storm for the fish. now new york city, washington, dc, they can dig out without worrying about more snow falling, at least for a couple of days. how much snow did fall? here's the swath of snow that fell all over the midatlantic states, back to tennessee. here's the legend up here. we can see the green color represents about a foot of snow. you get up to the bulls eye where we expected it, right around dc and northern pennsylvania, that location saw upwards of around 30 inches of snow. it's going to take a long time for that to melt. overnight tonight and this evening, clear and cold. little to no wind. right around 47 degrees. tomorrow morning as you head off to work or school, clear and cold. frost is possible inland. didn't have much frost this morning because the winds were pickin

news outlets in panama city beach report swinney's estranged wife accuses him of harrassing her, stalking her online...and leaving threatening voicemails for her. swinney is charged with aggravated stalking. today, at clemson practice, swinney addressed his brother's situation. "you know, at the end there's consequences for your actions. you don't do the right things, you suffer the consequences. so it's no different than anybody else. i think the only sad thing is that it's a story because, and if i was joe shmoe from okamoe, you wouldn't be asking me that question. almost 50 years old. the one thing i learned a long time ago is that you can't change people, you know, you have to want to change and want to do the right thing and unfortunately he's had a long history with not doing the right things. i love him, he's my brother." a lot on dabo's mind as his team heads into one of the biggest games in clemson history. with the national championship just four days away, he's got a lot to get his team ready for. so let's bring in joe gorchow. a key to beating bama... the health of the nation'

she walked off with $400,000 worth of jewels in panama city. police say she typed up salespeople at gunpoint during some of her robberies and we are gloves to hide her fingerprints. one other person was arrested with her. >>> thousands could be impacted court. the high court appears ready to deliver a blow to organized labor on the issue of forcing workers to pay fees to public sector unions. the case was brought by california teachers who object to the money they are required to pay the union. teachers warrant the court to overturned a 1977 law that allows public unions to collect money from nonmembers to cover costs of collective bargaining. overturning the law would wreak havoc on work agreements for millions of workers, attorneys. >> i think there will have to be a re-assessment of literally thousands of contract, involving millions of workers. that will take a lot of time to resolve and to figure out how to deal with that. it's a very significant issue in a time of economic scarcity. >> the supreme court is expected to announce its decisio

this is just south of panama city in the port of st. joe. florida fish and wildlife officers say it's rare, but it's happened before. environmental factors like temperature change and the ocean, maybe a recent case of red tide could have caused the starfish to all wash up on shore there. >> i wish we could get them back in the ocean where they can thrive. >>> a daughter spent two decades searching for her father. is surprising. that's coming up at 6:30. that's it for us.

way it loks like on the radar satellite composite here and you can see that the rain extends from panama city deep into the gulf of mexico. it could reach the lower florida keys as early as tomorrow morning but i think it will wait the forecast, therefore, for tomorrow calls for a mainly cloudy day. take a look at the future tracker here. i'll show you what it looks like, mostly cloudy at 7:00 a.m. across south florida, including the florida keys. notice also the winds with the clouds as welcoming in from the southeast. so it's going to become more humid and warmer and there is some of the rainfall activity happening after 12:00, noon. tomorrow's high is 80 after the morning low of 64 degrees and tommrowhould be mostly cloudy. best chance of rain is in the afternoon and sun will set at 5:46, even warmer on saturday. risk of rain and thunderstorms. pretty good chance of rain on saturday, as a matter of fact. and sunday, as a cold front approaches, we'll have a good chance of showers that day, too. the front comes through and monday only a slight chance of lingering shower with cooler temperatu

fort meyers is getting drenched thoo.gaand a few showers storms trying to work their way through panama city. severe storms. marginal risk at severe storms. back towards daytona beach, and all the way back to fort meyers. anatd wind damage is the primary thret forecast for the rest of the country, very mild air. we're 50 in montana, 49 in denver. andd that's the cool spot, 32 in chhcago. but even on ursday, a very mild weather pattern. no signsat of any big cold masses. that's your national weather, now a closer look at the day ahead. no complaints in oklahoma city today at 57 degrees. areas or of the carolinas, some showers possible. and back up to philadelphia and new york city. they'll be exiting as we go through the morning p . nono signs of any big storms until >> x> some frightening revelations surroundin the lead pipes and the f flint, michigan, water crisis. >>> and the itt quickly eroding california coast line. e e son and i used to watch the red carpet shows on tv now, i'm walking them. life gaedictable one thing i need to be prlledictable is to be flake free. because i have used h

the investigators say her biggest robbery was in panama city last year, where she walked off with about $400,000 worth of jewels. kemp will remain in custody until a bond hearing for thursday, that's the schedule any way, if convicted, she could face up to 20 years in federal prison. an orange county man is suspected of stealing nearly $90,000 from an atm, the heist happened at the bank of america on east colonial drive near the e con trail. deputies believe an armored car employee loaded the machine with this guy, 28-year-old eric provos used that atm, investigators believe he realized it was open, then returned later with a hoodie covering his face, and stole all of the cash. >> trying to be sneaky, you know, he probably was wondering, how keen is the human eye behind the scene, watching him. >> deputies haven't said how much cash, if any, they have recovered. they are investigating and looking to see who may have driven that suspect back to the bank to get the money. >>> in less than two weeks, women in central florida will have more healthcare option s. today, we got a look inside o

police say she made off with more than $400,000 from a jewelry store at panama city back in august. she's accused of holding salespeople at gunpoint. tying them in a back room and stealing watches and diamonds. wild coyotes is going high tech. choppers will be sending a drone above the largest parks. the florida wildlife estimates that drones can patrol up to 12,000 acres. once the droughns do spot the den, they plan to relocate all the animals to a new safe dropoff site. at the new dropoff site, they hope they find the roadrunner. >>> and checking ahead. much more coming up. something out of a movie? if you agree, find out why his plans to make an autobiography film back fire. >> and just in case you missed it, we there's moving... and there's moving with move free ultra. it has triple-action support for your joints, cartilage and bones. and unlike the big osteo-bi flex pills, it's all in one tiny pill. move free ultra. for their patients muscle, back and joint pain. the medicine in advil is their #1 choice. nothing is stronger on tough pain than advil. relief doesn't get any bette

here's panama city beach florida getting some rain right now. that right there on the edge of the screen is the cold front that's going to come flying across the gulf of mexico overnight tonight through the first half of the day tomorrow. timing is everything. let's do it. timing, just an increase in cloud cover. but watch the clock in the corner and watch the squall line. here it is at 10 a.m., edging into marion county and by 1:00 in the afternoon, so 10, 11, 12:00, it runs over atop of us with heavy thunderstorms to the north and to the south and east. another one in eastern orange county by 1:00 and a big line of activity south. by 2:00, it's east of orlando. watch it bow out in melbourne, all the way out to the open waters. it's going to bear a lot of watching tomorrow. we're in the marginal zone for severe weather to the north and west. we'll be tracking it for you through the day tomorrow. overnight lows tonight, 50's, pleasant. great evening. 57 in orlando. here is tomorrow. >> big cold front coming. storms are returning by noon tomorrow

already tornado warnings in effect in the panhandle for the panama city area. you see red boxes, several of those severe thunderstorm warnings as well. a big push of storms moving through the panhandle. most of that strong energy is moving to the north of us into areas north in north florida but you can see the big swirl. the big area of low pressure through parts of tennessee. they are seeing ice in memphis. all this associated with that line that will bring us a big change and cooler weather as we head into the weekend. the rain is over with by the afternoon today those storms out of here for tonight and then cold. the line of storms goning. the timeline from 10:00 this morning through noon along i-4 and then for 4:00, 5:00, pushing over into brevard county. here is the forecast hour by hour. noon, we warm to 70 with a 90% coverage of showers and storms at lunchtime. i can't stress it enough, at noon it will be the stormiest. the high today, 73. we cool down. it is 58 right now. 59 in ocala and in palm coast, 56 in orlando. 66 at cocoa beach. there's the clou

it's southeast of panama city. f.w.c. says they appear to be starfish. they plan to do research across the area but it's likely they'll be able to figure out what killed the starfish since their tissue breaks down quickly. >> we're 12 days away now from super bowl 50. you'll see it right here on news 6. >> right now, crews are working day and night to transform san a lot is packed into that city on a normal day. huge entertainment pavilions are quickly taking shape in the parking lot of levi's stadium. new luxury suites are being built inside the stadium and the field is being prepped for all the action from the game itself to the halftime performances. project leaders say it may look like too much work, but they're confident everything will be good to go by super bowl sunday. because it's going to have to be, right? again, you can see super bowl 50 right here on news 6 february 7th. coverage begins early in the morning, 6 a.m., and lasts all day long. we have you covered throughout the build-up of the big game. you'll find all sorts of social media post

and then this trailing cold front which right now through the panhandle just passes through panama city, tornado warnings in effect. i think that the strongest storms throughout the day today will be from i-4 north. and already getting some light rain coming onshore in citrus, weather back to the west. and let me time this outing for. you could see light showers between now and about 8:30. again, they'll roll in off the gulf. but the line of storms i'm most concerned is well off in the gulf of mexico at 8:00 this morning. and it's quickly moving. here it is at 10:00. we could start to see the strong storms right along the coast from pinellas, portions of pasco and citrus and hernando. and then around lunchtime, that's when i can see along the i-75 corridor, this is 11:30 from brooksville ask sarasota county. after 1:00, notice the rain is already shifted east of i-75 into polk county, highlands county and those showers will be lighter toward 3:00, 4:00 today. and then the strong winds start coming in. so it's 70 degrees, storms exit the area by 4:00 p.m. and while they're here, we have

thousands of sea creatures washed ashore south of panama city. researchers say things like temperature change or a recent case of red tide could have caused them wash ashore. >>> time is 5:56. working on a whole lot more for our next hour of news. more than a dozen people waking up on dry land after the yacht they were on sinks to the bottom of the ocean. brand new this morning, nbc 6 reporter julia bagg talks to >>> rape accusations on a florida state university campus involving a star athlete may finally be put to rest. why the school is saying they decided to call it quits. >>> south florida, we're already seeing and feeling changes out there ahead of the cold front expected to bring us even more changes come end of the workweek. temperatures across much of miami-dade, waking up to upper 60s and low 70s now that winds have shifted out of the southeast. the good news is we are rain free so far on this tuesday morng. >>> you are watching nbc 6 south florida today. >> stay with us.