but in hillsborough and pinnelas county, it is rather light. and most of polk county is light till you get into fort meade. and in the highlands, we're seeing heavier pockets. now, as we get closer to 8:00 this morning. that is where we'll see the storms starting to fire up all across the area. and it gets incense by 10:00 in the morning. by noon, it is starting to move inland and taper off already. so this is going to be a quick event this morning. but as the storms move onshore, expect the heavy pockets of rain that could lead to isolated street flooding and gusty winds even the potential for some damaging winds. so get where you need to go early and keep storm shield on your mobile device and you'll alerted on the goal. and what are you seeing on the roads? crashes. but they don't seem to be causing any delays. and we'll check in our life drive cam this is 275. and we did have rain where he was back in tampa but i don't see any raindrops on the windshield. but use caution because you'll find wet roads out there. and he is heading towards the

county right now. so in the next half hour, it will move across pinnelas and hillsborough. and we're looking at rainfall that is coming down at a rate of an inch to an inch per half an hour into carolwood and west chase area. and it will pool on our bridges. this is a big line that is offshore that is going to move across the area. we'll get anywhere of an inch and a half to two inches of an hour. the gusty winds have been up to 30 miles an hour. this line could bring the winds coming down. that is a sign of weakening. but it is a strong line of storms. so we'll that through the next couple hours. and what are you seeing? >>> tim is is on our live drive this mobile. so you may consider using kennedy as an alternate to some of the backups that we're seeing on 275 northbound due to the lane shifts. this is what is looks like on the howard frankland. and the cars stacking up there and 30 minutes across the howard frankland. and we're still watching this crash on i40 westbound before you get to i-75. they have opened a couple of lanes up here. so the cars are getting through. b

tampa and over in pinnelas county, we see things drying out for the moment. and wet roads south of i-4 and the 75 corridor. that is where you want to be extra careful right now. and let's check your drive times on i-4. all in the green and looking good right now. 24 minutes from county line and there are at the bottom, just eight minutes on 75 down to 275. >>> this is the news that the buck fans have been waiting forever the keep is expected to announce they are promoting dirk koetter as the new head coach. speculation began about dirk koetter being the main candidate because of the success with the rookie quarterback winston. the people closer to dirk koetter are congratulating him on twitter. >>> fire crews are investigate what they call a suspicious fire in riverview. this is video of the fire right now. intense flame consuming this home on henderson street. nobody was hurt but we're told that the house was destroyed. house has caught fire within the last year. and the last time happened was just last week. >>> 9/11 florida needs to see this photo. this bo

and it will be reaching the pinnelas county area and into town town tampa between 9 9 9:30 this morning. and the lightning numbers coming down and that is good news. but this is a strong line of storms that could give us some street flooding and even damaging winds. lara. >> thank you so much, sam. get in here. it is "pop news" time and we have a solution this morning for moms feeling the empty nesters blues. her preteen son no longer wanted hugs figured out a creative solution. she just knitted a new one. ny lifesize woolen replica of her boy tailored to perfection. george, your face is amazing right now. her son slightly terrified you wonder, no, he was actually probably thrilled because he didn't have to give hugs or kisses because that preteenage that's the way it goes and even helped her photograph the woolly doppelganger skateboarding, eating junk food of the getting a hug from mom. the results have had thousands online in stitches. wait for it. wait for it. >> yeah. >> i'm just -- i got to let that one go. >> like what -- >> sam's not going to let it go. >> when you watch that st

if you are heading northbound into pinnelas your drive times is 17 minutes from i-275 in manatee county up to pinnelas point drive. no significant delays yet. let's go live to our sky 10 network camera across the bridge in tampa. it is heavier at the kennedy boulevard exit. still looking at a six minute drive time. we are seeing heavier traffic. courtney campbell causeway looking good at memorial highway. no significant delays here. drive time is seven minutes. mourning the loss of a rock and roll legend. in 1934, steak 'n shake decided the world didn't need another hamburger. it needed a steakburger. so they used 100 percent beef. quick seared to seal in the flavor ... ... you'll only get from a steakburger. steak 'n shake, home of the original steakburger. wow. the internet is crazy fast here. i know, right? it's so nice to have everyone over. hi hey. mmm. i just laid an egg. does anybody want it? joey, you want some gasoline? yes, please. mom, guess what? i married a clown and we're mhm. i just bought a hammer. with internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carri

county. more rain will filter in. tarpon springs and palm harbor southward is where the heaviest rain is. it will continue to move northeast at 30 miles per hour. heavy batch in central pinnelas. north eastern hillsborough county has filled in. in the fish hawk neighborhood you have been on and off this morning. roads are wet. here comes another batch out of the fish hawk area. it will continue to do that for 45 minutes. i'm tracking heavier rain south of sarasota. that's moving in the area now. it will be in sarasota three minutes ago. lakewood ranch at 6:50. south bradenton area at 7:00. this is just more rain. it is nothing severe. a few gusty winds. lake placid by 7:00 and sebring by 7:15 you'll see heavy rain come through. that there is the main thing we are tracking. that's the line of storms that could produce a strong thunderstorm or two. i'll tell you this. one of the threats is waterspouts or tornadoes. when that line is solid like that you tend to get more straight line wind occurrences versus tornadoes. if you get individual cells along that line you'll be more worried about tornadoes. it is good news to see it looking like that. that bow there means winds coming

look at our sky 10 network camera on i-275 in pinellas county north of fourth street on and off the howard frankland bridge. coming into pinnelas no big delays or anything. going northbound on i-275 towards tampa, that's where we are seeing delays getting busy across the bay. your drive time is two minutes heavier going across the howard frankland bridge. let's go back to our maps. hillsborough county south portion in the apollo beach area. there is an accident on northbound i-75 south of big bend road. this is not causing any main looks like it is pulled to the shoulder. we are seeing morning rush hour on big bend road. speeds 19 miles per hour going east or west approaching i-75. polk county not looking too bad. this is an accident reported on i-4 eastbound on polk parkway. u.s. 301 and 41 through downtown sarasota is getting heavy. over to you. >> thank you very much. >>> a live look downtown st. pete. if you are head this morning on a jog or walk bundle up. grab the camera. >>> we are on top of a breaking story from iran. all ten u.s. navy sailors have been released. they were on a u.s. ship getting medical checks this morn

county sheriff's office. >>> so we have a weather alert for you. we're starting on off with wet roads right now and it is going to get nastier as we move through the morning. pinnelas and hillsborough and i- 4. highlands seeing heavy pockets of rain. and futurecast shows it remains hit or miss through 8:00 this morning and it really starts to build in from 8:00 to 10:00 with really heavy downpours and that could lead so street flooding. good timing being on the tail end of the morning commute. but if you're headed out the door around that time frame, anytime after 8:00, expect that things could get a bit dicey for a period of time. and we're talking about gusty winds and heavy downpours that could lead to isolated street flooding. and noon, we clear out. and this will happen quickly this morning. and we see sunshine before the day is out. so talk about a strong contrast from the start to the finish. and we remain dry overnight with the clearer skies and partly cloudy skies. heavy rain and light risk of damaging winds and waterspout. this is what we're watching for this morning as this storm system rolls on through. but that chance for damaging winds or a brief torn