TIMELINE: Central Florida thunderstorms linger over I-4 corridor Tuesday evening
ORLANDO, Fla. - Showers and thunderstorms are moving across Central Florida on Tuesday evening, prompting severe thunderstorm warnings to be issued for various counties.
Heavy rain, hail, frequent lightning, and strong winds – some with gusts up to 40 mph – are possible with these storms, according to the National Weather Service and the FOX 35 Storm Team.
Orlando/Central Florida Radar | FOX 35 Storm Tracker
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Tracking the Tropics
A tropical wave mired in Saharan Dust will be very slow to develop, if it even does. That said, a slew of global computer models thinks it will form into at least a tropical depression, if not a tropical storm.
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So far, no models impact our region with this system as a hurricane, so it's mostly likely to be a rain even if we catch any direct impacts this weekend. The general thinking is that if it arrives in the Bahamas as a strong system, it'll be pulled northward on the Atlantic side of Florida, leaving us on the, "clean side" with just some rain and rip currents.
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If it arrives in a weaker form, it could be dragged into the Gulf, ushering in heavier rain for Florida on the "dirty side." We'll have a better bead on this system tomorrow and Thursday, making for a pretty short-fuse forecast from inception to potential landfall impacts.
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