JIM VAN FLEET's Blog

thunderstorms are growing at a rapid rate as expected in the afternoon heat. a lot of lightning and heavy rainfall are being observed in volusia, flagler, marion, and brevard counties.

this should cross the st. johns river and make its way into the orlando metro and seminole county too in the next few minutes.

some small hail, strong wind gusts, and heavy rain will be the rule for the next few hours. some thunderstorms could easily become severe as the atmosphere is loaded with energy that will make strong to severe storms.

we are in the weather center and will be on the air should these storms reach severe limits to talk you through what to expect.

otherwise our radar section, and severe weather section of this website are also excellant tools to look through and follow the afternoon storms for the remainder of the day.

we should start to clear out around sunset this evening, but we will do it all over again tomorrow with a 50% coverage of t-storms expected once again.

jim