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The front will allow for powerful storms to develop over the weekend.
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The best chance of rain across the greater Tampa Bay region is Saturday afternoon.
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Additional counties were added Saturday afternoon to winter alerts issued by the National Weather Service including: Citrus, Hernando, Interior Pasco, Interior Hernando, Interior Hillsborough, Polk, Hardee, De Soto and Highlands.
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Another cold front is expected to arrive on Thursday. Strong thunderstorms could cause damage across the Panhandle, then on Friday a cold airmass should engulf most of the state.
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Research suggests cold-stunned iguanas falling from trees in Florida could be rarer in the future — both due to climbing global temperatures from unchecked climate change and a shift in cold hardiness in the lizards.
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A cloud cover helped protect citrus trees in areas where the thermometer hovered around or below freezing.
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Temperatures are expected to drop to freezing again Saturday night, and moderate during Christmas Day
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Counties are opening emergency shelters as forecasters project temperatures to drop near or below freezing over the holiday weekend.
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Central Florida could see freezing temperatures just north of the Tampa and Orlando by Friday.
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The National Weather Service confirms the EF-1 tornado touched down around noon near Pasadena ahead of a cold front that will drop temperatures Friday and into the weekend.
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Storms are forecast to spread into the central Peninsula mid to late morning on Thursday and stick around most of the afternoon.
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A powerful low pressure system is forecast to bring all threats of severe weather to the Sunshine State Wednesday into Thursday.