FOX 13 Tampa Bay
Polk Sheriff Grady Judd links executed killer James Duckett to 1987 cold case
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- Polk Sheriff Grady Judd links executed killer James Duckett to 1987 cold case
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- 50:31
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd publicly linked James Duckett, a former Mascotte police officer who was executed on Tuesday, to the 1987 cold case murder of Jeanifer Weldon.
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- Quiet tropics, no formations expected
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- 2:10
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- FOX 13’s Meteorologist Nash Rhodes reports that no tropical development is expected over the next seven days. High levels of dry air and Saharan dust are playing key roles as we enter early August. These hostile conditions make it difficult for any tropical systems to form.
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- Tampa weather | Thursday morning forecast
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg says there is a 70 percent chance of rain on Thursday and a high of 89 degrees.
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- Florida property tax amendment court battle begins
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- 2:22
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- A Leon Circuit Court judge heard arguments Wednesday over whether the property tax cut proposal to be placed on the November ballot is misleading to voters. More: https://www.fox13news.com/news/florida-property-tax-clash-gets-day-court
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- LIVE: FWC update on St. Pete Beach mothball investigation
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- 10:16
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is providing an update on the investigation into hundreds of mothballs that were scattered on St. Pete Beach earlier this year. The briefing is scheduled for 3 p.m. at the FWC Tampa Office.
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- No tropical formation expected through July
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- 2:15
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- FOX 13's Meteorologist Nash Rhodes reports that the tropics should remain quiet through the end of July. Unfavorable environmental conditions—specifically strong upper-level winds and atmospheric dry air—are expected to suppress any tropical development over the next seven days.
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- Tampa weather | Wednesday morning forecast
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- 3:19
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg says Wednesday will be hot and humid with downpours and a high of 90 degrees.
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- Live: CFO Ingoglia speaks with Sheriff Judd, Chronister in Miami
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- 25:26
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia is holding a press conference in Miami Tuesday with Florida sheriffs, including Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister. The event is scheduled for 11:30 a.m.
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- LIVE: Sen. Lindsey Graham Memorial Service at US Capitol
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- 1:04:43
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- A funeral service for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is held at the U.S. Capitol and National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
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- 2 Florida kids hurt after truck crashes into apartment building
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- 2:19
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- A truck crashed into two apartment units in Palm River-Clair Mel on Tuesday morning, sending two children to the hospital in serious condition, officials said. More: https://www.fox13news.com/news/two-children-hospitalized-after-car-crashes-hillsborough-county-apartment
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- Unfavorable conditions keep things quiet in Atlantic
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- 2:38
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- FOX 13’s Meteorologist Valerie Mills discusses what we’re watching in the tropics. Lots of dry air and Saharan dust across the Atlantic Basin, particularly over the Caribbean portions of the southern gulf as well, and a hostile environment are expected to keep things quiet through the end of July. Conditions remain unfavorable for any possible tropical development.
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- Tampa weather | Tuesday morning forecast
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- 3:24
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg says Tuesday will be hot and humid with scattered storms and a high of 90 degrees.
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- Florida drownings: Over 70 children dead this year
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- 2:59
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- More than 70 Florida children have died by drowning, according to data by the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) – which includes several cases in the Tampa Bay area. More: https://www.fox13news.com/news/more-than-70-children-fatally-drown-florida-safety-experts-issue-warnings
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- Tropics to remain quiet through July
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- 2:34
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- FOX 13 Meteorologist Valerie Mills is keeping an eye on the tropics. She says lots of dry air and Saharan dust coming across the Atlantic basin limits factors for any tropical development through the month of July and the start of August. No formations are being watched or highlighted over the next seven days by the National Hurricane Center. However, on the eastern pacific, two hurricanes are being watched. Hurricane Fausto, a Category 1 storm, and Hurricane Genevieve, a Category 4 storm, that will continue to weaken over open waters.
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- PSTA announces new bus route to TPA
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- 12:35
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- PSTA announces new bus route from downtown St. Pete to TPA.
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- : PSTA announcement
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- 12:36
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- WATCH LIVE: PSTA announces new route to Tampa International Airport.
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- Family sues Pasco Sheriff's Office after 2021 deputy pursuit crash
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- 5:27
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- A Florida family is suing the Pasco Sheriff's Office for negligence after a high-speed vehicle pursuit ended with a fleeing suspect crashing into a landscaper, leaving him with severe, permanent injuries.
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- Tampa weather | Monday’s forecast
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- 3:10
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg says Monday will be hot and humid with scattered storms and a high temperature of 90 degrees.
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- Saharan dust and drier air keep Caribbean quiet
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- FOX 13 meteorologist Valerie Mills says the tropics are quiet due to the heavy Saharan dust and dry air. She says she expects the dust to keep things quiet through the end of the month. Mills says she is keeping an eye on an area in the eastern pacific that has low chances of development.
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- Tampa weather | Sunday morning forecast
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- 4:45
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- FOX 13's Meteorologist Valerie Mills has your Sunday morning forecast.
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- Live: Bayshore Boulevard view
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- 1:04:46
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Take a moment to enjoy our Bayshore Boulevard webcam in Tampa, sponsored by Brandon Ford, it sits atop the Brookdale Bayshore building, looking north towards downtown Tampa.
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- Live: Downtown Tampa view
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- 1:03:15
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Take a moment to enjoy a view of our SkyTower webcam, sponsored by Joe Cool Home Services, that looks east toward downtown Tampa, along Kennedy Boulevard.
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- Saharan dust returns, but tropics remain quiet
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- FOX 13 Meteorologist Valerie Mills says all is quiet with no formations that we are currently tracking over the next 7 days. Large plumes of Saharan dust are being monitored near portions of the Caribbean Islands, although they are not near Florida or the Gulf. The next 2026 storm name in line is Cristobal.
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- Tampa weather | Saturday morning forecast
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- 3:37
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- FOX 13 Meteorologist Valerie Mills has your Saturday morning forecast.
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- LIVE: President Trump announcement on American nuclear innovation
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- 55:51
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- President Donald Trump is holding a news conference where he is expected to make an announcement regarding American nuclear innovation.
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- 350-pound pig at the center of SPCA Tampa Bay animal cruelty trial
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- 2:50
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- A legal battle in the case of a 350-pound pig named Waddles is heating up ahead of a non-jury trial Wednesday, following allegations that SPCA Tampa Bay left the animal to roast in the hot Florida sun. More: https://www.fox13news.com/news/meet-waddles-350-pound-pig-center-animal-cruelty-trial
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- Tampa’s new 'Small Talk' blind date show is searching for singles| Florida For Reel
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- 21:32
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Are you officially suffering from dating app fatigue? On this episode of Florida For Reel, hosts Emari Craft and Scott Tavlin dive into the ultimate real-life romance project: Small Talk, a brand-new Tampa Bay blind date series designed to ditch the swiping and bring back old-school sparks!
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- Rising leprosy rates leads one Florida woman to start support group
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- 2:45
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Leprosy cases are rising in Florida. How one woman started a support group.
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- Florida high school teacher accused of having sex with student
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- 2:25
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- A former teacher and athletic coach has been taken into custody following a law enforcement investigation into allegations of sexual battery involving a student.
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- Tropical Storm Bertha fizzles out
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- 2:56
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- FOX 13 Meteorologist Nash Rhodes says Tropical Storm Bertha fizzled out late Thursday night after making landfall in Louisiana and Texas. He said no tropical formation is expected over the next seven days. According to Rhodes, upper-level wind shear and Saharan dust are keeping the tropics quiet.
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- Tampa Weather | Friday morning forecast
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- 3:08
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- FOX 13 Meteorologist Jim Weber says the Friday forecast brings the heat index back into the triple digits with a actual high of 94 degrees.
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- Florida sanitation worker murdered, suspect arrested after I-75 standoff
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The man accused of the deadly shooting of a St. Petersburg city worker while she was on the job has been identified and remains hospitalized in law enforcement custody following a standoff in Lee County on Wednesday. More: https://www.fox13news.com/news/st-petersburg-city-worker-deadly-shooting-suspect-i-75-standoff-police
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- Florida renter faces delayed repairs after ceiling collapse during storm
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- 3:00
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- A Seminole tenant is demanding accountability after waiting five days for apartment repairs following a structural collapse during a weekend storm along Park Road. More: https://www.fox13news.com/news/seminole-tenant-faces-five-day-delay-after-ceiling-collapse-buena-vista-apartments
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- Tampa runner says man kept photographing her on Bayshore Boulevard
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- 2:58
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- A Tampa runner contacted police Saturday after repeatedly catching a man photographing her without consent along Bayshore Boulevard.
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- Tropical Storm Bertha to make 2nd landfall
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- 3:32
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Tropical Storm Bertha to make 2nd landfall
FOX 13 Meteorologist Nash Rhodes is keeping tabs on Tropical Storm Bertha which made landfall on Wednesday in Louisiana. It is expected to make another landfall in Texas on Thursday afternoon. It is moving west at 10 miles per hour and it has winds of 45 miles per hour. The deeper the storm moves into Texas, the quicker it begins to weaken.
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- Tampa Weather | Thursday morning forecast
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- 3:39
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- FOX 13 Meteorologist Jim Weber says Thursday's forecast calls for a higher heat index with temperatures feeling much hotter than the high of 94 degrees.
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- Clearwater Ferry crash: $300K settlement for passengers
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- 2:51
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- A $300,000 settlement approved by the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority will be split among 37 passengers involved in a deadly April 2025 Clearwater Ferry crash near the Memorial Causeway. More: https://www.fox13news.com/news/deadly-clearwater-ferry-crash-passengers-receive-300k-settlement-from-psta
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- Family sues security guard after Sarasota man found dead in apartment
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- 2:38
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- A Michigan woman is suing a security firm for negligence after her father was found dead inside his Sarasota apartment, alleging a guard ignored obvious signs of medical distress hours earlier.
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- Tropical Storm Bertha to make landfall Wednesday
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- 4:27
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- FOX 13 Meteorologist Jim Weber is monitoring Tropical Strom Bertha, which is expected to make landfall on Wednesday. He said most of the rainy, windy weather associated with the storm is to the south of the center of Bertha. According to Weber the wind shear is keeping the system from intensifying. After making landfall, the tropical storm will continue moving west-northwest along the coastline of Louisiana and Texas.
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- Tampa weather | Wednesday morning forecast
- Runtime
- 5:59
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- FOX 13 Meteorologist Valerie Mills says the heat is back for Wednesday's forecast with a high of 92 degrees.
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- FDA says positive Cyclospora lettuce test was a false alarm
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- 2:46
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- The Food and Drug Administration announced that the results from lettuce samples collected from Taylor Farms and linked to a Cyclospora outbreak were a false positive.
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- Tropical Storm Bertha heads toward Louisiana
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- 5:03
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- FOX 13 Meteorologist Jim Weber is watching Tropical Storm Bertha, which formed on Monday night. He said the system is getting better organized and strengthened. As of 11 a.m. on Tuesday, it had winds of 60 mph and was moving north-northwest at three miles per hour. Weber added that it will begin weakening on Wednesday as it works its way toward the Louisiana coast. Some computer models have Bertha dissipating after hitting Louisiana, while others have it heading toward Texas.
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- Tampa weather | Tuesday morning forecast
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- 4:30
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- FOX 13's Meteorologist Valerie Mills has your Tuesday morning forecast.
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- Tropical Storm Bertha expected to form in Gulf
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- 2:52
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- FOX 13 Meteorologist Jim Weber is keeping an eye on Tropical Depression Two. He said that while it is getting better organized, it is still a disorganized system. Weber said the storm is dealing with wind shear and there are obstacles in its way that is preventing it from developing quickly. However, it is expected to become Tropical Storm Bertha this week. Weber added that winds were at 35 mph around 11:30 a.m. on Monday and it was moving northwest at three miles per hour. A tropical storm watch is up from the Florida Panhandle to Louisiana.
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- Florida's Back-to-School Tax Holiday begins: Here's what's included
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- 3:02
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Florida's month-long Back-to-School Tax Holiday officially begins Monday, allowing families statewide to purchase computers, clothes and traditional school supplies completely tax-free.
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- Tampa weather | Monday morning forecast
- Runtime
- 7:25
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- FOX 13 Meteorologist Valerie Mills says to expect heavy rain activity for coastal areas throughout Monday morning The high temperature will be 89 degrees.
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- Tropical Depression Two forms in Gulf
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- 2:34
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- FOX 13 Meteorologist Valerie Mills says portions of the Florida Panhandle are under a Tropical Storm Watch after the tropical disturbance elevated to Tropical Depression Two. Mills says she will be watching out for tropical storm conditions for Monday and Tuesday. She says the development will travel along the Gulf coast further into the week. She says this will most likely become our next named storm, Bertha.
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- Tampa weather | Sunday morning forecast
- Runtime
- 4:54
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- FOX 13's Meteorologist Valerie Mills has your Sunday morning forecast.
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- Invasive bug destroying crops, grass in Florida
- Runtime
- 2:47
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Agricultural experts from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) held an online workshop Friday about pasture mealybug, a tiny white insect that feasts on grasses.
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- Unsettled Gulf weather moves toward Florida
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- 3:16
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- FOX 13 meteorologist Valerie Mills says unsettled weather in the Gulf will be affecting Florida for the next few days. She says she is watching it for tropical development, but the odds are still low. Mills says there is a 20% chance of development in the next 2 days, while there’s a 30% chance in the next 7.

