LIVE RADAR | Strong storms roll through Tampa Bay area

A tornado watch is in effect through 9 p.m. Tuesday for much of the Tampa Bay region due to the threat of damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. The watch includes most counties, including the cities of Sarasota, St. Petersburg and Tampa, including locations northward. A few tornadoes, some intense, are possible, according to the Storm Prediction Center. Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph are likely, it added. MORE: