🌱 How serious is tonight’s Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Ormond Beach?
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In today's newsletter:
- How serious is tonight’s Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Ormond Beach?
- How Ormond Beach Main Street just earned top national recognition
- Why deputies are now urgently searching for this Ormond Beach woman
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Windy and not as warm, with a high of 81 and low of 71 degrees.
- Thursday: Some sun, breezy and pleasant, temps: high: 83, low: 72.
- Friday: Nice with partial sunshine, with a high of 82 and low of 73 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for parts of Central Florida (wftv.com) — Ormond Beach is under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 6 p.m., with forecasters warning of damaging winds, small hail, frequent lightning, and heavy rain that could flood local roads. Nearby communities like Holly Hill, Ormond-by-the-Sea, New Smyrna Beach, Edgewater, and Ponce Inlet are also included, and residents are urged to head indoors and stay away from windows as storms intensify this evening. 
2. Ormond Beach Main Street Earns 2026 Main Street America Accreditation (flaglernewsweekly.com) — Ormond Beach Main Street has earned 2026 Accredited Main Street America status, recognizing its strong performance in revitalizing Historic Ormond Beach’s downtown. The program’s partnerships, volunteer engagement, and projects like the Seward Johnson Sculpture Tour are helping strengthen local businesses and public spaces as the organization approaches its 30th anniversary in 2026.
3. Deputies 'looking for' suspect in fatal Volusia toll booth crash after she was released from Baker Act, sheriff says (wesh.com) — Deputies are actively searching for a 35-year-old Ormond Beach woman now wanted on a vehicular homicide warrant in a fatal Volusia County beach toll booth crash. She had just been released from a Baker Act after allegedly driving into the booth on Dunlawton Avenue, killing worker Tammie Jo Baker, and authorities say witnesses reported reckless driving and possible alcohol use beforehand.
4. Understanding How Diabetes Affects Patient Response To Medications (hmpgloballearningnetwork.com) — An Ormond Beach-based podiatric physician explains how diabetes can change the way medications are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated in the body, potentially altering both effectiveness and side effects. The piece urges clinicians to adjust drug choices and dosages for people with diabetes, especially when kidney disease, obesity, or protein-binding changes are present, to improve safety and outcomes.
5. Toll booth worker killed in Florida beach ramp crash. What we know (palmbeachpost.com) — An Ormond Beach woman is in custody under Florida’s Baker Act after a truck slammed into a Daytona Beach Shores toll booth, killing 63-year-old attendant Tammie Jo Baker and ending up in the ocean. Investigators say they smelled alcohol in the vehicle and have conducted breath and blood tests, while the Dunlawton beach access ramp remains closed and mourners gather at a growing memorial.
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