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© Scott B of W Melbourne
Intense showers and lightning moved into the Central Florida area Friday evening, causing some power outages.

A viewer, who shared a picture of what they called a 20 foot tree in their back yard, said that lightning cut it in half earlier in the day.

At the height of the stormy weather, Progress Energy said more than 3,000 customers were without power in the areas of Maitland and Casselberry, near SR 436 between Red Bug Lane and Lake Howell Road around 5:30 p.m. A spokesperson for the company said the outages were related to the severe conditions.

The company said power was expected to be out for about three hours.