Ground stop lifted at Tampa International, delays continue

TAMPA - If you have a flight or are expecting someone to fly in today at Tampa International Airport, you will want to check the flight status.

The FAA said there was a ground stop at TPA, which was lifted around 4 p.m., after storms that produced tornado warnings swept through the area.

TPA reported at least 41 flight cancelations and 313 delays as of late Thursday afternoon.

READ: Weather in Tampa: Tornado watch in effect for several Florida counties

One woman, who’s traveling home to Houston, says she started getting alerts from Southwest when she got to the airport around 9:30 a.m.

"When I first got here, I found out in the shuttle on the way to the airport," Mary Prihoda said. "At first, it said my flight was delayed until 7:20. So that was a six or seven hour delay. It’s bumped up a little bit. But it keeps changing. It goes up and down, up and down in delay time."

She was one of hundreds of people waiting at TPA for hours today.

"I haven’t had a flight delayed, probably for 30 years in flying, this much," Prihoda said. "Maybe a little delay, but not hours."

As the storms clear out, a nice weekend is expected.

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