There’s a flood watch posted for much of South Florida and beyond. Here’s what to expect
South Florida is under a flood watch through Friday.
Blame it on a line of thunderstorms that is expected to continue into the night across most of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.
WPLG Local 10 meteorolgist Brandon Orr posted video of flooding in Fort Lauderdale early Thursday morning. He expects more of the same into the day.
By mid-afternoon heavy rains swept Cutler Bay, Palmetto Bay, Kendall, Coral Gables, Doral and along Florida’s Turnpike, WSVN7 meteorologist Phil Ferro reported.
“More rain is just offshore,” he wrote on Twitter. “[The] ground is water logged and could lead to standing water on roadways.”
Waterspouts spotted
Others posted images of a waterspout on waters off Miami Beach Thursday morning.
NBC6 meteorologist Steve MacLaughlin posted an image of the waterspout but you have to squint to see it given the amount of rain falling at the time. “Our camera was completely blocked by rain at that point,” he wrote in a post on Twitter.
The strongest storms could contain heavy rainfall and gusty winds — up to 50 mph.
Funnel clouds were also a possibility as thunderstorms moved across Pompano and pushed northward along the coast Thursday morning, the weather service said.
The storms are expected to continue sporadically through Saturday.
Flood watch areas
Miami-Dade, including far south, Broward, Palm Beach, Collier, Glades and Hendry counties.
The rainfall, combined with saturated grounds, could dump one to three inches of rainfall across these areas — maybe even more, the weather service says.
The Florida Keys aren’t under a flood watch but plentiful rain and thunderstorms are expected along the island chain anyway, according to the National Weather Service in Key West.
Other weather warnings
Waterspouts over Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Lake Okeechobee.
Rip currents at South Florida beaches. Miami-Dade’s have yet to reopen due to the curfew put in place by Mayor Carlos Gimenez.
The weather service in Miami issued a marine warning for Atlantic waters from Biscayne National Park and Key Biscayne in the south to Jupiter in the north through 5 p.m. Thursday.
This story was originally published June 4, 2020 at 9:16 AM.
