Overview
- National Weather Service forecasters kept a flood watch in place through 10 p.m. Tuesday for the east coast metro of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, listing cities such as Miami, Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Miramar, Boca Raton, Jupiter and Kendall.
- Showers and thunderstorms moved in before sunrise Tuesday with another round expected this afternoon and evening, raising the chance of street flooding during commutes.
- Forecasts call for widespread totals near 1 to 3 inches with isolated pockets of 4 to 6 inches where storms train over the same area, a setup that can quickly swamp low-lying or poor-drainage spots.
- Beachgoers and boaters face hazards under a high rip current risk and small craft advisories that extend through Thursday evening, even as drier air starts to return midweek.
- Meteorologists say the multi-day rain could ease water stress statewide and may help dampen the 511-acre, uncontained Hilux fire burning in Big Cypress National Park.