Large spin on WeatherRadar, flash floods

A huge spin is over the Southeast, bringing lots of rain across Georgia, the Carolinas, and Florida. Florida is getting a break, but this break could fuel the atmosphere for afternoon severe storms.

Between midnight and 8 a.m., rains were heavy across the peninsula from Central to South Florida. As of 1 p.m., rainfall ranged between 1 and 3 inches across Central Florida, while South Florida had similar rainfall ranges that had fallen since midnight. However, some spots, like Sweetwater, near Florida International University, had nearly 7 inches of rain, and a weather station north of MIA marked 5.25 inches of rain.

Walk the dog, run your errands, severe storms possible through the evening hours.

There is a break from the rain across parts of South Florida around noon. This is your time to walk the dogs or run those errands. Our WeatherRadar shows storms picking up in intensity from 3 p.m. through this evening. The chance for severe storms increases as the rain break has made the atmosphere more unstable, fueling it with warmth from the south-southwest.

For Central Florida, there will be the chance for some isolated severe storms, but these will push to the east sooner and should be out of the Tampa/Orlando area by 8 p.m., while South Florida will stay under the stream of deep tropical moisture. Severe storms that develop across the state could produce damaging winds, hail, and isolated tornadoes. Also, remember that some storms could drop heavy rainfall quickly, leading to flooding.