Heavy rains bring flood concerns to Central Florida<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHAT IS, OF COURSE, A HUGE CONCERN AS WE CONTINUE ON INTO THIS WORKWEEK. ERIC WITH AS MUCH RAIN AS WE\u2019RE GETTING, YOU\u2019RE WATCHING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING. ABSOLUTELY. THAT\u2019S WHY WE\u2019RE CALLING TODAY AND TOMORROW IMPACT WEATHER. WE HAVE FLOOD WATCHES POSTED. I MEAN, THIS IS OCALA, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT\u2019S ACTUALLY DRIER, SO TO SPEAK. SO THAT SHOULD PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE. LOOK AT THE MAP. OKAY. THE AREAS HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE ARE AREAS THAT COULD SEE 3 TO 5IN OF ADDITIONAL RAIN OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS TIME. THAT\u2019S THE I-95 CORRIDOR. AND THE QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED. I FEEL LIKE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IS THIS THE KIND OF THING THAT COULD HELP OUR DEFICITS AND OUR DROUGHT? AND THE ANSWER IS YES. WE\u2019VE NEEDED ABOUT FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IN DAYTONA BEACH, SO HOPEFULLY WE\u2019LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT THROUGH THE METRO. WE\u2019RE LOOKING AT KIND OF A HALF INCH TO TWO INCHES RANGE. AND THEN THE FURTHER WEST YOU ARE, THE LESS AND LESS AND LESS WE EXPECT. BUT FLOOD WATCHES ARE POSTED FOR OUR I-95 COMMUNITIES. AND TODAY THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER JUST UPDATED THEIR FLOOD THREAT MAP. GOING FROM A WATCHING TYPE EVENT TO MORE OF A POSSIBLE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE I-95 CORRIDOR. ABSOLUTELY NEEDING TO WATCH, ESPECIALLY IN POORLY DRAINED AREAS. WE ALSO, BY THE WAY, HAVE GUSTY WINDS BECAUSE ALL OF THIS WITH A STORM SYSTEM. SO IT\u2019S GOING TO BE PICKING UP THE WINDS TODAY. SO WIND ADVISORIES ARE POSTED. HERE\u2019S FUTURECAST. I\u2019VE GOT THE RAIN AND I\u2019VE GOT THE WIND GUSTS ON THEIR 8:00 WIDESPREAD RAIN. I HAVE A FEELING THAT MEAGHAN MACKEY AND I ARE GOING TO BE QUITE BUSY GETTING INTO THAT PEAK MORNING DRIVE TIME BECAUSE OF THE RAIN, THE WIND AND OF COURSE, THE SLICK ROADWAYS. HERE\u2019S 10:00. THE RAINS ARE STILL WITH US, GUSTS RUNNING 20 TO 30 AND THEN THROUGH LUNCHTIME. THE RAIN\u2019S WANT TO ISOLATE MORE AND MORE ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR. THAT\u2019S WHERE THAT FLOODING THREAT CONTINUES. 2 P.M. 3:04 P.M. SHOWERS, POCKETS OF HEAVIER RAIN. BUT NOTICE THE WINDS GUSTING 20, 30, 35 MILES AN HOUR OR SO. NOW, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT, IF IT WASN\u2019T ENOUGH, THE TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING. IN OTHER WORDS, BASICALLY WHERE WE\u2019RE AT NOW IS JUST WHERE WE\u2019RE GOING TO BE KIND OF ALL DAY. WE\u2019RE NOT GOING TO WARM ALL THAT MUCH LOWER 70S THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS IN TOWN. FOR NOW, FIRST WARNING, LIVE RADAR SHOWING SOME OF THESE HEAVIER BANDS OF RAIN LIFTING UP TOWARD LAKE WEIR LEESBURG UP TOWARD HOWEY IN THE HILLS DOWNTOWN ORLANDO HEAVIER BAND WORKING THROUGH SOTO, MOVING YOUR DIRECTION. MORE DOWNPOURS FOR PALM COAST. BACK OVER TO FLAGLER BEACH AND FOR KIND OF CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY, DOWN TO ABOUT BREVARD COUNTY WATCHING GOOD STEADY RAINS. PORT SAINT JOHN, SOME REAL DOWNPOURS THOUGH. SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY INTO INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FROM ABOUT FLORIDANA BEACH DOWN THROUGH ABOUT GRANT-VALKARIA AND MICCO. SO WIDESPREAD RAINS THIS MORNING, BUT THE RAIN SHIFT EAST INTO THE AFTERNOON TIME FRAME AND OBVIOUSLY THAT\u2019S WHERE THE RAIN CHANCES TODAY ARE THE HIGHEST. SO IMPACT WEATHER TODAY, TOMORROW BECAUSE OF THE WINDS, BECAUSE OF THE RAINS AND BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING CONCERNS. THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AS TEMPERATURES START TO CLIMB, RAIN CHANCES DROP AND MEAGHAN. IF ALL OF THIS I\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tImpact weather is expected on Tuesday and Wednesday due to widespread rain, raising concerns about flooding. Today, there is 80% coverage of rain, with rain continuing into tomorrow and Thursday.While we\u2019ve been in a major drought so far this year, this is a kind of drought-buster type of event. Helping the drought is good, but too much too fast isn\u2019t.Flood watches and wind advisories have been posted for today.First Warning Weather Stay with WESH 2 online and on-air for the most accurate Central Florida weather forecast.RadarSevere Weather AlertsDownload the WESH 2 News app to get the most up-to-date weather alerts. The First Warning Weather team includes First Warning Chief Meteorologist Tony Mainolfi, Eric Burris, Marquise Meda, Cam Tran and Victoria Wisniewski.What is Impact Weather?Impact Weather suggests weather conditions could be disruptive or a nuisance for travel and day-to-day activities.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Impact weather is expected on Tuesday and Wednesday due to widespread rain, raising concerns about flooding. <\/p>\n
Today, there is 80% coverage of rain, with rain continuing into tomorrow and Thursday.<\/p>\n
While we\u2019ve been in a major drought so far this year, this is a kind of drought-buster type of event. Helping the drought is good, but too much too fast isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
Flood watches and wind advisories have been posted for today.<\/p>\n
First Warning Weather <\/p>\n
Stay with WESH 2 online and on-air for the most accurate Central Florida weather forecast.<\/p>\n
Download the WESH 2 News app<\/a> to get the most up-to-date weather alerts. <\/p>\n The First Warning Weather team includes First Warning Chief Meteorologist Tony Mainolfi<\/a>, Eric Burris<\/a>, Marquise Meda<\/a>, Cam Tran<\/a> and Victoria Wisniewski<\/a>.<\/p>\n What is Impact Weather?<\/p>\n Impact Weather suggests weather conditions could be disruptive or a nuisance for travel and day-to-day activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heavy rains bring flood concerns to Central Florida THAT IS, OF COURSE, A HUGE CONCERN AS WE CONTINUE…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[26849,147,100433,5124,100434,5120,100431,2927,28,30,29,1161,17980,100432,5126,5122,2483,2486],"class_list":{"0":"post-221782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-cam-tran","9":"tag-central-florida","10":"tag-drought-buster-type","11":"tag-eric-burris","12":"tag-extensive-rain-coverage","13":"tag-first-warning-weather","14":"tag-flood-concern","15":"tag-flooding","16":"tag-florida","17":"tag-florida-headlines","18":"tag-florida-news","19":"tag-heavy-rain","20":"tag-impact-weather","21":"tag-major-drought","22":"tag-marquise-meda","23":"tag-radarsevere-weather-alertsdownload","24":"tag-today","25":"tag-wednesday"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}