{"id":422467,"date":"2026-10-08T18:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T18:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422467\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T18:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T18:44:08","slug":"flood-watch-issued-for-treasure-coast-okeechobee-through-11-p-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422467\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood watch issued for Treasure Coast, Okeechobee through 11 p.m."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A flood watch is in effect until 11 p.m. Thursday for parts of the Treasure Coast and Central Florida, including Indian River, Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service said numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop Thursday afternoon and continue into the early evening. Some storms could bring 2 to 4 inches of rain, with isolated totals of 5 to 7 inches possible.<\/p>\n<p>Forecasters warned the heavy rain could lead to flash flooding, particularly in areas that have already received significant rainfall recently.<\/p>\n<p>Excessive runoff could flood rivers, creeks, streams and other low-lying areas. Urban locations and places with poor drainage may also see flooding, while storm drains and ditches could become clogged with debris.<\/p>\n<p>Residents should avoid driving through flooded roadways and be prepared for rapidly changing conditions through Thursday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A flood watch is in effect until 11 p.m. Thursday for parts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-422467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422467","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=422467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}