Flooding Hazards
While large and highly impactful severe weather events such as hurricanes, tropical storms, widespread tornado outbreaks, blizzards, and winter storms typically garner the largest media coverage, significant flooding events occur frequently across the United States. Therefore, FPREN’s team of meteorologists and producers ensure partner stations and their audiences are well-informed about flooding potential and risks, providing live-action and pre-produced coverage and content when significant flooding is occurring. Click here to learn more.
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Latest Heavy Rain and Flood News
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Lower storm chances across Florida as Saharan dust arrives, scorching temperatures
Although a trough will be around the Peninsula, there will also be an influx of Saharan dust into the state, but it will stay mainly across South and Central Florida.
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Weekend forecast: High pressure east of Florida brings closer to typical conditions
East winds bring moisture to the Peninsula, with inland thunderstorms, while southerly winds send Panhandle temperatures soaring.
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Chance for numerous showers continues over the weekend, but many places are still in a rain deficit
While parts of Central and North Florida have seen heavy rainfall, many areas remain well below normal after two months of the rainy season.
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Multiple days with flash flood risk, strong to severe storms possible
A stationary front and deep moisture in the atmosphere will bring several days of heavy showers and thunderstorms, keeping the threat of flash floods across the northern half of Florida this week.
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Higher-than-normal storm chances increase flood threat for parts of the Peninsula
Flash flood risk along Florida's East Coast, as there will be some slow movers. Widespread showers and storms for the beginning of the week. Higher rain chances remain focused over the areas experiencing the worst drought in Florida.
