Boca Raton Prepares For More Rain, Hail, Possible Tornado

BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — With a hat tip to Annie Lenox, here comes the rain again. Boca Raton and surrounding areas may have another afternoon of gusty thunderstorms, hail, and possibly a tornado. Here’s the latest from the National Weather Service:

THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH

FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY

BETWEEN 3 AND 8 PM. WHILE INSTABILITY WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED,

INCREASING WIND SHEAR WILL ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW STRONG

TO PERHAPS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING,

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING, STRONG WIND GUSTS, HAIL AND

HEAVY RAINS. ALSO, A BRIEF TORNADO JUST CANNOT BE RULED OUT ALONG THE

ATLANTIC COAST.

WIND: WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST

THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP.

HAIL: HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST

THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP.

FLOODING: LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE

THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WITH LOCALIZED RAINFALL

AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE INTERIOR

AND EAST COAST. ISOLATED STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF POORLY

DRAINED LOCALES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS

AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

TORNADOES: A BRIEF TORNADO JUST CANNOT BE RULED OUT ALONG THE ATLANTIC

COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

WATERSPOUTS: A BRIEF WATERSPOUT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS BISCAYNE BAY AND

THE ATLANTIC WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

LOCAL JOURNALISM SUPPORTER.

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