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 SOUTHFLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELYBETWEEN 3 AND 8 PM. WHILE INSTABILITY WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED,INCREASING WIND SHEAR WILL ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW STRONGTO PERHAPS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING,CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING, STRONG WIND GUSTS, HAIL ANDHEAVY RAINS. ALSO, A BRIEF TORNADO JUST CANNOT BE RULED OUT ALONG THEATLANTIC COAST.WIND: WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGESTTHUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP.HAIL: HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGESTTHUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP.FLOODING: LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THETHUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WITH LOCALIZED RAINFALLAMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE INTERIORAND EAST COAST. ISOLATED STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF POORLYDRAINED LOCALES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THISAFTERNOON AND EVENING.TORNADOES: A BRIEF TORNADO JUST CANNOT BE RULED OUT ALONG THE ATLANTICCOAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.WATERSPOUTS: A BRIEF WATERSPOUT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS BISCAYNE BAY ANDTHE ATLANTIC WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.