BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — A tornado watch is in effect this early hour and it’s a prelude to what the national weather service says will be a wet, rough day:
DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
OVER SOUTH FLORIDA.
TORNADOES: TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH
FLORIDA.
WATERSPOUTS: WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE GULF AND ATLANTIC
WATERS.
WINDS: STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO
DEVELOP. SOME OF THE GUSTS MAY REACH UP TO AROUND 50 MPH.
FLOODING: LOCALIZED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED
STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED AREAS. TIDES ARE
FORECAST TO RISE TO 1 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE GULF COAST
TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING…WHICH MAY LEAD TO MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING.
WAVES: SEAS WILL RISE TO 6 TO 10 FEET FOR THE OFFSHORE GULF
WATERS, WITH NEAR SHORE WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET.
RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR ALL BEACHES.