Sunshine state or soaked state? Florida can't decide

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Tampa sees record dry September as Miami hits 162% of average rainfall. AccuWeather's Anna Azallion reports coastal flooding and king tides threaten Florida's east coast this weekend.

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00:00Record dry September for Tampa. Meanwhile, Miami had, I believe it's 162% of its rainfall

00:07compared to historical averages. So compared to that historical average, it was 162%, I believe,

00:12is the exact percentage. But right now, no rain into Tampa. We do have scattered thunderstorms

00:17into portions of Louisiana, far southern portions there along the Gulf, as this round of storms

00:24really is taking its time to move in from the actual Gulf. Scattered showers into the Gulf

00:29Coast of Texas. But I do want to zoom into this one cell in Florida. We went a couple hours,

00:36probably about an hour and a half to two hours, without any thunderstorms. No lightning in Florida,

00:41really just scattered showers. But take a look at this that has been strengthening. Can't rule out

00:46some stronger wind gusts from this as well. And you can see an isolated heavy downpour moving just

00:51south of Palm City and moving its way to almost the immediate west, really, at this point. But one of

00:58the other things that I want to pull up here are our storm reports. Because one of the big stories

01:02for the weekend, in addition to the rain and the thunderstorms that are going to start to move

01:06into more this area and right around here is where we're going to see the heaviest rainfall the next

01:11couple of days. But if we turn our storm reports on, you can see coastal flooding that does continue

01:16to be a concern. Just like I was saying, through the weekend, we still have rough surf rip currents and

01:20coastal flooding. Then the king tides roll in, bringing more coastal flooding. So something to keep in mind

01:26along the Atlantic coast here, the east coast of Florida. Let's take a look at some of these

01:30reports. Flagler Beach reporting some tidal flooding. We have seen some roads flooded from

01:35these things. But also, a lot of these reports are coming from more inland areas. But you have

01:39these waterways that are ultimately connected to the ocean. So tide comes in, the water gets trapped

01:44a little bit. It takes more time for those water levels to go down.

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