Although it has been rather dry in Central Alabama lately, heavy rain has been adding up over other portions of the southeast region. One particular location seeing lots rain has been western sections of Florida. Major flooding has been an issue in the Tampa area. Tampa received record amounts of rain this past month. Since June 1st Tampa has received 10.69 inches of rain as opposed to the average of 6.5 inches that Tampa usually sees. The city also saw record amounts of rainfall on July 2nd with a total of 4.72 inches. The old record was 2.84 inches set in 1955. The flooding caused multiple Tampa families to evacuate their homes and the Red Cross set up evacuation shelters and gave hot meals to evacuees. Thankfully, no tropical systems are brewing in the Gulf! The current forecast calls for scattered storms each day this week, but the expected precipitation accumulation is less than the record breaking rainfall amounts seen last week.
Cecilia Reeves
WVUA Weather
