.ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO ALL OF WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO
THE UPCOMING WEEK. THIS MOISTURE COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE OVER THE REGION WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, COASTAL CHARLOTTE,
COASTAL LEE, INLAND CHARLOTTE AND INLAND LEE. IN WEST CENTRAL
FLORIDA, COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH, COASTAL MANATEE, COASTAL PASCO,
COASTAL SARASOTA, DESOTO, HARDEE, HIGHLANDS, INLAND HILLSBOROUGH,
INLAND MANATEE, INLAND PASCO, INLAND SARASOTA, PINELLAS AND POLK.

* THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND
INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL BRING THE THREAT
FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS
WELL AS THE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT
FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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