PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Heavy rains across the Bay area have led to flooding throughout the region.
The Bay area is dealing with heavy rains and the aftermath of flooding across multiple counties. Rain water swamped streets throughout the area, especially in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties Wednesday evening.
What You Need To Know
- Rain water swamped streets in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties
- Some streets saw mid-tire levels of water before receding
- Some parts of the area received anywhere from 3 to 6 inches of rain during the past two days
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Areas of Gulfport on 58th Street and St. Petersburg 34th Avenue and 66th Street all saw heavy flooding Wednesday.
Some streets saw mid-tire levels of water before receding.
Intersections in West Tampa, Carrollwood and Town ‘N Country in Tampa also had street flooding.
Parking lots across the area were filled with water as the saturated grounds continued to get pounded with more water Wednesday into Thursday morning.
Tampa Fire Rescue received multiple calls on Wednesday night from people trapped in vehicles stuck in floodwaters.
According to Bay News 9 meteorologists, some parts of the area received anywhere from 3 to 6 inches of rain during the past two days.
"We've had 8.3 inches of rain in Tampa in just two days," said Bay News 9 Meteorologist Juli Marquez. "3.63" of rain in Tampa Wednesday and 4.67" on Tuesday. It's still raining this morning and we've added at least another 0.15" to that total so far this morning.
"It's still raining this morning and we've added at least another 0.15" to that total so far this morning."
Thursday will start out mainly dry, but scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop in the afternoon and evening.
Highs will top off in the low 90s.
Some storms could come down heavy at times later in the day.
