A tornado watch issued for Manatee, Hillsborough, Pinellas and Polk counties has been canceled.
- Watch Klystron 9 radars for: Hillsborough | Manatee | Pinellas | Polk
The watch was originally in place until 8 p.m. but it was canceled at 2:30 p.m.
Another round of showers and storms is expected to come through the area overnight into early Friday morning, according to Bay News 9 Meteorologist Brian McClure.
"Some of the storms will likely be strong or severe so you will want to stay tuned for possible severe weather updates overnight," said McClure.
A batch of moisture combined with a disturbance in the atmosphere will move in from the Gulf early Friday morning resulting in the showers and storms. That will then rotate off to the east quickly after sunrise, resulting in drying conditions Friday afternoon and clearing skies.
"That will set us up for a beautiful weekend ahead with lower humidity and seasonably warm conditions," said McClure.
Highs will be in the mid 70s Friday and upper 70s to near 80 on Saturday. Lows will drop back into the 50s. Skies will go between mostly sunny and partly cloudy over the weekend.
The rain should stop early around sunrise on Friday with a gusty cold front coming through. Friday will be windy and cooler.
Rainfall totals through 5 p.m.
Parts of the Bay area have seen heavy rains as a result of the thunderstorms.
Manatee County
- Holmes Beach: 4.66
- Bradenton: 3.88
- Sarasota/Bradenton airport: 2.81
- Lake Manatee State Park: 2.17
- Lakewood Ranch: 2.29
- Ellenton 2.93
- East Bradenton 2.42
Pinellas County
- St. Petersburg Albert Whitted 1.04
- St. Petersburg Science Ctr. 0.78
- Seminole 0.76
- Largo 0.60
- Dunedin 0.48
- St. Pete/Clearwater Airport 0.65
- Tarpon Springs 0.41
- Clearwater Beach 0.39
Polk County
- Bartow 1.39
- Davenport 0.66
- Lakeland 0.56
- Lakeland Highlands 0.54
- Winter Haven 0.42
Hillsborough County
- USF 0.71
- Downtown Tampa 0.68
- New Tampa 0.67
- Tampa Int’l Airport 0.59
- Odessa 0.54
- Westchase 0.52
- Brandon 0.51
- Plant City 0.51
- Lutz 0.48
Hernando
- Brooksville 0.31
- Weeki Wachee 0.24
Citrus
- Sugarmill Wood 0.31
- Crystal River 0.27
- Inverness 0.14
Pasco
- Land O' Lakes 0.61
- Port Richey 0.58
- New Port Richey 0.31