Emily dumped significant rainfall on the Bay area Monday, downing trees and causing a few thousand power outages.
Emily made landfall on Anna Maria Island just west of Bradenton at 10:45 a.m.
Luckily it didn’t have time to strengthen much and only did minor damage and then quickly weakened inland. Just before 5 p.m. it was downgraded to a depression. It is gone from our area and will not have any impact on our region moving forward.
The storm brought flooding to parts of Tampa Bay with 2 to 4 inches of rain and isolated amounts in Bradenton of 6-8 inches.
All Tropical Storm Warnings were canceled as of 2 p.m.
On the backside is much drier that moved into the area on a rare northerly breeze tonight. Therefore expect only an isolated chance of a shower overnight, otherwise partly cloudy to mostly clear skies.
Tuesday will be much drier with just a 30 percent coverage of scattered storms. Otherwise it will be mostly sunny to partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid 90s.
The moisture that has been shoved south will drift back north on Wednesday, resulting in higher rain chances moving back into our area. So expect the coverage of storms back up to 60 percent on Wednesday with highs in the upper 80s.
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A State of Emergency was declared in 31 Florida counties: Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lake, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Lucie, Sumter and Volusia.
40 ft. tree down in Sarasota. No one injured @BN9 pic.twitter.com/uCalS8QeiR
— lauren verno (@laurenverno) July 31, 2017
Strong winds took down trees and caused power outages. A 65-mph gust took place near the southern end of the Skyway. The bridge was closed for several hours Monday but reopened at 2:30 p.m.
In St. Petersburg, a number of locations still had standing water Monday afternoon. Drivers are asked to avoid the areas of:
-Snell Isle Blvd/Appian Way NE
-Venetian Blvd/Dover St. NE
-North Dakota Ave/Denver St. NE
-Chancellor Dr. NE/between Indianapolis and Massachusetts
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At 4:30 p.m., Florida Power and Light reported about 3,200 customers without power in Manatee County.
A few hundred outages were reported in Pinellas County (by Duke Energy) and in the Plant City area (by Tampa Electric).
The rip current threat remains high at area beaches and there is also an isolated threat of waterspouts/tornadoes today.
High waters on Bayshore Blvd Ne in Shore Acres @bn9 @bn9weather pic.twitter.com/Vbo6XBevOj
— Sara Belsole (@sbelsole) July 31, 2017
In Polk County, flooding was reported on Old Highway 37. About 4 inches of water was inside one home, and the Red Cross responded to assist the family. No injuries were reported.
Also in Polk County, a number of roads were closed:
-Duff Road, between Green Road and Highway 98 N
-Glean Oak Drive and Shady Oak Drive E
-Wabash at 10th Street
-Reynolds Road and Kirk Street
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