citrus, hernando and pasco until tomorrow evening. not that any one day you're going to see a downpour that just this effect. between now and tomorrow even, another 4 to 8 inches possible in the area but that's the area where we've seen inches of rain. now just offshore, we've seen almost 1.5 feet in some places. thankfully that's offshore. here's citrus, hernando and pasco. over the last 48 hour, 5 inches of rain has fallen. add 4 to 8 to that, talking about 10 inches of rain. and now farther inland, the rain amounts have gone down. and to the either. but we will get the waves of rain circulating around an ore of low pressure in the gulf of mexico. and starting to see the downpours and along 19 and citrus, hernando, pine island, you get further to the south, new port richey, tarpon spring, this rain is right on your doorstep. and watching this area of rain through parish and manatee county as well. rain chances today, citrus, hernando and pasco, you're the lakeland and st. petersburg. and in the southern areas like highlands, hardee,

in store for heavy rain. >> yes, and as more and more hit roadways heading to work, citrus, hernando and pasco and here's the reason why. another wave of heavy rain is coming onshore right now. i'll zoom up here into citrus and hernando, mainly areas along and west of u.s. 19. although it's starting to push inland towards spring hill. hudson, holiday, new port richey, just a torrential downpour now pushing east a bit toward the sun coast parkway. and heavy rain from tarpon park, over the sunshine skyway bridge at this point. so there's a 60% rain chance for this wave of rain this morning. but we will continue to see these. so i keep the rain chance higher through the day at 70%. and with the extra clouds and rain, a high today of about 58 degrees. there's that flood watch that continues for citrus, hernando, pasco through tomorrow evening so the rain pat certain going to stay with us. off and on trap cal downpours continue off the gulf of mexico. temperatures held down today then it will finally be warmer and drier as we head into the end of the week. notice the 70% chance today. 60% tomorrow.

watch out citrus, hernando, pasco county, more rain near highway 19 and continuing down pinellas county. and this small area of rain around i-75 in manatee. here are the totals going forward today. citrus, hernando, and pasco, we're going to call your name a lot, an 850% rain chance today, along i-4 -- an 85% rain chance today. and along and north of i-4, helping to keep temperatures below average at 58. coming up, i have an hour-by- hour look at your monday so we can plan this out. but first, plan out the >> yeah, calling their names. >> they are accident-free right now. that's great news. and we have a bump in the road here, hillsborough county, it's reported along 60 near st. cloud, fhp onscene saying all lanes are clear. so shouldn't be a big problem. big problem though if you're flying out of thai this morning, delta -- out of tampa international airport this morning, delta airline's computer systems are down. so plan ahead if you are flying delta, could have trouble with >>> right now, many parts of the bay area are bracing for the rain that leigh was just talking about. and the p

it was off-shore overnight but now we have very heavy rainfall in citrus, hernando, pasco counties including, well, crystal river not as heavy but down towards suggest mill, woods, pine island and now impacting pasco. new port richey, heavy downpours along 19 inching further east so that eventually north, with pockets of showers and moderate to heavy showers now moved across southern pinellas county so we're tracking that, seeing showers now beginning to wane. so we're not going to have too many issues. that little cell rolled through manatee county earlier this morning. potential for flooding the next couple of days because of the heavy rain that has fallen across our northern counties, citrus county, hernando county and pasco. another six inches by the time we get to tomorrow evening is possible here. we're going to hold ono for this time of year. low to middle 80s across the area. because of the cloud cover, because of the rainfall, we will eventually get into some sunshine and back into our typical pattern of afternoon storms but that won't happen until wednesday. until then we have the

citrus, hernando, pasco county. much like we are seeing now. a lot of moisture in the atmosphere, so showers can regenerate. it is not like a typical summer afternoon where showers rain themselves out. that's it for the evening. in a tropical situation, we can develop more rain and more strong downpours. obviously, local flooding that goes along with it. south part of sarasota county is lifting from south to north. 9:00 p.m., 80 degrees. a few remaining showers. it is possible overnight as well. we can't rule out a shower now throughout the next and beyond with the presence of a tropical depression in the gulf of mexico. potentially a tropical storm long term. 83 degrees, current temperature. 85 degrees in saint pete. very humid. even though the temperatures are just a little bit lower. that's the tampa bay area. the radar is close enough to pick up on the shower activity. outside of the area, we can see what the satellite can pick up. most of the thunderstorms have been on the southern portion of the center of the system itself. is controlled

but, hurricane watch in effect for citrus, hernando, pasco county. you can see strong 80% chance in the forecast for thursday. on and off showers throughout the day. with the occasional strong wind gusts, particularly along coastal areas. and specially for nature coast areas. probably the higher amounts. but pinellas county beaches as well. any time as ian was talking about earlier, you have a strong southwest wind as we learned with colin back in june, it doesn't take a lot. thursday afternoon, watch for that tide. >>> an nfl quarterback goes down in practice. >> and the bucs say bring on the rain. i don't know about that. but still, they are ready for tomorrow's preseason finale. my son has meningitis b. but how did we end up here? his mom thought he had the flu and that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. until 2014 there were no vaccines for meningitis b in the u.s. now there are. while uncommon, meningitis b can trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal disease. tr

pasco, citrus and hernando counties. he's in the weather center now tracking the rain throughout the day so we're prepared. >> looks like the metro area in the clear for now but it's not going to last. >> we're all rainfall the next couple of days. the problem is it's where the rain is heaviest is where the flooding will be. and we have flood watches in effect. you can see this wall of water about to move onshore. it will be a wet go through the morning commute. no lightning here but the issue will be blinding rain and reduced visibility. already impacting 19 from crystal river, vine island, spring hill getting in on it richey. pinellas is drying out but further south manatee getting in on rainfall along 75 and points east are beginning to dry to the west here. we're going to see the heaviest rain to the north and that is where accumulations of another six inches is possible so. we had a half-foot already, more in some areas here. that will combine to produce upperwards of a foot since last friday. that is where we have

but locally, you see the orange shaded counties, citrus, hern -- hernando and pasco, these are tropical storm warnings. in 36 hours these areas could see tropical storm force winds. 36 hours out from that. here is the latest forecast. it came in at 11:00. stationary which is a problem. it will sit over the warm waters. but eventually it takes the jog to the northeast tomorrow morning it is still well offshore. 50 miles per hour winds at that point. by tomorrow evening, 8:00 p.m. it's still off the shoreline but just barely. so, it looks like late thursday night into the early morning hours of friday we will see this making landfall around the big bend as a strong tropical storm. it moves into the southern portion of georgia by friday morning then it puts on the gas and moves in the next 24 hours all the way up the southeast coastline and into the look at the winds from the national hurricane center. see the yellow area? that is where they expect the tropical storm force winds to extend out from the center. this is tomorrow evening. again when it's closer to making landfall. some of our

for citrus, hernando in pasco counties. saturated ground, more rain in fact more rain right now. with smaller amounts of rain in hernando in citrus county's but i am more concerned with the coastal areas of haskell county look at that rain poised to move on shore. the party scene more than an inch. pockets of heavy rain but not everywhere. 81 degrees at noon and scattered downpours. anyplace that sees heavy rain for any amount of time will see some flooding. 70 set -- 70% rain chance today. 66 -- 60% for wednesday. i've been texting folks at the buccs but they still plan to be at one block place. they will start earlier in the backed up before forbes road, 92 or mlk, that's 574 your alternates there. there are also issues southbound 75 to 52 in pasco. due to accidents and expect delays. expressway getting heavy southbound from waters in through tampa international airport. new crash in clearwater under >> it's turning a little messy out there. weirdest, thanks. >> we will stay on top of all of the breaking news of the day and weather and traffic so stick with us during our maybe a

citrus, hernando and pasco. and now the entire county is under a tropical storm warning and that means that tropical or could be felt within 36 hours. at the same time, there's a hurricane watch in effect for just offshore as well. now that doesn't mean the storm is going to be a hurricane, it means that there's a chance that it could reach up to hurricane-force gusts. the other thing is, there's a flood watch that will go into effect around 2:00 today. no doubt puddles are forming in pinellas county where for the last six hour, it has been pouring. now the entire county including over into hillsborough county, southern portion of plus county, 2 to 3 inches. even an inch in portions of hillsborough county. rain coming down, fish hawk, plant city, farther down to the south. spotty rain but rain nonetheless. throughout the day, inland areas will be drier than the coastal communities. overcast, rain, off and on all day, 82 at noon. 85 rain coming onshore. there's the tropical depression. so not necessarily a rain b

flood watch for citrus, hernando and pasco and points north as well. between now and tuesday evening, another 4 to 8 inches of rain could fall the fact that some of the areas have seen 3 to 5 inches of rain in the last 48 hours. and look in the gulf of mexico heading in our direction. up here to the pasco communities, again, heaviest rain along the coast because the rain is pulling in from the gulf of mexico. pine island, hernando beach, the sprinkles in brooksville have already passed. down to hudson, hollywood, new harbor, we have seen this batch of rain come through the southern portion of manatee county. so keeping the rain chance high today at 70%. clouds and areas of rain 8:00 a.m. a lot lot headed off on the monday commute, please be careful. scattered heavy downpours through noon. and temperatures generally stay in the 80s all day. starting near 80 now. and only up to about 85 by the afternoon. due to the extra clouds and the off and auburndale, bartow, 73. 72 in inverness and brooksville. it all has to do with with this area of low pressure. s

no longer is pasco, hernando counties under a flood watch. er heaviest across the southern counties. there's more out there at this point in time. i don't think this will add to the flooding situations. there is still plenty of moisture out there. while the models are bullish about rain chances this afternoon or rather into the evening and into the first thing in the morning, that's when things begin to change by later on tomorrow. so waking up to temperatures primarily in the upper 70s. a few storms out er we will have the school-day minutes. >> thank you, denis. >>> a reminder that you can have weather warnings sent to your cell phone or tablet. download our storm shield app available for android and iphones. >>> florida health officials confirming four new locally acquired cases of the zika virus. mosquitoes infecting 21 people in the state so far. and the department of health still believes that local transmission is contained to miami arts all netonight, miami's mayor saying that spraying the area has reduced the chance by 95%. another s

we know there's a flood watch for citrus, hernando and pasco through this evening where the most rain has fallen and will fall today. as we thank goodness the batch of heavy rain in hillsborough county a lot lighter. still sprinkles coming down but as you travel off into the gulf of mexico that's another batch of heavy rain with reds and yellows pushing on shore in pasco hernando and citrus counties. that's where the best rain chance is today. 60% chances this morning for cloudy skies and showers coming time period. we start lowering the rain coverage during the evening and highs today around 85 degrees so certainly watch for the puddles and ponding on the roads all day today. the ground is already saturated so it won't take much to create those big puddles. the low pressure helping to cause all of this finally if drifts away from us tomorrow and the rain chances start going down which means the temperature start going up. drastic rain chances today and 30% saturday and temperatures from 85 today to 91 by the end of the week. we do have not as many as yesterday. >> for the most part w

the watch, the tropical storm watch for inland citrus, hernando and pasco continues. again, that's a 48 hour time frame. and latest forecast from the hurricane center, notice tropical storm, 2:00 tomorrow morning, about this time tomorrow, 50 miles per hour winds. pushing to the north and east, 2:00 afternoon tomorrow, 56 miles per hour winds. one update, this is slower as far as midnight before it makes land fall around the big bend of florida. and notice this orange shaded area, that's the tropical storm warning now that goes down to pasco county. after friday morning though, it quickly heads out into the atlantic ocean and it will lose its effects on us. while here, seeing pockets of heavy rain which means flooding is going to be an issue. it's going to rain today, tomorrow and friday, 6 to 9 inches widespread. locally, some spots could see strong winds, rough surf, isolated tornadoes a threat with a land falling tropical system. and right now, a on the the on the of lightning off the coast. don't go out if that area. and then spotty rain to the south. in weather a

pinellas, manatee, hernando, pasco and citrus are canceling classes thursday. all of usf's campuses will be closed tomorrow. >> and so the icon in tampa bay area faith community laid to rest you know who i'm talking about, mongisnor lawrence hig craigs. more than 1000 people came to back in the saint lawrence parish to remember the man who he stayed on as the pastor for 49 years which is unheard of in the the world. he was powerful outside of the church as he was within. and heavily involved in charities anded advisor to leaders. he was buried at the garden of memory cemetery 7-miles from his church home. >>> still ahead tonight, the florida supreme court scolds a to help a defendant. and here is another look at sky tower radar. plenty of rain with the tropical storm. hermine. paul is back in a moment with a hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. bob kidder, owner, new england shirt company: this factory has been here since eighteen eighty-three. we have over sixty people here making shirts labled made in america. but donald trump's br

the warning goes for citrus, hernando and pasco. there's offshore. this system is not expected to become a hurricane but you could see wind gusts at hurricane strength. which is again why the watch 48 hours remains offshore. tomorrow morning, about this time, 50 miles per hour winds. still well offshore. and in fact, this advisory has slowed this thing down. 2:00 in the afternoon, tomorrow, 6 amiles per hour winds still. relatively far offshore. now i believe it's going to come onshore around midnight thursday into friday. right around the big bend of shaded line there, down to pasco county. that's a tropical storm warning. and then the system heads out into the atlantic and we don't have to worry about it anymore. watch the tropical storm-force winds. that's this yellow shaded area. for the most part, it stays offshore tomorrow afternoon. and look at the tampa metro area, we get the onshore southwest flow which means our tide can't really go out. when high tide happens at 2:41 combined with 48 hours of rain, we could be dealing with intense flooding

the watch is in the coastal centrals of citrus, pasco. hernando. you can see the watch extend into the gulf of mexico. for the inland areas of citrus, hernando, pasco, a tropical storm watch. we could experience strong wind gusts in these airs and on coastal regions. the hurricane hunter aircraft, their trip out there, 39 miles an hour winds. is what they have been able to determine within the center of the storm, wherever the center convection. the bright red, the orange. the center of circulation kind of exposed as a result of wind shear still going on. maybe a bit more organized. it is something we will continue to watch here. at the very least, though the storm could go further to our north and go inland as a tropical storm, remember, as we saw back in june, with colin, it doesn't take much to change that wind direction. push wat tides. can cause local flooding and we could still get very tropical rains around the eastern side. >> thank you very much steve. governor rick scott and tampa bay mayor bob buckhorn talked about preparing for the stor

>>dave: especially in hernando and pasco county. some areas have gotten the most rain so far from this whole system and heavy rain, heavy pretty much all of coastal pasco county so you can go from spring hill southward, all the way through hudson, port richey, new port richey, further south now where it looks like heavier rain pin he he will as county, all of this activity working from southeast to northeast. rain chances sky high along the coast, 70%. lesser amounts inland with high temperatures in the mid afternoon but of course, more rain on the roads means a slower commute. right? >>vanessa: definitely urging folks to slow down when the rain comes. we are dealing with a few more crashes than typical this time of morning. most of them will be off to the showed he were. one lane blockage crash we'll get to in a second. right now a live look at the howard frankland bridge closer to the north and tampa side. looks like out here, about a six minute drive for you folks bridge. here is the lane blockage and good news for this one as we

pinellas, hernando and pasco school districts have anti- bullying policies on their site. dr. leslie rinaldi says regardless of the school's policies it's stilt our responsibility as -- still our responsibility as parents to step up if we think something is going on. >> if we believe our child or another child is becoming abusive we have a responsibility to step in, calling other children's parents, tell the school we to stop abusive behavior before someone is harmed. >> experts say sudden changes in your child's behavior and unwillingness to discuss their social lives is a sign something is wrong. again they say the key to preventing or stopping bullying is to keep an open line of communication with our kids. >>> you probably noticed lower gas prices if you were out over several cents in the weeks. if you filled up this morning in tampa bay you notice you're and the national average is $2.12. for the cheapest gas go to abcactionnews.com, click on the traffic section and click on "gas prices >>> winn dixie is hosting a blood drive. it's from 2:00 to 7:00. for donating you'll g

but, anywhere between, oh, 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 inches of rain along our coastal well, from citrus, hernando pasco county. that's where we're going to see those continued flood watches through tuesday morning. tomorrow morning, it is going to be a wet one. 76 degrees as we have those a.m. storms, midday storms and 82 by noontime and maybe a slim sun break, but more storms and showers on your way home. i'll let you know when we kexfect a break from all of this, hopefully soon. minutes or so. >>> all right, bill, we'll check back in with you then. citrus county put out a flood watch. remember, a flood watch means there's potential for flooding based on current forecasts. there have been some flooding in usual places on the west side of the county and in low lying spots. the county, see what else is going to be going on in that area if the rains should start to come down. in response to heavy rain, the city of tampa, and now citrus county have opened sandbag operations. citrus county will have two sandbag one in crystal river. they will open tomorrow morning at 8:00. sandbags will be provided, but ar

radar showing half an inch up to about an inch of rainfall, but then you head northwest pasco county into hernando and citrus county. that's where we've seen two, now we have this flood watch in effect for pasco, hernando, and citrus county. it runs all the way until tuesday morning how. that's not a good sign, because we have rounds of heavy rainfall on the way. max radar significantly quieter now than just a few hours ago. some isolated thunderstorms are further off to the south, but still pass her man dough and citrus -- hernando and citrus county. heavy lightning strikes, heavy rainfall. we'll continue to see a lull for the most part through the evening hours, but we have this area of upper level low pressure in the deep south. it's going to continue to lot of moisture our way. especially along the nature coast over the next few days. this pat everyone holds tough not only through sunday and not that all of this rain is going to come down at once. this is a prolonged heavy rain event that takes us through at least tuesday, and those rainfall tallies will really start to pile up, especially by

. >> right now flood watches are posted for levy, citrus, hernando and pasco counties. non-stop in citrus county. abc action news reporter rodney dunigan is at a sandbag sight on grand march avenue in homosassa this morning. >> reporter: since 8:00 a.m., crews have been working non- stop. folks getting sandbags in case flooding hits their area. folks in citrus county thought things running non-stop as soon as the gates opened at this homosassa sandbag site. >> this is the longest rain in quite a while. >> reporter: the department of emergency management urging residents and businesses throughout the tampa bay area to get ready for heavy rain and potential flooding today. plenty heeding the warning. >> it's not typical. totally unexpected. >> reporter: in past days a similar site also opening in pasco and hillsborough counties, everyone the best, prepping for the worst. >> we'll be here with sandbags for as long as the residents need them. >> reporter: to find one of the locations nearest you simply go to abcactionnews.com for all the information you need. reporting from

that the system is expected to strengthen to a hurricane but the red shaded area in citrus, hernando and pasco, you could philhorse force gusts within 48 hours. more than likely tomorrow. inland areas of citrus, hernando and pasco, that's a tropical storm watch meaning force winds within 48 hours. here's this forecast. it is still to expected to strengthen today to a tropical storm as it makes the turn to the northeast. 50miles per hour wind biscayne this time tomorrow. it is a bit slower. notice this is 2:00 in the afternoon tomorrow. still kind of well offshore. 56miles per hour winds there. i expect it to come onshore around the big bend of florida about midnight thursday into friday. strong tropical storm status, notice we are no longer in the threat cone. that's good news as the system heads into the atlantic. and we won't have to worry too much longer. the wind speeds, now the yellow shaded area that you will see popping up here, that's where we believe the tropical storm- force winds will be. this is tomorrow afternoon. strongest winds still offshore. i'm more concerned about the direct

parts of pasco and hernando county have seen 11 or 12 inches of rain in that time span. it doesn't take more rain on top of that to cause more flooding concerns because of that flood watch remains in effect through tuesday evening. we'll talk about when this in and look at the seven-day forecast in a bit. >> mike, we know what happened last august in pasco county when we had several days of heavy rain like this. hopefully it won't reach that level. that rain is adding to concern about a pressing health threat. all that standing water makes a perfect breeding ground for most keet. with in south florida spreading zika virus, experts say you have to be pro active. josh cascio reports from pasco county on how to best battle the >> reporter: we're standing on iron bark drive in pasco county. when it comes to mosquositnd their eggs, standing waterike you see here behind me and in some yards, that's the real enemy. if you have a bucket full of water or a kiddy pool or something else, dump it out. that's where mosquitos like to lay eggs. think about this. just a capful of water

that orange stripe there, that's basically a tropical storm warning for citrus, hernando, pasco, through the big bend area. and of course the higher seas especially closer to the center but they have shifted the path a little bit, they being the national hurricane center to the left or to the west farther away from the bay area, so we are out of the cone of air but still a feeling for the folks up there in the panhandle, could be some real high seas especially east of the center of that landfall friday 2:00 a.m. the timing on that can change and that 70-mile-per-hour winds we could be very close to a potentially -- or potentially reach hurricane strength with levy county, a tropical storm warning in place. a hurricane watch meaning some high tides, west of 19 in levy county they have recommended a voluntary evacuation saying they could get 8 feet of storm surge according to the local eoc in levy county, that's north of citrus county. as we look at the lines of equal pressure here you can see that southwesterly breeze as we get into later tomorrow, friday and saturday, that's problematic

flood watches are in effect for citrus, hernando, pasco, these are coastal areas specifically. that continues in effect through the evening hours of tuesday which will be the beginning of our transition into a more typical pattern for which would be sea breeze- driven showers and storms through the afternoons, not the steady heavy rain we've been dealing with. this is the area of low pressure we've been monitoring for development. we talked about this last week, the concern was not so much this developing into anything significant as far as wind but just the moisture we're going to get pumped in. that has certainly transpired. you can see more on the way, as we begin to see tuesday, the low pushes up to the north and east. takes the heaviest rain with and by wednesday we'll get back into more typical pattern of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. but we have 48-hour period to get through which will be a little hairy especially across the north. we start with the heavy rain in the morning hours and watch what happens, this begins to fill in. by the way - [no audio] >>> this mor

thursday notice the time frame. 8:00 so that is certainly slower, but as you would see, citrus hernando pasco counties are still under the hurricane watch. but that tone of air is still not included. we are very confident that this is not going to be our storm in terms of a direct hit. however we still believe that over the next 24 hours this will push a lot of water into our neck of the woods. that means that flooding will be a significant issue, coastal flooding especially along areas remember as we said citrus county is indeed under a hurricane watch. people there are not taking any chances. abc action news reporter marisela burgos is live laying out their game plan. >> reporter: take for example this business that is actually off the river. and so if this floods they do have a game plan especially if it floods around their business here at freezer tiki bar. they have generators on stand by. they also brought out their lanterns in case they need to. they umbrellas and change their outdoor seating area if they need to. one of the managers told me at least for right now they aren't too worri

you'veot a morning commu going here is the flood watch w goes from pasco, hernando, ount. th only ban rai tt w dea with. andheng is you get bigpin s herehe istle of energy nd what i does toward the coastline. that ges you a little era liftt e same we've so got a souwest wind thas ving in all of that moisture. those two combi anedreha giving us that very heavy rai while we tid of thisne ba,nother one mayet op forater this afternoon or night going int tomorrow morning. so the rainfall totals from the couter models are still pretty high. they're saying,t lea this cos saying through wednesdaymorning, ne're still looking at an inch and a half to two inchelohe aybe thre amounts inland. model which goes through uter pretty muchgayin the se maybe a inches of ra i tamp sohiwi be enoug to cause some f on top of what we' already had. so while it's not a washout every day, it's these bands of ra as they come through, they just --he cumulive eect of those may cause some minor flooding especially inhe counties to the north. i absolutely urge you to kee checking yr skytower radar as the

when we have a warning, it's along the immediate coast from pasco, hernando to citrus, along the coast, tropical storm warnings. winds over 40 miles per hour likely for tomorrow. along that we also have a hurricane watch which means that conditions of 74 mile-per- hour winds or above possible. i really don't think that is going to happen. i think our biggest threat would be 40, 50 mile-per-hour winds which is bad enough, then continue to move in and and then along the coast the additional threat of coastal flooding we've been talking about especially at times of high tide tomorrow. watch for inland counties and then we have the tropical storm warning, that is the new advisory this morning from new port richey to crystal river and along that with the hurricane watch. again that is all through the next 24 to 36 hours. look at this. we're already raining buckets across pinellas. this is the issue, we've already started raining, we rained yesterday. we're going very heavy rain on and off throughout today. tonight and through tomorrow too. so the accumulations will be significant. upwards o

that includes, citrus, hernando and pasco county. tomorrow evening. o'clock - because we're looking for more strong storms als. as we morng.to improve aseseday.have we'll ta a ittle heavy raintos ring all the rain about year ago devastatedy ooding in that area. fo update for us. >>> we talk about rainfall in pasco county. something in community have experienced first hand. they've seen the impact that steady rain over a prolonged all you have do look back to last year. right now looking at some video from late july, 2015. this is a time that changed a lot of lives out here. there are people who lost their homes, others lost their vehicles. we're told that so much rain fell over a short period of time. anclote river overflowed, that water made its way into neighborhood streets. we remember seeing that water actually flowing down rdwaysme and somereally impassable. and fortunately, some of the folks who did not survived. but they are of this weekend, that they don't want to go through anything like that again. and some communities, people are taking som

as we check on citrus, hernando and pasco, the entire counties, if you're watching from there, under a tropical storm warning. ok with that, right? 40, perhaps 50 mile-per-hour winds. now there is the outside chance this right along the coast -- hard to see this line along the immediate coast there is a chance that you could experience hurricane-force gusts. this is why we have a hurricane watch in effect. i don't think that will happen but better safe than sorry what the national hurricane center is thinking. that's the update with the warnings. this is all mainly for tomorrow but we will have to get through a lot of rain today. this is why the flooding will be an issue. look at these rainfall -- this is something else. 2 to 3 inches just in the last three hours. clearwater, st. pete, let's go in tighter here, are you morning, you are probably up now with all the lightning, a lot of thunder across downtown and this continues to head to the north. frequent lightning with heavy rainfall and this will be the case throughout the day today. not going to rain every minute but we'll have b

standing water, and standing flooding in portions of pasco and hernando as well. it's going to continue to be the focus area. i think that is where the heaviest rain will remain today. as far as the 24-hour rainfall tallies, 1 to 2 inches. the problem is -- we have this area of low pressure. 25, 30 inches off-shore and then we get into the 12 to 15, thankfully what has happened, this is dramatic stuff as far as the cutoff, from 8 to 10 inches along the immediate coasts of hernando, pasco and citrus. now you move a little further east and this is a three-day total, 1 to 3 inches, that is it. so this has been a coastal event but really coastal, right? so that it hasn't made much progress. what happens is the reason for that, if the showers are rolling in, see the yellow and red? they weaken as they move onshore? that will continue to happen today. the biggest concern will be a little higher than that as some of the showers really train on top of the same area and can produce hefty totals this. is tropical rain, not much lightning with it. this is the low that is res

eventually moving into eastern hernando and pasco county. if next 15 to 20 minutes, you will see it. temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s. out ahead of the rain, low 80 82 in bartow. 89 at the airport in tampa. clearwater 89. st. pete comfortable with sunny skies, checking in in the middle 80s. there's the satellite. we're locked in with the east to southeast rainfall. the mornings are sunny and warm. the afternns are sunny. most of the rains don't pop up come to the coast. most of the time the heaviest rain is east of i-75. tonight, same thing. the heavier rains we have seen from polk county and north. but as this moves west, it will start to weaken. so by 10:00, 11:00, maybe even midnight, lingering showers. most of the area dries out. but the clouds will be around. so don't even think about looking for meteors before midnight. not to mention the moon doesn't set until 1:00 once the moon goes down, around 1:00, 1:15, more darkness in the sky. from around 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m., it should be good meteor viewing. as i said, you may not w

flood watch remains in effect for pasco, hernando, and citrus counties right on through tuesday at 8:00 p.m. really it's for the western half chances that by tuesday evening pretty good chance that we see changes in the pattern kind of returning to a more typical westerly pattern, westerly wind pattern by wednesday, meaning more showers and storms pushing inland this afternoon. here's the sad light and radar. this is focused around this area of couple of days. you get these spokes of energy that rotate around it. you have one moving through off to the west towards the panhandle here. that may rotate through tonight into the day tomorrow. here's how it looks. showers rye develop near the coast tonight and potential flooding from pinellas county up through pasco, hernando and citrus counties into the day on tuesday.ce that pushes through, this area of low pressure off to the north and west and taking a lot of the moisture along with it. wednesday rain chances still above average, but we're not really seeing thoning waves through. just a fewoastal showers li inland in thefteron d wise in

from coastal pasco, hernando county and citrus county, winds 40 mile-per-hour certainly likely. the potential for 70 plus miles per hour is there. i don't think it will happen but it's a possibility which is why along that same area we have hurricane watches as well that will be in effect as we head through tomorrow. tomorrow is the day we get not just the rainfall but the wind as well. let's show you the latest as far as the coastal flood potential. ongoing. we'll watch it closely tomorrow the potential for isolated tornadoes. janelle and i have been looking at the roads and radar together. it's a mess through pinellas, already crashes as a result. the rain will be heavy today. it will be on and off and continuing right through tomorrow. so folks, slow down especially along the coast. >>> that's where we're seeing problems on pinellas with the slick roads. we've already have two crashes on 275 through the st. pete roosevelt is off to the side so not slowing things down too much. looks like cars are slowing down a little bit but still up to speed there. looks like the crash that

citrus, hernando into pasco county and even parts of pinellas county and hillsborough county with winds in excess of 40 miles per hour. more on that and the new numbers heading in through friday, this will be an ongoing event. >>> flooded roads already becoming an issue in pinellas county. cars getting stuck and some driving through standing water at i-275 and 54th avenue south in st. petersburg. >> abc action news reporter lindsay logue joins us live from st. pete. this is certainly a good reminder of why we see if you see flooded roads, turn around, don't try to drive through them. >> reporter: absolutely. things are only get to get worse from here. the weather in st. pete still very bad. ivan moments ago talked about the band on top of us. look at this, now the last lightning strike, 8.1 miles from where we're sitting now. too dangerous for us to be even outside. that's why we're in the live trucks removed the cars from the flooded water at the exit ramp at 54th avenue south. and 275. this is where drivers just drove right into a flooded area, not knowing how deep it was. look at the

flood watch has been posted and it will remain in effect until tuesday morning for citrus, hernando and pasco county. looking at your day planner or evening planner for tonight, temperatures around 79 degrees going up a little bit into overnight. and not moving much at all over the next day or so as we continue to see the rain come down. a complete look at the timing of the storms and more importantly when it ringing over the next 48 hours coming up in less than 15 minutes. >>> meanwhile, the fears of heavy downpours pushing many in the bay area to prepare for possible flooding. we are live from pascoe county with a look at the conditions. >> reporter: the good news, the hour or so, we have a very light drizzle coming down. wet roads are definitely a concern here at newport richie, we have got a little bit of ponding into the intersection, this is what we have been seeing across the county, creating slick spots. a very good idea to take it slow, the only area of any significant ponding a couple of miles down the road some deep puddles over in the moonlike area. the good news is the water is n

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and our northern counties, sit recess, hernando, pasco looking good. all of this activity that you see off shore in the gulf, don't worry about this. it is headed in our general direction but it won't hold so if your kids do have practice tonight around 5:00, only about 20% coverage. and most of this is going to be inland, as i was showing you on the radar. by 7:00 tonight, we are only looking at 10%. so the temperatures start to cool down too, down to 83. now, the bus stop forecast, that's what i have coming up next. i will see you in a bit with the four-day forecast at 4:00. >> i could deal with a little bit of rain. this cutie could. we hope the kids had day back to school. cool lunch box, seth. this is prince, an 8th grader at mcclain middle. >>> still ahead on the now, what is making the practice pool green at the olympics. this is gross. the new findings from harvard about the water coming from your faucet. >>elcome back. we like to think the water which drink is safe. it turns out things that make our lives more convenient can end up in what com

yet, they have still extended that hurricane watch into pasco and hernando county. they have actually shifted the path more to the north, more to the west. and it will move into the bend area late. for us, impact will be by far the heaviest late tomorrow night and early thursday, with some wind although not a huge deal at this point. definitely an issue with coastal flooding and high tide on thursday. the tornado factor could definitely be an issue early on thursday morning. outside of that, i think the bulk of the heaviest weather stays to the north and rain is our biggest factor. we will take a closer look at that and tell us how much we expect for your neighborhood coming up. >> thank you, denis. getting ready for this storm. this time though another threat exists, the zika virus. >> potential problems with flooding and more standing water has the mayor promising to help avoid areas that can have zika. >> people are starting to respond to the mayor's mission. >> reporter: they really are, paul. yesterday the mayor said that he bought 5,000 more of these. they're

it is from citrus, hernando, and pascoe county. even along the coastal areas we have seen a good 7 to 8 inches of rain far less as you move inland. so call this evening tomorrow night, this flood watch reminds ?remains in effect. future cast showing, while tonight will give us a break, the first thing tomorrow morning you are ready see the reins beginning to stack up and that could mean a headache for your tuesday morning commute. >>> were on high alert when it comes to the zika virus. but the mosquitoes that carry the virus has a very specific area where it lays its legs here -- eggs. >> yes, take a look at this puddle here. the 80s mosquito that can carry this must -- virus would never lay it's a good ther that has even the smallest amount of water inside. and, those containers could be in your own backyard. >> these are mosquitoes right after hatching, and they could be swimming in containers left out on your property. >> she lay her eggs right around the waterline. and when it rains, this water hatch. >> then, you only have a w

this is why we had flooding situations in pasco and hernando county. a lot of areas from holiday up to hudson have seen 6 to 8 inches of rain. and plenty more off shore. this evening, there will be more rain developing. there it is. it moves right on through the afternoon and into the evening hours. and then the question will be whether or not it's going to be an issue for the first day of school tomorrow. we will have that forecast coming up in just a couple minutes. >> thank you, denis. >>> flood waters like these in pasco county still threatening several homes there. you can tell by the barriers just how high the water is right now. people are doing what they can to protect their property. but more bad weather is just making things really tough. eric waxler is live in port richie with the race to stay ahead of all of the rain. eric. >> reporter: hey, wendy. yeah. there was a lot of rain earlier today. the flood waters were the problem here in port richie on this street all started because this retention pond overflowed. you see the trucks from the c

hernando and pasco, that's a hurricane watch. hurricane-force gusts possible within 48 hours. inland, it's a tropical storm watch. meaning you could see tropical storm-force winds within 48 hours. and i think tomorrow is going to be the worse day but the rainfall today sets the stage for that worse flooding tomorrow. even into friday, still good rain chances to exacerbate any flooding conditions before we weekend. but i can see on weather and traffic on the 8s, it's going to be a messy one out there. >> definitely. is. >>> we have looks like a disabled vehicle -- definitely is. >>> we have a looks like disabled vehicle. we have reports of an accident not too far away on the northbound side. i don't see anything on the cameras. that's good news. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. now back to paul and gayle. >> leslee, thank you. for teens is changing. >> what they're doing to make shoppers feel better about themselves. >>> first though, the best and worst when it comes to owning a home. up next, we're going to run down a new list. you're watching news channel 8 >>>

say truss, hernando and pascoe. the wind direction is important the next couple of days. coastal flooding and waterways high as well as a result of that water being pushed into the bay. the tide cannot go back out after a high tide. that could be an additional as well. >> steve, hopefully, people are getting prepared and more so. we are getting reports of heavy flooding in a mobile home park. many people living here doesn't look good. the water continues to rise. >> good evening, no, it doesn't look good. this is the mobile home park off state road 70. this house, the water goes right up to it and every time a big truck goes through, it pushes water up into it. let me show you over here, this is the entrance way. no one can get in because the water except for big trucks is way too deep. the residents are staying up there earlier and you can see here in my picture action that's a canoe. that's the only way in and out of the place. i'm going to pull back out wide and walk with me for a second. the water is deep. there's another guy in a kayak getting around. the deepest par

showers and thunderstorms form in the western sections of hernando and pasco county. citrus county quiet. thunderstorms lighting up this area from new port richey at the hyundai dealership and across the northern sections of pinellas county, palm harbor north and write up 19 into hernando county. those showers continue to drop central part of pinellas county everything moves west and strong thunderstorms in manatee and sarasota county with small hail. moving west and the sea breeze collision with overall easterly flow pushing it back to the west. thunderstorms developed in inglewood and southern part of sarasota county and points south of that and charlotte county. a good complex of storms and outflow coming from that line but looks like right here north which might slow traffic for people going home. 81 degrees this evening and rain-cooled air. 82 at tampa international airport. 83 in st. petersburg. the evening is more pleasant when temperatures drop. tropical storm fiona 45 mile- per-hour winds but not expecting much for it. commuter -- computer models turn north. w

it is from citrus, hernando, and pascoe county. even along the coastal areas we have seen a good 7 to 8 inches of rain far less as you move inland. so call this evening tomorrow night, this flood watch reminds ?remains in effect. future cast showing, while tonight will give us a break, the first thing tomorrow morning you are ready see the reins beginning to stack up and that could mean a headache for your tuesday morning commute.

heaviest of which right along the coast from citrus, hernando and pasco county. they are just beginning to anywhere across hillsborough county d downtown a the bay. southwest of ruskin and a few as they all continue to move off to the west. they will eventuallyma it to p we will be tracking at in the evening hours. with isolated to scattered storms. certainly heavy downpours. and they wind down by 10:30, 11:00. opics obviously there is not with gaston, not with fiona, but this area in orange. still ona 60% chance of development. so this is by no means a lop. ntee that this is going to but if it does, it appears etty likely that it's coming somewhere near florida by late sunday and into monday. a lot of ibilities exist there. we will get on to th atcoming up in a couple minutes. but this evening, we will be dodging storms into the mid evening. then we're clear by tomorrow morning. an update on that mi >> thank you, denis. >>> 500 jobs coming pasco county. an international company unveiling expansion plans minutes ago. adam waxler shows us who is moving in and who

they are up and down the can see anywhere from sugar mill woods and citrus county on through hernando into pasco and northern pinellas county we have quite a few storms right along the coast. and the same from the skyway on south through for the desoto. bradenton, into sarasota we have another batch the strongest of which are right over the sayway right now. creating some heavy downpours and some gusty winds. with a slight potentl move west. but, again, most of what we're seeing out there, is just the typical summer-like variety. this is going to be tapering off over the next couple hours and we'll be dry between 10:00 and midnight as the temperatures fall into the 70s. the 7-day forecast and a look at a changing weather pattern and the timing of the rain coming up. >>> we're continuing to follow breaking news. tampa police looking for this man. carlos core dare row a person of interest after an 81-year- alfred watson found unconscious in his own backyard and his car stolen. his family telling us tonight he's still in the hospital with a head injury. they're looking for watson's 2014 red kia jus

up in areas like hernando county and pasco county really have over the past three to four days. so moderate to heavy downpours now touching the coast near hudson. all the way up through spring hill. and into bay port. now this isn't a tremendous amount of rain, i think though these areas are at the point where they in don't need much more before you start to cause some problems. you start to cause some flooding. so far the heavier rain has hovering off shore just west of pinellas county. and some of these showers touching coastline around the beaches, falling apart as they make their way on shore which is good. just very gloomy start to the coastline. all this activity working southwest to northeast. hopefully this is last day for flood watch. still shows us pasco hernando and citrus county under this flood watch until 8 o'clock tonight the whole culprit this low is going to start to move towards west as it does it will shift beginning tomorrow to a point where we'll get some sunshine in the morning and then the afternoon and evening thunderstorms. so we'll shift the pattern. bu

issue of course, this has always been the issue, the flooding across our northern counties, pasco heading to hernando and citrus. specifically in pasco, look at this, pockets of heavy downpours and we have more off- another 2 to 4 inches in fact with the flood watches that continue in effect. they have been extended through 8:00 p.m. tonight. and for good reason. let's head to rodney dunigan and check in with the latest flooding there. >> reporter: as you mentioned it's really starting to come down in pasco county. folks in this neighborhood in port richey concerned. you can see where the flooding started in this area yesterday. you can see where the barricades were set up and actually the water has star half block, all the water coming from a nearby retention pond we're told. unfortunately this is not something new for this community. a lot of folks say over the years this area has flooded, in fact crews of pasco county will be out here early with water pumps a little later this morning trying to help out in the community. this is a story we'll continue to follow and we'll also be speaking with home