A little bit of rain in West Florida
If you are planning on coming to the West Coast of Florida, you might want to delay it a few days. We have had 9" of rain in the last 24 hours at our house and there is some localized flooding. It...
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bobkatmsu wrote:
Not sure exactly where OP is but in Clearwater we got about 2 inches of rain with the "tropical storm" June 6th, wind never got over 20mph and I live 2 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. Actually we need more rain, my lawn is drying up. We are entering the summer rainy season, so thunder storms are possible at any time. If you don't mind 90 degree temps come on down. Hurricane season doesn't really get started until the middle of August. That being said, I have lived in Clearwater for 34 years and never seen a huricane. Legend has it that the Seminole Indians used to come to the Tampa Bay area in the summer because it never got hit by hurricanes. The last one to hit Pinellas County was 1922.
I live in the City of Seminole, which is just a few miles south of Clearwater. During the Tropical Storm Colin time frame, we received 9" of rain at our house, the Lake behind my house went over the seawall about 18". I also posted the link to where the City closed the Ft. Desota Park, as well as several others parks, because of the storm.
Here is a link to the article that describes some of the damage: Tropical Storm Colin
I guess you were just lucky that you only had 2" of rain. Perhaps you need to calibrate your rain gauge. If you read the article, Mariners Cove mobile home park in CLEARWATER was under 4 FEET of water and wind gusts on the CLOSED Sunshine Skyway Bridge, about 10 miles from you, were recorded at 52 MPH. The pictures in this article show rescuers in a boat in Largo, which is right next to Clearwater.
Here is the article about flooding and Park closures, including Ft. Desota. Pinellas County Florida Flooding reports
