Storms dumped heavy rain on Miami Beach, flooding streets and prompting road closures. NBC6’s Niko Clemmons reports
Another round of severe weather is moving into South Florida and is bringing heavy rainfall, flooding and storms across the region on Friday night.
A Tornado Watch was also issued until 3 a.m. Saturday for a southern portion of the state, including Miami-Dade and Broward counties. A watch, as opposed to a warning, means conditions are favorable or expected but not occurring or imminent.
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The National Weather Service also extended a Flash Flood Warning for Miami Beach until 2 a.m. A Flood Advisory is also in effect until 2 a.m. for Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
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The severe weather prompted a Tornado Warning late Friday night for a portion of Miami-Dade County, including Miami, Coral Gables and Coconut Grove.
Round one arrived this morning, and South Florida did see a Flood Advisory in Broward and a Tornado Warning around Islamorada.
Friday night was forecast to be stormy and windy with flooding rain anywhere and strong to severe storms, mainly south of Miami and especially in the Keys.
A Wind Advisory also remains in effect through Saturday evening.
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We will stay locked into this unstable air mass into Saturday, with periods of heavy rain throughout the day.
By the end of the day, things will look to clear out and we improve by the second half of the weekend.
Stay with NBC6 and the First Alert Weather Team as we continue to analyze the data and fine-tune the forecast.
