Thunderstorms soak South Florida Tuesday evening
In Miami-Dade, thunderstorms forced a temporary ground stop at Miami International Airport on Tuesday afternoon, Broward County saw a severe thunderstorm warning that expired at 5 p.m.
CBS News Miami's NEXT Weather Chief Meteorologist Ivan Cabrera said weather models had been in better agreement, increasing confidence that storms will become widespread through the evening.
Rainfall rates were expected to reach 3 to 4 inches per hour, with total accumulations of 2 to 4 inches likely and isolated areas seeing more than 5 inches.
"High rainfall rates could lead to 2-4 inches of rain with local amounts up to 5 inches possible," Cabrera said, adding that flood advisories and flash flooding were likely.
In fact, a flash flood warning was issued for parts of Miami-Dade in the late afternoon.
Slow-moving storms pushed all the way to the coast.