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UPDATED: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Canceled For Some Counties
The watch has ended for Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties.
RUSKIN, FL — The National Weather Service’s severe thunderstorm watch has ended for some Tampa Bay area counties, but not all.
Pasco, Pinellas and Hernando counties were lifted from the watch area just after noon. The watch, however, remains in effect for Hillsborough, Sarasota and Manatee counties, and Polk, as well. A watch means that severe thunderstorms are possible within the specified area.
As the storm system moves through the region, the weather service has issued a number of other advisories, as well.
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A high surf advisory is in effect until 4 a.m. Sunday for the coastal areas of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota, Lee and Charlotte counties. There is also a high risk for rip currents in those areas.
Coastal flooding is also a possibility, the weather service warns, through Saturday evening.
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“Strong west winds developing late today (Friday) behind a strong cold front will result in the building of large surf,” the agency warned Friday morning. “The large waves combined (with) astronomical tide levels running 1 to 2 feet above normal may result in considerable beach erosion.”
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Saturday is expected to kick off with a 30 percent chance of more showers and a chilly high only in the mid-50s. Rain chances clear out in the overnight hours as near-freezing temperatures move in. The low overnight is anticipated to reach only the upper 30s in some parts of the Bay.
Storms move out of the picture on Sunday when a high in the upper 50s is anticipated and an overnight low around 40.
As Friday’s strong storms move through the area, residents are urged to keep up with weather forecasts. Some of the storms may bring severe conditions with them.
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