Patrick Smith is a London-based editor and reporter for NBC News Digital.
A city on Florida's west coast was hit by a record-breaking 8 inches of rain in just three hours on Tuesday evening, bringing flash floods to the area, hindering drivers and delaying hundreds of flights across the state. So rare was Tuesday's rain between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. in Sarasota that it should only be expected every 500 to 1,000 years. The Tampa Bay area can normally expect 7.3 inches in the entire month of June. The 3.
The weather system was caused by deep tropical moisture from a disturbance called 90-L by the National Hurricane Center, as well as a small area of low pressure of Florida's west coast and 'a very slow-moving stubborn convergent band,' according to Jeff Berardelli, chief meteorologist at NBC affiliate WFLA of Tampa. More rain is expected throughout this week across the state.
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