--- description: Florida state officials warned residents and business owners to prepare for flooding over the next few days title: Florida Bracing for Up to a Foot of Rain This Week image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8a5a45eb6572b01/6988a183a988ca77236b9012/ap_189480055843.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [weather](/tag/weather/) ## weather Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Florida Bracing for Up to a Foot of Rain This Week by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 8, 2016 12:17 PM CUT  A motorist drives down a flooded street in St. Petersburg, Fla., after Tropical Storm Colin dumped heavy rains over the Tampa Bay area on June 7, 2016. A motorist drives down a flooded street in St. Petersburg, Fla., after Tropical Storm Colin dumped heavy rains over the Tampa Bay area on June 7, 2016.Loren Elliott—AP by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 8, 2016 12:17 PM CUT A [serious storm system](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/stalled-storm-system-expected-swamp-steam-northern-gulf-coast-n625071?cid=sm%5Ftw "undefined") is expected on the Florida coastline this week, bringing up to a foot of rain and flash flooding to the region. The storm system, combined with high temperatures in the area, will result in highly humid weather, with temperatures expected to be between 102 and 107 degrees across the state, NBCNews reported. Florida state officials warned residents and business owners to prepare for flooding over the next few days. “We have the potential, because this is going to stay problematic for the next few days, of dealing with 8 to 12 inches of rain — up to a foot of rain,” Danielle Banks, a meteorologist for [The Weather Channel](https://weather.com/ "undefined") told NBCNews. Florida, along with parts of western North Carolina, upstate South Carolina and far northeast Georgia are under flash flood watches this week, according to NBCNews. \[[_NBCNews_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/stalled-storm-system-expected-swamp-steam-northern-gulf-coast-n625071?cid=sm%5Ftw "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4442876/thunderstorms-flash-floods-northern-gulf-coast/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4442876/thunderstorms-flash-floods-northern-gulf-coast/"},"headline":"Florida Bracing for Up to a Foot of Rain This Week","datePublished":"2016-08-08T12:17:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:49:30.609Z","description":"With high humidity pushing temperatures up to 107 degrees","url":"https://time.com/4442876/thunderstorms-flash-floods-northern-gulf-coast/","keywords":["weather"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8a5a45eb6572b01/6988a183a988ca77236b9012/ap_189480055843.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8a5a45eb6572b01/6988a183a988ca77236b9012/ap_189480055843.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tropical Weather-Colin","caption":"A motorist drives down a flooded street in St. Petersburg, Fla., after Tropical Storm Colin dumped heavy rains over the Tampa Bay area on June 7, 2016.","creditText":"Loren Elliott—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4442876/thunderstorms-flash-floods-northern-gulf-coast/","name":"Florida Bracing for Up to a Foot of Rain This Week"}}]}] ```