{"id":78141,"date":"2025-07-15T12:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T16:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/?p=78141"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:49:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:49:23","slug":"national-weather-service-issues-flood-watch-for-polk-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/15\/national-weather-service-issues-flood-watch-for-polk-county\/","title":{"rendered":"National Weather Service Issues Flood Watch for Polk County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

July 15, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Description<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* WHERE…A portion of west central Florida, including the following areas, Coastal Citrus, Coastal Hernando, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Levy, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Pasco, Hardee, Inland Citrus, Inland Hernando, Inland Hillsborough, Inland Levy, Inland Manatee, Inland Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sumter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* WHEN…Through this evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* IMPACTS…Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Heavy rainfall associated with Invest 93 will lead to localized flooding. – https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/safety\/flood<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Action Recommended<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make preparations per the Description.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urgency<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take action in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Affected Area<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Issued By<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Weather Service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

July 15, 2025 Description * WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. * WHERE…A portion of west central Florida, including the following areas, Coastal Citrus, Coastal Hernando, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Levy, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Pasco, Hardee, Inland Citrus, Inland Hernando, Inland Hillsborough, Inland Levy, Inland Manatee, Inland Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sumter. * WHEN…Through this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":78140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[516,127,125,126],"class_list":{"0":"post-78141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-flood-watch","9":"tag-national-weather-service","10":"tag-weather","11":"tag-weather-alert"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_9060-1.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t