ORLANDO, Fla. – Things were back to normal Monday after high flood water in downtown Orlando caused traffic headaches.
Some cars even had to be towed out of Thornton Park as quickly developed storms rained down on the same area for a few hours.
Storms rolled through almost from out of nowhere, bringing about six-and-a-half inches of rainfall in an area that is in a FEMA flood zone.
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News 6 Chief Meteorologist Candace Campos said, “...storms collided and they didn’t move much so we racked up between five and six-and-a-half inches of rain pretty much from Winter Park southward through downtown Orlando in just a matter of about two hours, so a lot of these neighborhoods basically got inundated with all of this rain and all of that water really didn’t have places to go.”
If you find yourself in a flash flood situation, Campos has some advice.
“Turn around, don’t drown. At the end of the day when the rain is coming down, and the water is coming up, you don’t really know where the road ends and begins sometimes so don’t question where you are going to be driving into, just take a moment. Stop, and turn around if you start seeing roads flooded.”
The water takes a while to drain. It’s like filling your entire sink up all at once. Even if it doesn’t have a clog, it will still take some time to drain because there is so much water in one place.
It’s possible this type of flash flooding can happen anywhere, anytime with it being storm season in Central Florida.
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