MIAMI (WSVN) - The National Weather Service has issued a Hurricane Warning for the Florida Keys while a Hurricane Watch has been issued for parts of South Florida, extending to the coastal waters off Broward County.
A Tropical Storm Warning in the region was expanded on Saturday to include Broward and Palm Beach counties, as Tropical Storm Eta moves toward South Florida.
A hurricane watch means hurricane-force winds are possible in the area within the next 24 hours.
A tropical storm warning means tropical storm-force winds are possible in the area within the next 36 hours.
Eta swirled past Cuba on Sunday and made its way across the Florida Straits, impacting the Bahamas and parts of South Florida. Winds of 39 mph are fanning out 175 miles from the center of the storm.
As of the 11 p.m. advisory, the system was a tropical storm with 65 mile per hour winds. The storm was moving west-northwest at 14 miles per hour and was located about 30 miles east-northeast of Marathon.
Three feeder bands made their way across South and Central Florida, Sunday night. The heaviest of the torrential downpours have mostly fallen over Broward County.
Heavy precipitation was also reported in Homestead, Florida City and Key Largo.
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A Hurricane Warning is in effect for parts of the Florida Keys.
A Hurricane Watch for part of Broward County has since been cancelled, but it remains in place for the coastal areas.
Eta is expected to move through the Florida Keys as early as Monday morning with winds up to 75 miles per hour. It could make landfall sometime overnight.
However, the heaviest of the activity has been to the north of the Keys.
Once the storm reaches the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the jet stream is expected to stop it in its tracks on Tuesday and then push the system back across Florida, possibly as a Category 1 hurricane.
Rainy weather could linger in South Florida through Thursday.
A Storm Surge Advisory are in place for southern Miami-Dade County, but it has been cancelled for coastal Miami-Dade.
A Storm Surge Warning has been issued for the Florida Keys. A 2 to 4-foot storm surge is possible.
All of South Florida is under a Flood Watch at least until Tuesday night, bringing the potential of 5 to 7 feet of rain, if not more, over the next several days.
Residents should be making efforts to protect property at this time, as wind damage could occur with winds gusting anywhere around 60 mph.
Sunday afternoon, 60 mph winds were reported in Fort Lauderdale, 50 mph winds were reported in Pembroke Pines, and 48 mph winds were reported in Dania Beach.
Record rainfall was reported at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Sunday, almost 5 inches. The previous record was 3.28 inches back in 2003.
Saturday afternoon, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency in the following counties:
- Broward
- Collier
- Hendry
- Lee
- Martin
- Miami-Dade
- Monroe
- Palm Beach
Friday evening, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez declared a state of emergency for the county.
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