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Meteorologist ginger zee with the forecast for the weekend. hey, ginger. >> reporter: unfortunately, not looking great, tom. lancaster, pennsylvania, for example now going to have their wettest august on record. that's what you get when you have rainfall rates in the two inch per hour category. flash flood warnings in delaware and in southeastern pennsylvania. it's all laying along the stationary front, stationary meaning not moving much. so that is not good news when you're talking about heavy rain. flash flood watch in wisconsin. close to 15 inches this week, and they'll get another 1 to 3. ...

Starting to see things improve. i don't want you to let your guard down. folks, it's still a category 2 hurricane with winds up to 100 miles an hour. the gusts being even higher than that. we had reports of tornadoes yesterday. and that threat for tornados is going to exist for the next several days. and it's going to stay put in this same region for those next several days. damaging winds are also going to be a factor. again, but, yes. rain is certainly going to be the biggest concern we have. houston is already dealing with their ninth wettest august on record. they had a big flooding event ...

They are expecting some severe storms to roll into this area at any point throughout the day, bringing with them in some areas as much as three to five inches of water. for some areas of florida, that rain is very welcome, but not so much here in the tampa area. and that is because they're already experiencing their third wettest august on record. the grounds are saturated, the aquifers are full and some rivers already at minor flood levels. another rainfall could push those rivers into flooding, and we could see some street flooding, as you mentioned. one school district already cancelling cl...

Things change, francis. we've had the first rainstorm, the first remnant of erika sweep in here within the last half hour. people on the beach who were enjoying the sun suddenly went running for cover while this rainstorm came through. it was a quick rainstorm. over pretty quickly. it demonstrates how fast is weather changes. and the reason that officials are concerned, that's because this area already having its third wettest august on record. the aquafers are full. the ground is saturated. some rivers at minor flood stage. heavy downpours that could strike at any time today could push some o...

Going to stick around. those beaches are going to be empty come late afternoon, early evening, when forecasters say the storms are going to roll in, bringing with them the possibility of high winds and heavy rain. that is something this area does not need. unlike other drought-stricken sections of the state, tampa is actually having its third wettest august on record. the auk quifers are full alread. more rain could push some rivers into moderate flood levels. flash flood warnings and watches are in effect through central and southern florida. they'll stay that way throughout the weekend and i...