HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A stalled storm on Monday dumped about 9 inches of rain on Apollo Beach in about three hours, according to News Channel 8 Chief Meteorologist Jeff Berardelli.

Since about 2 p.m., a small, heavy downpour had been stuck over Apollo Beach. Flooding is likely, especially in intersections.

The parent storm keeps re-forming over Tampa Bay and thus the rain continues.

The storm was being fed by the super steamy air over Tampa Bay, Berardelli said. The storm formed and has remained stationary for hours over the bay, while its rain propagates downwind over Apollo Beach with the help of a steering flow from the northwest to the southeast.

Forecast

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Watch for a few showers near the coast this morning. As the day progresses, the coverage of storms increases, and most of them will be east of I-75.

When it’s not raining, it will be hot and humid. Highs reach the low 90s, and it’ll feel like 103-108.

The rain chance increases slightly tomorrow to 60%. We could get a few more morning showers near the coast before the storms push inland again. Highs return to the low-mid 90s.

There will be a wind pattern shift for the end of the week. The wind will come from the southeast in the morning, and the storms that form push toward I-75 and the coast later in the day.

That’s the pattern we typically have most during the summer months, but we have barely seen it at all this year. And, it doesn’t last long this time. We go back to the storms pushing inland this weekend.