Forecasters said the colossal amount of rain dropped on parts of Florida east and north of Orlando was comparable to what the region saw from a hurricane in 2022, underscoring the state's vulnerability to extreme weather far beyond the tropical storms that brew offshore.

Even before sunrise, a few loud storms are possible with heavy rain and lightning as the main threats. Storms could organize better and produce damaging wind gusts as they approach the Pamlico Sound and Outer Banks through the morning. The storm threat ends by noon as storms move off the coast.

After storms lashed South Florida with as much as 10 inches of rain in Pompano Beach and significant flash flooding in Boca Raton, a taste of fall weather is on its way.

By and large, the main weather hazard with our weekend storm system will be the heavy rain and pockets of flash flooding, but there’s also a chance for a few strong storms mixed into the bunch. The most likely time frame for strong storms will be with the overnight round of storms Friday night into early Saturday,