Torrential rain Thursday afternoon flooded a neighborhood in East Tampa and closed one lane of State Road 60 near U.S. 41, slowing rush hour traffic to a crawl.
Thunderstorms that hovered over central Hillsborough County for several hours dumped up to 4 inches of rain an hour.
Rain forced traffic on westbound S.R. 60 near U.S. 41 to one lane as water up to a foot deep covered portions of the highway.
In East Tampa, the rain produced street flooding, and water submerged parking lots and lawns.
Water crept up to houses and businesses near East Broadway Avenue, south of East Columbus Drive. Neighborhoods from North 60th Street to North 70th Street had standing water surrounding several homes and blocking some side streets.
The weather service warned of urban flooding about 3:15 p.m. after a series of thunderstorms that started near Gandy Boulevard marched toward Brandon from about 2:30 p.m. until after 4 p.m.
Neil Johnson
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