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Hurricane Milton's downpour around Tampa Bay was a 1-in-1,000-year rain event

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St. Petersburg had 18.31 inches of rain — or more than 1.5 feet — in the 24-hour period during which the storm made landfall.

That included a staggering 5.09 inches in one hour , a level considered to have roughly a 0.1% chance of happening in any given year .

Milton made landfall on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. ET near Siesta Key .

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