May 19, 2009
Historic flooding across eastern Volusia County occurred as a result of nearly a week of heavy rains. The rains began on May 17 as a late season frontal boundary stalled over the region. A deep-layered low pressure system developed nearby on the 19th and plagued the region with strong and moist onshore flow and periods of training rains, until finally retrograding west into the central Gulf of Mexico on the 23rd. Rain totals in some coastal locations reached 15 to 20 inches by May 21, causing st
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 171031). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Volusia County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.