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Flash Flood — Miami-Dade, FL

Dec 5, 2015

A cold front moved into South Florida during the day of December 3rd, and stalled across the far southern end of the peninsula and upper Florida Keys on the 4th and 5th. Several rounds of heavy rainfall fell across South Florida during the three day period, with the hardest hit areas across Southern Miami-Dade county. Rainfall amounts near 15 fell across Homestead, the Redlands, and western Kendall, with 4-8 reported across the remainder of Miami-Dade county and into coastal Broward county, most

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 605706). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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