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Flash Flood — Miami-Dade, FL

Sep 13, 2020

A low pressure system, turned tropical disturbance, moving across the western Atlantic and over the Bahamas abruptly formed into Tropical Depression Nineteen on September 11th. Tropical Depression Nineteen gradually continued westward and the center passed about 10 to 20 miles SSE of Miami, Florida during the morning of September 12th with a minimum central pressure of 1007 mb and maximum sustained winds of 35 mph. As Tropical Depression Nineteen moved westward over the South Florida peninsula,

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 920998). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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