2,755 first-hand accounts of flood events in Florida, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Tropical Storm Isidore came ashore near New Orleans, LA during the early morning hours of September 26. Maximum sustained winds reached 46 mph along the Panhandle coast. The lowest sea-level pressure recorded was 998 mb.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Isaac passed southwest of east-central Florida, making its closest approach during the late afternoon and evening hours of August 26. Two tornadoes developed during the morning of August 27 and several tropical storm force wind gusts were observed.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Mindy developed just southwest of the area and moved northeastward, bringing with it heavy rain and gusty winds with several reports of trees and power lines down and some flooding.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Mindy developed just southwest of the area and moved northeastward, bringing with it heavy rain and gusty winds with several reports of trees and power lines down and some flooding.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Mindy developed just southwest of the area and moved northeastward, bringing with it heavy rain and gusty winds with several reports of trees and power lines down and some flooding.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Mindy developed just southwest of the area and moved northeastward, bringing with it heavy rain and gusty winds with several reports of trees and power lines down and some flooding.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Mindy developed just southwest of the area and moved northeastward, bringing with it heavy rain and gusty winds with several reports of trees and power lines down and some flooding.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Mindy developed just southwest of the area and moved northeastward, bringing with it heavy rain and gusty winds with several reports of trees and power lines down and some flooding.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Mindy developed just southwest of the area and moved northeastward, bringing with it heavy rain and gusty winds with several reports of trees and power lines down and some flooding.
Read the full account →A cluster of showers and isolated thunderstorms moved very slowly down the coast of St. Lucie and Martin Counties during the afternoon and early evening.
Read the full account →A broad low pressure system slowly meandered over the forecast area Sept. 6th through the 8th. On the night of the 6th and 7th a widespread area of nocturnal rain broke out across inland NE Florida, which dumped rainfall amounts of 8-14 inches over portions of Columbia County,…
Read the full account →Hurricane Debby made landfall as a Category 1 storm along the FL Big Bend coast during the early morning of August 5, 2024. Prior to landfall, outer convective bands produced tornadoes across portions of northeast Florida on August 4th.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Gabrielle began to affect the Southwest Florida coast during the pre-dawn hours of September 14th with sustained winds of 40 to 50 mph along the coasts of Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte and Lee counties.
Read the full account →Hurricane Georges, a Category 2 storm, made landfall near Biloxi, MS early Monday, September 28, 1998. A peak wind gust of 52 knots was measured at the Gulf of Mexico data buoy 85 nautical miles south of Panama City.
Read the full account →Matthew developed into a tropical storm on September 28th as it was approaching the Windward Islands. It quickly strengthened into a powerful Category 5 hurricane just two days later while just north of the northern coast of Colombia.
Read the full account →Another round of major flash flooding occurred across parts of northwest Florida during the middle of August as an upper level trough developed west of the area with a continuous moisture feed off of the Gulf of Mexico streaming northward into the area.
Read the full account →A broad surface low pressure and frontal system pushed across the central and southern portions of the Florida peninsula while an upper-level jet moved through the same region.
Read the full account →Elsa made landfall as a strong tropical storm across the southeast big bend of Florida on July 7th. Impacts included several trees and power lines blown down along with coastal flooding from storm surge and flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Elsa made landfall as a strong tropical storm across the southeast big bend of Florida on July 7th. Impacts included several trees and power lines blown down along with coastal flooding from storm surge and flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Elsa made landfall as a strong tropical storm across the southeast big bend of Florida on July 7th. Impacts included several trees and power lines blown down along with coastal flooding from storm surge and flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Elsa made landfall as a strong tropical storm across the southeast big bend of Florida on July 7th. Impacts included several trees and power lines blown down along with coastal flooding from storm surge and flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Hurricane Frances produced 6 to 10 inches of heavy rain over much of the middle and upper St. Johns River Basin. Beginning around September 9th, water levels began to reach flood stage on the middle basin mainly around Geneva, and Sanford.
Read the full account →Dennis, a Category 3 hurricane, moved inland just east of Gulf Breeze, FL, early Sunday afternoon, July 10. The peak wind gust and lowest sea-level pressure recorded were 67 knots and 979 mb, respectively, at Buoy 42039 located 80 miles south of Panama City, FL.
Read the full account →Heavy rains caused flooding of 70 to 80 homes along a one mile strip of the Anclote River near Elfers in Pasco county where eight to nine inches of rain with isolated amounts of up to 14 inches fell in less than twelve hours.Floodwaters caused nearly one million dollars worth of…
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