2,755 first-hand accounts of flood events in Florida, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Unseasonably deep moisture moved into the area and combined with a weak area of low pressure to produce excessive rainfall across portions of the area. At Apalachicola, 3.77 inches of rain was measured in just one hour.
Read the full account →Unseasonably deep moisture moved into the area and combined with a weak area of low pressure to produce excessive rainfall across portions of the area. At Apalachicola, 3.77 inches of rain was measured in just one hour.
Read the full account →Unseasonably deep moisture moved into the area and combined with a weak area of low pressure to produce excessive rainfall across portions of the area. At Apalachicola, 3.77 inches of rain was measured in just one hour.
Read the full account →Unseasonably deep moisture moved into the area and combined with a weak area of low pressure to produce excessive rainfall across portions of the area. At Apalachicola, 3.77 inches of rain was measured in just one hour.
Read the full account →Unseasonably deep moisture moved into the area and combined with a weak area of low pressure to produce excessive rainfall across portions of the area. At Apalachicola, 3.77 inches of rain was measured in just one hour.
Read the full account →Unseasonably deep moisture moved into the area and combined with a weak area of low pressure to produce excessive rainfall across portions of the area. At Apalachicola, 3.77 inches of rain was measured in just one hour.
Read the full account →Unseasonably deep moisture moved into the area and combined with a weak area of low pressure to produce excessive rainfall across portions of the area. At Apalachicola, 3.77 inches of rain was measured in just one hour.
Read the full account →Unseasonably deep moisture moved into the area and combined with a weak area of low pressure to produce excessive rainfall across portions of the area. At Apalachicola, 3.77 inches of rain was measured in just one hour.
Read the full account →Unseasonably deep moisture moved into the area and combined with a weak area of low pressure to produce excessive rainfall across portions of the area. At Apalachicola, 3.77 inches of rain was measured in just one hour.
Read the full account →Unseasonably deep moisture moved into the area and combined with a weak area of low pressure to produce excessive rainfall across portions of the area. At Apalachicola, 3.77 inches of rain was measured in just one hour.
Read the full account →Unseasonably deep moisture moved into the area and combined with a weak area of low pressure to produce excessive rainfall across portions of the area. At Apalachicola, 3.77 inches of rain was measured in just one hour.
Read the full account →A nearby front and unstable conditions ahead of an area of low pressure over the Gulf of Mexico aided development of a very slow-moving band of showers and a few thunderstorms.
Read the full account →A slow moving complex weather system moved through southwest Alabama and northwest Florida on March 8, bringing with it copious amounts of rainfall. The Mobile WSR-88D estimated rainfall totals of six to ten inches across the area on March 8.
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 →Hurricane Jeanne formed from a tropical depression just east of the Leeward Islands on September 13. She moved across Puerto Rico and Hispaniola then turned north into the Atlantic and became a hurricane on September 20.
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 →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 →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 →Hermine formed in the Florida Straits south of Key West on August 28th. It remained a very disorganized tropical depression for a few days before the environment around it gradually became more favorable and it became a tropical storm late in the day on the 30th.
Read the full account →Hermine formed in the Florida Straits south of Key West on August 28th. It remained a very disorganized tropical depression for a few days before the environment around it gradually became more favorable and it became a tropical storm late in the day on the 30th.
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 →Tropical Depression 19 moved across the Everglades, and into the extreme southeast Gulf of Mexico, later strengthening into Tropical Storm Sally.
Read the full account →A combination of daytime heating, deep moisture, and a passing upper level system lead to numerous afternoon showers and thunderstorms across South Florida, especially across the east coast metro areas.
Read the full account →A strong upper level trough brought numerous showers and thunderstorms to the tri-state area just before Christmas. Thunderstorms trained over the city of Tallahassee, resulting in major flash flooding with water rescues and numerous stranded vehicles.
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