2,755 first-hand accounts of flood events in Florida, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Tropical Storm Isaac moved from near western Haiti and the eastern tip of Cuba late on August 24, 2012, through the Florida Straits, and into the southeast Gulf of Mexico through August 27.
Read the full account →Hurricane Wilma produced tropical storm force winds across much of southwest and west central Florida. However, much of the damage was limited to downed tree limbs and localized flooding.
Read the full account →A collision of the east coast and west coast sea breeze boundaries resulted in slow moving thunderstorms over Osceola County. The storms dumped excessive rainfall in a short period of time, resulting in flooding of many homes.
Read the full account →A tropical wave moving across South Florida during the morning hours lead to a very moist and unstable atmosphere across the region. Numerous showers and storms developed over the local Atlantic waters during the morning hours and moved into the coast.
Read the full account →Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, and Jackson counties were declared federal disaster areas. Nearly 6 inches of rain from March 8-9 caused urban/small stream flooding in Bayou George and much of the north and northwest Bay County.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Fay made its first of four Florida landfalls at Key West shortly before 5 PM on Monday, August 18th. Maximum sustained winds were 60 mph and the minimum pressure was 998 MB.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Fay came ashore along the northeast Florida coast on the 21st. Fay moved slowly westward across northern Florida, producing widespread heavy rainfall and strong winds. On the 22nd, Fay began to approach the waters of Apalachee Bay.
Read the full account →An active week prevailed to finish out March. On the 24th, a squall line moved across the tri-state area bringing mainly damaging wind gusts, although large hail was also reported in Enterprise, AL.
Read the full account →An active week prevailed to finish out March. On the 24th, a squall line moved across the tri-state area bringing mainly damaging wind gusts, although large hail was also reported in Enterprise, AL.
Read the full account →An active week prevailed to finish out March. On the 24th, a squall line moved across the tri-state area bringing mainly damaging wind gusts, although large hail was also reported in Enterprise, AL.
Read the full account →An active week prevailed to finish out March. On the 24th, a squall line moved across the tri-state area bringing mainly damaging wind gusts, although large hail was also reported in Enterprise, AL.
Read the full account →Eastern rain bands associated with Hurricane Gordon produced six to eight inches of rain in less than 18 hours over parts of Lee and Charlotte counties in Southwest Florida on the 17th.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall of six to eight inches, with isolated pockets in excess of nine inches, associated with Tropical Storm Gabrielle, occurred over most of Manatee and southern portions of Pinellas and Hillsborough counties.
Read the full account →A strong cold front moved through the Gulf of Mexico and into Florida during the evening of the 24th. A squall line ahead of the front fell apart as it entered land and this produced bands of heavy rain.
Read the full account →Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, and Jackson counties were declared federal disaster areas. Nearly 6 inches of rain from March 8-9 caused urban/small stream flooding in Bayou George and much of the north and northwest Bay County.
Read the full account →Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, and Jackson counties were declared federal disaster areas. Nearly 6 inches of rain from March 8-9 caused urban/small stream flooding in Bayou George and much of the north and northwest Bay County.
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 Ivan made landfall near Gulf Shores, AL, during the predawn hours of September 16. Maximum sustained winds reached 50 knots, with gusts to 62 knots at Buoy 42039, 80 miles south of Panama City, FL. The lowest sea-level pressure was 999.6 mb at Panama City.
Read the full account →Hurricane Ivan made landfall near Gulf Shores, AL, during the predawn hours of September 16. Maximum sustained winds reached 50 knots, with gusts to 62 knots at Buoy 42039, 80 miles south of Panama City, FL. The lowest sea-level pressure was 999.6 mb at Panama City.
Read the full account →Hurricane Charley moved north from western Cuba, passing directly over Dry Tortugas National Park around 0700 EST on August 13, 2004. During the evening of August 12, a strong convective band moved north through the Florida Straits, the Keys east of the Seven Mile Bridge, and…
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 Frances came ashore on the east coast of Florida near Sewall's Point during the early morning hours of September 5. Frances weakened as it crossed the central peninsula, and reemerged over the northeast Gulf of Mexico 24 hours later as a tropical storm.
Read the full account →Hurricane Jeanne made landfall on the east coast of Florida near Stuart on the evening of September 25. Jeanne weakened to a tropical storm over central and northwest Florida on September 26.
Read the full account →Cindy, a strong tropical storm, came ashore near Grand Isle, LA, shortly before midnight EST July 6. The lowest sea-level pressure and peak wind gust recorded were 1011.2 mb and 34 knots, respectively, at Destin, FL.
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