2,755 first-hand accounts of flood events in Florida, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →Claudette formed as tropical depression about 90 miles west-southwest of Tampa during the early morning hours of August 16th. Claudette moved to the northwest and strengthened to a tropical storm later in the morning.
Read the full account →Claudette formed as tropical depression about 90 miles west-southwest of Tampa during the early morning hours of August 16th. Claudette moved to the northwest and strengthened to a tropical storm later in the morning.
Read the full account →Ida, a Category Two hurricane, weakened as it approached the northern Gulf Coast on November 9. It came ashore over the western Florida Panhandle coast about 30 miles east-southeast of Mobile, Alabama during the morning of November 10.
Read the full account →A surface low developed to the northeast of the region along an upper level shortwave that moved across the region early in the day. Strong showers and thunderstorms developed along an associated weak boundary, leading to gusty winds, small hail, and flooding across Miami-Dade…
Read the full account →A surface low developed to the northeast of the region along an upper level shortwave that moved across the region early in the day. Strong showers and thunderstorms developed along an associated weak boundary, leading to gusty winds, small hail, and flooding across Miami-Dade…
Read the full account →A cold front moved into the tri-state area with heavy rainfall and some severe weather. In northwest Florida, an EF1 tornado touched down in Washington county with other straight line wind damage in Jackson county.
Read the full account →Slow moving Tropical Storm Debby created significant impacts to the area for several days, including freshwater flooding, storm surge flooding, and trees and power lines blown down due to gusty winds.
Read the full account →Slow moving Tropical Storm Debby created significant impacts to the area for several days, including freshwater flooding, storm surge flooding, and trees and power lines blown down due to gusty winds.
Read the full account →A typical summertime pattern fueled numerous showers and thunderstorms over the southeastern Florida metro with diurnal heating and deep moisture pooled over the area on June 25th.
Read the full account →Strengthening surface high pressure wedging down the lee of the |Appalachians today will shift a frontal zone NE to SW across the |local area through the day.
Read the full account →Strengthening surface high pressure wedging down the lee of the |Appalachians today will shift a frontal zone NE to SW across the |local area through the day.
Read the full account →Strengthening surface high pressure wedging down the lee of the |Appalachians today will shift a frontal zone NE to SW across the |local area through the day.
Read the full account →Strengthening surface high pressure wedging down the lee of the |Appalachians today will shift a frontal zone NE to SW across the |local area through the day.
Read the full account →Strong low pressure over the eastern Gulf of Mexico resulted in a slow-moving pre-frontal trough focusing heavy convective rainfall over portions of the middle and upper Florida Keys.
Read the full account →A surface low pressure system developed over the south-central Gulf of Mexico and moved east-northeast across the Florida peninsula, preceded by strong south to southwest winds that lead to elevated water levels during high tide resulting in coastal flooding along the western…
Read the full account →A surface low pressure system developed over the south-central Gulf of Mexico and moved east-northeast across the Florida peninsula, preceded by strong south to southwest winds that lead to elevated water levels during high tide resulting in coastal flooding along the western…
Read the full account →A strong surface low deepened across the eastern Gulf of Mexico as high pressure dominated northeast of the region creating very strong onshore flow.
Read the full account →A surface low pressure system developed over the south-central Gulf of Mexico and moved east-northeast across the Florida peninsula, preceded by strong south to southwest winds that lead to elevated water levels during high tide resulting in coastal flooding along the western…
Read the full account →A surface low pressure system developed over the south-central Gulf of Mexico and moved east-northeast across the Florida peninsula, preceded by strong south to southwest winds that lead to elevated water levels during high tide resulting in coastal flooding along the western…
Read the full account →A surface low pressure system developed over the south-central Gulf of Mexico and moved east-northeast across the Florida peninsula, preceded by strong south to southwest winds that lead to elevated water levels during high tide resulting in coastal flooding along the western…
Read the full account →A surface low pressure system developed over the south-central Gulf of Mexico and moved east-northeast across the Florida peninsula, preceded by strong south to southwest winds that lead to elevated water levels during high tide resulting in coastal flooding along the western…
Read the full account →A strong surface low deepened across the eastern Gulf of Mexico as high pressure dominated northeast of the region creating very strong onshore flow.
Read the full account →Enhanced pressure gradients between a surface high and stalled frontal boundary produced strong and gusty northeasterly winds across much of South Florida beginning on December 13th, with winds eventually turning southerly and peaking on December 16th and 17th when gale force…
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