FloodZoneMap.org

Florida Flood Stories

2,755 first-hand accounts of flood events in Florida, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Tropical Storm

Coastal Flagler, FL · Aug 4, 2024

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

Eastern Putnum, FL · Aug 4, 2024

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

Bradford, FL · Aug 4, 2024

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

Suwannee, FL · Aug 4, 2024

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 →
Storm Surge/Tide$25K damage

Gulf, FL · Aug 16, 2009

Storm tides associated with Tropical Storm Claudette as it moved into the Florida Panhandle ranged from two to four feet along the coastline from the evening of the 16th into the pre-dawn hours of the 17th.

Read the full account →
Coastal Flood

Coastal Duval, FL · Apr 10, 2023

An unseasonal local Nor'Easter weather event developed April 9th into the 10th as an area of low pressure formed offshore of the central FL Atlantic coast along a lingering frontal zone as high pressure strengthened north of the region with an axis 'wedged' southward across…

Read the full account →
Coastal Flood

Coastal St. Johns, FL · Apr 10, 2023

An unseasonal local Nor'Easter weather event developed April 9th into the 10th as an area of low pressure formed offshore of the central FL Atlantic coast along a lingering frontal zone as high pressure strengthened north of the region with an axis 'wedged' southward across…

Read the full account →
Coastal Flood

Coastal Nassau, FL · Apr 10, 2023

An unseasonal local Nor'Easter weather event developed April 9th into the 10th as an area of low pressure formed offshore of the central FL Atlantic coast along a lingering frontal zone as high pressure strengthened north of the region with an axis 'wedged' southward across…

Read the full account →
Coastal Flood

Coastal Flagler, FL · Apr 10, 2023

An unseasonal local Nor'Easter weather event developed April 9th into the 10th as an area of low pressure formed offshore of the central FL Atlantic coast along a lingering frontal zone as high pressure strengthened north of the region with an axis 'wedged' southward across…

Read the full account →
Flood

Duval, FL · Sep 16, 2011

A backdoor cold front moved across the forecast area from the northeast during the late afternoon. A meso-low formed inland as the leading edge of the backdoor front and west coast sea breeze merged.

Read the full account →
Flood

Taylor, FL · Mar 17, 2014

A squall line moved across northwest Florida during the morning hours of March 16th. Although no reports of severe weather were received, lightning did damage a home.

Read the full account →
Flood$115K damage

De Soto, FL · Nov 13, 1997

Heavy rainfall of five to seven inches caused localized flooding of roads and low lying areas from Ft Meade in Polk county south to Wauchula in Hardee county. Six mobile homes received nearly $155,000 dollars worth of structural damage from flood waters in De Soto county.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Orange, FL · Sep 29, 2022

After making landfall as a major hurricane in southwest Florida near Cayo Costa, Ian crossed the peninsula and into east central Florida (southern Osceola County) as a Category 1 Hurricane with estimated maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Orange, FL · Sep 29, 2022

After making landfall as a major hurricane in southwest Florida near Cayo Costa, Ian crossed the peninsula and into east central Florida (southern Osceola County) as a Category 1 Hurricane with estimated maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Osceola, FL · Sep 29, 2022

After making landfall as a major hurricane in southwest Florida near Cayo Costa, Ian crossed the peninsula and into east central Florida (southern Osceola County) as a Category 1 Hurricane with estimated maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Brevard, FL · Sep 29, 2022

After making landfall as a major hurricane in southwest Florida near Cayo Costa, Ian crossed the peninsula and into east central Florida (southern Osceola County) as a Category 1 Hurricane with estimated maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Brevard, FL · Sep 29, 2022

After making landfall as a major hurricane in southwest Florida near Cayo Costa, Ian crossed the peninsula and into east central Florida (southern Osceola County) as a Category 1 Hurricane with estimated maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Volusia, FL · Sep 29, 2022

After making landfall as a major hurricane in southwest Florida near Cayo Costa, Ian crossed the peninsula and into east central Florida (southern Osceola County) as a Category 1 Hurricane with estimated maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Seminole, FL · Sep 29, 2022

After making landfall as a major hurricane in southwest Florida near Cayo Costa, Ian crossed the peninsula and into east central Florida (southern Osceola County) as a Category 1 Hurricane with estimated maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Volusia, FL · Sep 29, 2022

After making landfall as a major hurricane in southwest Florida near Cayo Costa, Ian crossed the peninsula and into east central Florida (southern Osceola County) as a Category 1 Hurricane with estimated maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Miami-Dade, FL · Jun 4, 2022

A tropical disturbance formed in the western Caribbean Sea and Yucatan Peninsula and gradually moved northward into the SE Gulf of Mexico on June 2 with the potential of becoming a tropical depression or tropical storm as it approached Florida.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Broward, FL · Jun 4, 2022

A tropical disturbance formed in the western Caribbean Sea and Yucatan Peninsula and gradually moved northward into the SE Gulf of Mexico on June 2 with the potential of becoming a tropical depression or tropical storm as it approached Florida.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

St. Johns, FL · Sep 29, 2022

Hurricane Ian made landfall as a powerful Category 4 Hurricane on the SW Florida peninsula coast near Punta Gorda on Wednesday, September 28th.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Flagler, FL · Sep 29, 2022

Hurricane Ian made landfall as a powerful Category 4 Hurricane on the SW Florida peninsula coast near Punta Gorda on Wednesday, September 28th.

Read the full account →
← PreviousPage 63 of 115Next →

View Florida flood zone data →