2,755 first-hand accounts of flood events in Florida, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Persistent strong storms produced heavy rainfall amounts that resulted in flash flooding across portions of Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties during the afternoon and early evening hours on July 5th.
Read the full account →An upper level trough over the eastern Gulf of Mexico along with moist SW wind flow led to a prolonged period of major flooding in southern Miami-Dade County.
Read the full account →An upper level trough over the eastern Gulf of Mexico along with moist SW wind flow led to a prolonged period of major flooding in southern Miami-Dade County.
Read the full account →Hurricane Earl, a minimal Category 1 storm, came ashore near Panama City, FL early Thursday, September 3, 1998. Earl weakened to a tropical storm as it tracked northeastward through Central Georgia.
Read the full account →As Hurricane Frances tracked from the northwest Bahamas through the central Florida peninsula, several outer rain bands crossed the Florida Keys producing short episodes of strong wind gusts.
Read the full account →As Hurricane Frances tracked from the northwest Bahamas through the central Florida peninsula, several outer rain bands crossed the Florida Keys producing short episodes of strong wind gusts.
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 →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 →Hurricane Jeanne passed from the northwest Bahamas through the central Florida peninsula. Unlike with Hurricane Frances, Jeanne did not spread widespread convective bands through the island chain.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Hanna came ashore near Mobile, AL during the late morning hours of September 14. Maximum sustained winds were just shy of tropical storm strength prior to and during landfall.
Read the full account →The center of Tropical Storm Alberto made landfall near Adams Beach along the Taylor County coast, about 50 miles southeast of Tallahassee, Florida, near midday on June 13. The highest 2-minute wind measured was 36 knots at Keaton Beach around 3 pm EDT on June 13.
Read the full account →The center of Tropical Storm Alberto made landfall near Adams Beach along the Taylor County coast, about 50 miles southeast of Tallahassee, Florida, near midday on June 13. The highest 2-minute wind measured was 36 knots at Keaton Beach around 3 pm EDT on June 13.
Read the full account →The center of Tropical Storm Alberto made landfall near Adams Beach along the Taylor County coast, about 50 miles southeast of Tallahassee, Florida, near midday on June 13. The highest 2-minute wind measured was 36 knots at Keaton Beach around 3 pm EDT on June 13.
Read the full account →The center of Tropical Storm Alberto made landfall near Adams Beach along the Taylor County coast, about 50 miles southeast of Tallahassee, Florida, near midday on June 13. The highest 2-minute wind measured was 36 knots at Keaton Beach around 3 pm EDT on June 13.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Fay affected South Florida on the 18th and 19th of August. The storm made landfall early in the morning of the 19th near Cape Romano, and moved over inland sections of South Florida during the morning and afternoon hours of the 19th, exiting the area near Lake…
Read the full account →A nearly stationary front began to move slowly northward across South Florida on April 12th, focusing deep moisture over the region. An mid to upper level low pressure over the NW Gulf of Mexico and an upper level jet stream over the eastern Gulf of Mexico contributed to…
Read the full account →A nearly stationary front began to move slowly northward across South Florida on April 12th, focusing deep moisture over the region. An mid to upper level low pressure over the NW Gulf of Mexico and an upper level jet stream over the eastern Gulf of Mexico contributed to…
Read the full account →A nearly stationary front began to move slowly northward across South Florida on April 12th, focusing deep moisture over the region. An mid to upper level low pressure over the NW Gulf of Mexico and an upper level jet stream over the eastern Gulf of Mexico contributed to…
Read the full account →A weak front extended across NE FL from a broad surface low near the NE FL Atlantic coast. A moist and unstable airmass under cooler than normal 500 mb temperatures (-8 degC) triggered strong to pulse severe storms and localized flooding where sea breeze, outflows and boundaries…
Read the full account →A weak front extended across NE FL from a broad surface low near the NE FL Atlantic coast. A moist and unstable airmass under cooler than normal 500 mb temperatures (-8 degC) triggered strong to pulse severe storms and localized flooding where sea breeze, outflows and boundaries…
Read the full account →A warm front moving north across south Florida during the afternoon and evening hours of December 17th triggered a persistent band of heavy showers which produced severe flooding over sections of southeastern Broward County and northeastern Miami-Dade County.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure developed across the southern Gulf of Mexico on Friday Nov. 5th and tracked eastward across north-central Florida Friday night, deepening offshore of the local NE FL Atlantic coast on Saturday Nov.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure developed across the southern Gulf of Mexico on Friday Nov. 5th and tracked eastward across north-central Florida Friday night, deepening offshore of the local NE FL Atlantic coast on Saturday Nov.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure developed across the southern Gulf of Mexico on Friday Nov. 5th and tracked eastward across north-central Florida Friday night, deepening offshore of the local NE FL Atlantic coast on Saturday Nov.
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