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

Flash Flood

Bay, FL · Oct 7, 2021

A wet pattern at the beginning of the month resulted in multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the Florida panhandle. The ground was already saturated from previous above average rainfall, and the result was numerous areas of flash flooding.

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Flash Flood

Bay, FL · Oct 7, 2021

A wet pattern at the beginning of the month resulted in multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the Florida panhandle. The ground was already saturated from previous above average rainfall, and the result was numerous areas of flash flooding.

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Flash Flood

Bay, FL · Oct 7, 2021

A wet pattern at the beginning of the month resulted in multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the Florida panhandle. The ground was already saturated from previous above average rainfall, and the result was numerous areas of flash flooding.

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Flash Flood

Bay, FL · Oct 7, 2021

A wet pattern at the beginning of the month resulted in multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the Florida panhandle. The ground was already saturated from previous above average rainfall, and the result was numerous areas of flash flooding.

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Flash Flood

Bay, FL · Oct 7, 2021

A wet pattern at the beginning of the month resulted in multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the Florida panhandle. The ground was already saturated from previous above average rainfall, and the result was numerous areas of flash flooding.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Bay, FL · Oct 7, 2021

A wet pattern at the beginning of the month resulted in multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the Florida panhandle. The ground was already saturated from previous above average rainfall, and the result was numerous areas of flash flooding.

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Coastal Flood

Coastal Flagler, FL · Sep 19, 2020

The first strong onshore flow event of the season developed between strong high pressure building across the Mid-West toward New England and a frontal boundary SE of the area. Winds increased through the day as the pressure gradient strengthened.

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Coastal Flood

Coastal St. Johns, FL · Sep 19, 2020

The first strong onshore flow event of the season developed between strong high pressure building across the Mid-West toward New England and a frontal boundary SE of the area. Winds increased through the day as the pressure gradient strengthened.

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Coastal Flood

Volusia, FL · Sep 20, 2020

A strong pressure gradient between high pressure well to the north and hurricanes well east and well west of Florida resulted in several days of strong and gusty onshore flow. The long fetch of onshore winds also directed large northeast swells to the east-central Florida coast.

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Coastal Flood

Coastal Broward County, FL · Sep 21, 2020

With Tropical Storm Beta lingering over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico and Hurricane Teddy in the west/central Atlantic along with a frontal boundary off the eastern CONUS seaboard, clusters of convection developed that contributed to heavy rainfall, lightning, and strong gusty…

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Coastal Flood

Coastal Miami-Dade County, FL · Sep 21, 2020

With Tropical Storm Beta lingering over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico and Hurricane Teddy in the west/central Atlantic along with a frontal boundary off the eastern CONUS seaboard, clusters of convection developed that contributed to heavy rainfall, lightning, and strong gusty…

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Coastal Flood

Coastal Palm Beach County, FL · Sep 22, 2020

With Tropical Storm Beta lingering over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico and Hurricane Teddy in the west/central Atlantic along with a frontal boundary off the eastern CONUS seaboard, clusters of convection developed that contributed to heavy rainfall, lightning, and strong gusty…

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Coastal Flood

Coastal Palm Beach County, FL · Sep 23, 2020

With Tropical Storm Beta lingering over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico and Hurricane Teddy in the west/central Atlantic along with a frontal boundary off the eastern CONUS seaboard, clusters of convection developed that contributed to heavy rainfall, lightning, and strong gusty…

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Coastal Flood

Coastal Palm Beach County, FL · Sep 21, 2020

With Tropical Storm Beta lingering over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico and Hurricane Teddy in the west/central Atlantic along with a frontal boundary off the eastern CONUS seaboard, clusters of convection developed that contributed to heavy rainfall, lightning, and strong gusty…

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Coastal Flood

Coastal Miami-Dade County, FL · Oct 26, 2023

The high monthly astronomical tides, also known as king tides, in combination with the strong onshore winds and increasing northeast swell caused by strong high pressure over the eastern United States, brought minor coastal flooding to portions of Broward and Miami-Dade…

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Coastal Flood

Coastal Broward County, FL · Oct 29, 2023

The high monthly astronomical tides, also known as king tides, in combination with the strong onshore winds and increasing northeast swell caused by strong high pressure over the eastern United States, brought minor coastal flooding to portions of Broward and Miami-Dade…

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Flash Flood

Palm Beach, FL · May 18, 2020

Tropical Storm Arthur, which was moving over the outer banks of North Carolina, was forecast to continue moving northeastward off the Mid-Atlantic coastline.

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Flash Flood

Miami-Dade, FL · May 25, 2020

Upper-level troughing remained prominent across the Gulf of Mexico with a speed max extending east-northeast from the Bay of Campeche into the northwest Caribbean Sea.

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Flash Flood

Miami-Dade, FL · Nov 8, 2020

A tropical wave, turned tropical depression, moving westward across the western Caribbean Sea abruptly formed into an intense Category 4 hurricane before making landfall over western Nicaragua on November 3rd, with a minimum central pressure of 923 mb just before landfall, and a…

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Flash Flood

Martin, FL · Oct 1, 2020

Unseasonably deep tropical moisture persisted across Martin and St. Lucie counties for nearly four days, just to the north of a stationary front. A secondary front then dropped south and stalled across Martin and St. Lucie counties.

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Flash Flood

Escambia, FL · Sep 15, 2020

Hurricane Sally made landfall in Gulf Shores, AL at 5am on Wednesday, September 16th as a strong Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.

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Flash Flood

Escambia, FL · Sep 15, 2020

Hurricane Sally made landfall in Gulf Shores, AL at 5am on Wednesday, September 16th as a strong Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.

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Flash Flood

Santa Rosa, FL · Sep 15, 2020

Hurricane Sally made landfall in Gulf Shores, AL at 5am on Wednesday, September 16th as a strong Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.

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Flash Flood

Okaloosa, FL · Sep 15, 2020

Hurricane Sally made landfall in Gulf Shores, AL at 5am on Wednesday, September 16th as a strong Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.

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