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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.

Flash Flood

Broward, 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

Miami-Dade, FL · Sep 13, 2020

A low pressure system, turned tropical disturbance, moving across the western Atlantic and over the Bahamas abruptly formed into Tropical Depression Nineteen on September 11th.

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Flash Flood

Palm Beach, FL · Oct 25, 2020

Tropical Depression 28 over the western Caribbean, which eventually became Hurricane Zeta, helped to provide copious tropical moisture over South Florida.

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Flash Flood

Palm Beach, FL · Oct 25, 2020

Tropical Depression 28 over the western Caribbean, which eventually became Hurricane Zeta, helped to provide copious tropical moisture over South Florida.

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Flash Flood

Martin, FL · Oct 2, 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

Palm Beach, FL · Jun 5, 2020

A tight pressure gradient between a subtropical high in the Atlantic and Tropical Depression Cristobal over the Yucatan Peninsula helped to loft deep tropical moisture into South Florida.

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Flash Flood

Palm Beach, FL · Jun 5, 2020

A tight pressure gradient between a subtropical high in the Atlantic and Tropical Depression Cristobal over the Yucatan Peninsula helped to loft deep tropical moisture into South Florida.

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Flash Flood

Palm Beach, FL · Jun 5, 2020

A tight pressure gradient between a subtropical high in the Atlantic and Tropical Depression Cristobal over the Yucatan Peninsula helped to loft deep tropical moisture into South Florida.

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Flash Flood

Palm Beach, FL · Jun 19, 2020

South-southwesterly flow allowed for deep tropical moisture to stay in place across South Florida. This prevailing flow also allowed the Gulf sea breeze to progress further inland, pinning the Atlantic sea breeze to the coast, becoming the focus for afternoon showers and…

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Flash Flood

Palm Beach, FL · Jun 19, 2020

South-southwesterly flow allowed for deep tropical moisture to stay in place across South Florida. This prevailing flow also allowed the Gulf sea breeze to progress further inland, pinning the Atlantic sea breeze to the coast, becoming the focus for afternoon showers and…

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Flash Flood

Palm Beach, FL · Jun 19, 2020

South-southwesterly flow allowed for deep tropical moisture to stay in place across South Florida. This prevailing flow also allowed the Gulf sea breeze to progress further inland, pinning the Atlantic sea breeze to the coast, becoming the focus for afternoon showers and…

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Flash Flood

Palm Beach, FL · Jun 19, 2020

South-southwesterly flow allowed for deep tropical moisture to stay in place across South Florida. This prevailing flow also allowed the Gulf sea breeze to progress further inland, pinning the Atlantic sea breeze to the coast, becoming the focus for afternoon showers and…

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Flood

Broward, FL · May 16, 2020

A tropical disturbance over the South Florida Atlantic waters of Broward and Miami-Dade counties was forecast by NHC to continue moving northeastward into the Western Atlantic waters.

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Miami-Dade, FL · May 15, 2020

A tropical disturbance in the Florida Straits was forecast by NHC to move northeastward into the Atlantic waters of South Florida before continuing to move northeastward into the Western Atlantic waters.

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Broward, FL · May 15, 2020

A tropical disturbance in the Florida Straits was forecast by NHC to move northeastward into the Atlantic waters of South Florida before continuing to move northeastward into the Western Atlantic waters.

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Flood

Miami-Dade, FL · May 15, 2020

A tropical disturbance in the Florida Straits was forecast by NHC to move northeastward into the Atlantic waters of South Florida before continuing to move northeastward into the Western Atlantic waters.

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Broward, FL · May 15, 2020

A tropical disturbance in the Florida Straits was forecast by NHC to move northeastward into the Atlantic waters of South Florida before continuing to move northeastward into the Western Atlantic waters.

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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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Miami-Dade, 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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Miami-Dade, 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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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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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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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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Flood

Miami-Dade, FL · May 26, 2020

A negatively tilted trough located across the Gulf of Mexico lifted north and dampened as weak high pressure gradually encompassed the region. Low-level troughing across central Florida gradually shifted away to the north as Atlantic ridging nosed in from the east.

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