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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.

Coastal Flood

Coastal Duval, FL · Oct 17, 2020

Strong surface high pressure persisted NE of the local area with a strong surge of NE flow across the local waters through Oct 17th through the 19th.

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Coastal Flood

Coastal Nassau, FL · Oct 17, 2020

Strong surface high pressure persisted NE of the local area with a strong surge of NE flow across the local waters through Oct 17th through the 19th.

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Coastal Flood

Coastal Flagler, FL · Oct 17, 2020

Strong surface high pressure persisted NE of the local area with a strong surge of NE flow across the local waters through Oct 17th through the 19th.

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Coastal Flood

Coastal Duval, FL · Oct 19, 2020

Strong surface high pressure persisted NE of the local area with a strong surge of NE flow across the local waters through Oct 17th through the 19th.

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Coastal Flood

Coastal Duval, FL · Oct 18, 2020

Strong surface high pressure persisted NE of the local area with a strong surge of NE flow across the local waters through Oct 17th through the 19th.

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Coastal Flood

Coastal Duval, FL · Oct 17, 2020

Strong surface high pressure persisted NE of the local area with a strong surge of NE flow across the local waters through Oct 17th through the 19th.

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Flood

Clay, FL · Sep 14, 2024

A front was stalled across north-central FL with high pressure north of the region with an upper level trough aloft. Continued elevated moisture content and slow storm motion produced training bands of heavy rainfall in increasingly strong onshore flow, with a concentrated band…

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Flash Flood$35K damage

Escambia, FL · Apr 14, 1996

Heavy rains of eight to ten inches caused several roads to flood in the north part of the county Sunday night. Parts of U. S. Hwy 29 near Cantonment had to be closed due to high water. The highway was reopened Monday morning after the water had time to drain.

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Flash Flood

Miami-Dade, FL · Jun 12, 2023

As a frontal boundary sits to the north in the Florida Peninsula, there was abundant moisture across southern Florida. With diurnally driven instability and plentiful moisture, there were numerous heavy downpours and thunderstorms.

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Flood

Duval, FL · Sep 26, 2023

A weak surface front was near the FL-GA state-line with moist, unstable conditions south of the boundary across NE FL. Diurnally enhanced storms further intensified into the afternoon and early evening as a short-wave trough moved across the area from the west.

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Flood

St. Johns, FL · Sep 26, 2023

A weak surface front was near the FL-GA state-line with moist, unstable conditions south of the boundary across NE FL. Diurnally enhanced storms further intensified into the afternoon and early evening as a short-wave trough moved across the area from the west.

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Flood

Duval, FL · Sep 26, 2023

A weak surface front was near the FL-GA state-line with moist, unstable conditions south of the boundary across NE FL. Diurnally enhanced storms further intensified into the afternoon and early evening as a short-wave trough moved across the area from the west.

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Flash Flood$20K damage

Glades, FL · Sep 29, 2003

Very heavy rainfall fell across southwest Florida with radar estimated amounts of 8 to 10 inches. Naples measured a record 6.99 inches. The resulting flood closed numerous roads in Collier County and washed out a road in Glades County. Numerous cars were stalled.

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Flash Flood$30K damage

Santa Rosa, FL · Apr 14, 1996

Heavy rains of eight to ten inches caused several roads in the north part of the county to be closed. The heaviest rains were generally along and north of State Hwy 4. Parts of Hwy 4 had to be closed between Jay and Berrydale until the water had drained.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Hardee, FL · Jul 21, 2000

Heavy rainfall of five to seven inches in less than three hours caused flooding of roadways, low-lying areas and a few homes over rural southwest Polk and northern Hardee counties. A few vehicles incurred water damage from the flood waters in Bowling Green, Wauchula and Ft.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Polk, FL · Jul 21, 2000

Heavy rainfall of five to seven inches in less than three hours caused flooding of roadways, low-lying areas and a few homes over rural southwest Polk and northern Hardee counties. A few vehicles incurred water damage from the flood waters in Bowling Green, Wauchula and Ft.

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Flood$20K damage

Polk, 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.

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Flood

Flagler, FL · Jul 28, 2023

Localized heavy rainfall occurred across some coastal areas as a broad surface low moved onshore north of Nassau County Florida. South to southwest winds around the low across NE FL focused sea breeze convection toward the Atlantic coast in the afternoon over a moist and…

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Flood

Nassau, FL · Jul 28, 2023

Localized heavy rainfall occurred across some coastal areas as a broad surface low moved onshore north of Nassau County Florida. South to southwest winds around the low across NE FL focused sea breeze convection toward the Atlantic coast in the afternoon over a moist and…

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Coastal Flood

Coastal Duval, FL · Sep 27, 2023

Coastal hazard potential increased through the week as high astronomical spring tides coincided with a persistent onshore flow pattern. Coastal hazards include increasingly strong and frequent rip currents, beach erosion and minor to moderate tidal flooding along the coast,…

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Coastal Flood

Coastal Flagler, FL · Sep 29, 2023

Coastal hazard potential increased through the week as high astronomical spring tides coincided with a persistent onshore flow pattern. Coastal hazards include increasingly strong and frequent rip currents, beach erosion and minor to moderate tidal flooding along the coast,…

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Coastal Flood

Coastal Nassau, FL · Sep 27, 2023

Coastal hazard potential increased through the week as high astronomical spring tides coincided with a persistent onshore flow pattern. Coastal hazards include increasingly strong and frequent rip currents, beach erosion and minor to moderate tidal flooding along the coast,…

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Flash Flood

Miami-Dade, FL · Jan 11, 2022

A cold front in the vicinity of South FL and a series of mid-level impulses promoted instability and thus convection over the nearshore Atlantic waters off the Miami-Dade County coast and right along the coast due to coastal convergence.

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Flood$40K damage

Hillsborough, FL · Feb 19, 1998

Heavy rain of two to four inches caused localized flooding of roadways and areas of poor drainage from Bradenton in Manatee County, north to Port Richey in Pasco County and east across Hillsborough and Polk Counties.

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