Flash Flood Warnings in Florida
1,712 flash flood warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 1,712
- Busiest year
- 2024143 flash flood warnings
- Average year
- 44over 39 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Escambia County218
- Santa Rosa County194
- Okaloosa County163
- Miami-Dade County138
- Bay County106
- Broward County99
- Duval County89
- Washington County86
- Walton County86
- Leon County84
- Palm Beach County82
- Jackson County81
- Holmes County70
- Saint Johns County62
- Gadsden County58
- Taylor County55
- Jefferson County52
- Liberty County51
- Brevard County50
- Calhoun County50
- Gulf County48
- Wakulla County45
- Marion County44
- Hillsborough County42
- Nassau County40
- Madison County39
- Suwannee County39
- Franklin County39
- Clay County38
- Manatee County36
- Orange County34
- Pinellas County33
- Collier County32
- Columbia County29
- Pasco County29
- Lafayette County29
- Volusia County27
- Baker County27
- Lee County26
- Sarasota County25
27 more counties
- Flagler County24
- Putnam County24
- Hamilton County24
- Dixie County24
- Seminole County23
- Osceola County22
- Alachua County18
- Polk County18
- Martin County17
- Lake County16
- Charlotte County14
- Indian River County14
- Union County14
- Gilchrist County13
- Saint Lucie County13
- Bradford County12
- Hernando County11
- Glades County11
- Hardee County10
- Monroe County10
- Highlands County10
- Sumter County10
- Citrus County9
- DeSoto County7
- Levy County7
- Hendry County6
- Okeechobee County4
The latest flash flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 5:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Broward | 93 min |
| Sep 20, 4:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 90 min |
| Sep 20, 3:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Sep 12, 3:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Flagler | 43 min |
| Sep 7, 5:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Orange | 94 min |
| Sep 6, 11:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 51 min |
| Sep 6, 9:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Marion | 27 min |
| Sep 5, 7:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 7:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Baker, Nassau | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 5:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Marion | 64 min |
| Aug 23, 7:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 80 min |
| Aug 22, 7:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Volusia | 2 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.