Flood in Florida, April 26, 1997

Name: Flood in Florida, April 26, 1997
Start: 1997-04-26T09:30
End: 1997-04-26T11:30
Location: Florida

April 26, 1997 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2.9 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Manatee

When: April 26, 9:30 AM EST to 11:30 AM EST
Where: Manatee forecast zone
Property damage: $2.9 million

Heavy rain caused localized flooding between two and three feet deep which damaged numerous automobiles at the De Soto Square Mall. A few homes in low-lying areas of Bradenton received rug damage from flooding rains. More than 300 people, with homes in low-lying areas of Bradenton had to be evacuated from flood waters nearly a foot deep. Other hard hit areas included the Oakridge and Roger Garden Park apartments on 13th Street W. in Palmetto where over six inches of rainwater flooded 180 first floor units.

What these are

Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, April 1997

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5609725.