Florida, 1997Flash Flood in Florida, December 13, 1997
December 13, 1997 · NWS MLB · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $60,000
- 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.
Flash Flood, Osceola
- When
- December 13, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Osceola County, 5 mi S of Kissimmee
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Coordinates
- 28.063, -81.149 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rains of 6 to 11 inches in northern Osceola County flooded 30 roads and 2 homes near Kissimmee, St. Cloud and Poinciana.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flooding in Florida, December 13 to 14, 1997$5.0 million · 3 events
- Flash Flooding in Florida, December 13, 1997$1.6 million · 4 events
- Flood in Florida, December 13 to 17, 1997$1.1 million · 1 event
- Flood in Florida, December 13 to 19, 1997$800,000 · 1 event
- Flood in Florida, December 13 to 17, 1997$450,000 · 1 event
- Flood in Florida, December 13 to 17, 1997$100,000 · 1 event
- Flood in Florida, December 13 to 31, 1997$20,000 · 1 event
- Flood in Florida, December 13 to 20, 1997$10,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in Alaska, December 13 to 16, 19971 event
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: 5626336.