Flood in Florida, June 9 to 10, 1997

Name: Flood in Florida, June 9 to 10, 1997
Start: 1997-06-09T08:00
End: 1997-06-10T08:00
Location: Florida

June 9 to 10, 1997 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

most of eastern dade county experienced flooding on the evening of june 9 as well as overninght and through the day june 10.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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.

What happened

The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.

most of eastern dade county experienced flooding on the evening of june 9 as well as overninght and through the day june 10. official 24 hour rainfall amounts ending 0700 am est june 10 were:homestead general airport 9.17 inchestamiami airport 8.35miami international airport 5.97miami beach 4.22north dade 3.92unofficial reports include:southern homestead 16.36 (from sfwmd)cutler ridge 13.50south miami 10.00saga bay 9.86sunniland 9.55kendall 9.00 country walk 8.69westchester 8.15miami beach 7.75flood reports by 1200 am june 10:12051 sw 208 ter...ankle deep water in house8391 nw 7 st...one to three inches of water in first floor townhousebetween 107 ct/112 ave on kendall dr...under waterbetwen 152 st/158 st on sw 144 ave...under waterbetween 122 ave/127 ave on sw 112 st...floodedsw 187 st/87 ave...water to headlightsbetween sw 128 st/136 st on 92 ave...floodingbetween 40 st/49 st on sw 67 ave...flooding74 st/sw 59 ave...impassablekendall dr/sw 87 ave...two feet of waterroads and area north of rickenbacker causeway and area ne of harbor/crandon...floodedbetween 94 ave/97 ave on sw 136st...several feet of waterbetween sw 87 ave/83 ave and between 83 st/88 st...floodingkings creek between 79 ave/87 ave on sw 79 st...floodedsw117 ave/211 st...many people trapped in floating carse of coral way/sw 87 ave...floodedcanal at us1/sw 160 st...overflowed with several cars stuckbetween 152 st/184 st on sw 117 ave...impassablebetween 88 ave/97 ave on sw 136 st...floodedby 0400 am june 10:between 261 st/268 st and sw 122 ave/sw 127 ave...waist deep waterbetween sw 152 ave/sw 157 ave on 304 st...waist deep waterbetween 105 st/120 st on sw 122 ave...waist deep water299 st/sw 152 ave...waist deep water

The radar

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Coastal Dade

When: June 9, 8:00 AM EST to June 10, 8:00 AM EST
Where: Coastal Dade forecast zone
Coordinates: 25.609, -80.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, June 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: 5626995.