Flash Flood in Florida, January 2, 1999

Name: Flash Flood in Florida, January 2, 1999
Start: 1999-01-02T08:00
End: 1999-01-02T18:00
Location: Florida

January 2, 1999 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1.9 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.

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Palm Beach

When: January 2, 8:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where: Palm Beach County, Palm Beach Gardens
Property damage: $1.9 million
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 26.648, -80.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Torrential rainfall from a nearly stationary line of thunderstorms dropped an estimated 10 to 15 inches of rain, most of it falling within a two hour period, in the Highland Pines Subdivision in Palm Beach Gardens. Initially, a South Florida Water Management gage measured 31 inches of rain, but subsequent reanalysis indicated the gage reading was about 50% too high. A total of 136 buildings suffered flood damage as well as numerous vehicles. Streets were closed and I-95 was partially closed by a large sinkhole.

What these are

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, January 1999

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: 5679251.