Flash Flood, Broward
- When
- June 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, East Portion
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -80.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Florida, June 8, 1999
Excessive rains caused localized heavy flooding from Boca Raton to Miami Beach. 75 inches at Pompano Beach with over 7 inches reported at Boca Raton and Miami Shores.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1.1 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Excessive rains caused localized heavy flooding from Boca Raton to Miami Beach. The greatest official 24-hour rainfall was 13.75 inches at Pompano Beach with over 7 inches reported at Boca Raton and Miami Shores. Numerous streets were flooded and several vehicles became submerged in parking lots with their occupants having to be rescued. Three Broward mobile homes had to be evacuated, several roofs collapsed and numerous dwellings had flood waters inside.
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:57 UTC.
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Miami-Dade
- When
- June 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Miami-Dade County, Northeast Portion
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 25.609, -80.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Palm Beach
- When
- June 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Palm Beach County, Southeast Portion
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 26.648, -80.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 8 to 9, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 8 to 18, 1999
- Hail in Minnesota, June 8, 1999
- Flash Flood and Flood in Wisconsin, June 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 8 to 9, 1999
- Lightning Strikes in Maine, June 8, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, June 8, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, June 8 to 9, 1999
- Hail in Minnesota, June 8, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, June 8, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Illinois, June 8, 1999
More
Every storm in Florida in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 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: 5702073, 5702074, 5702075.