Flash Flood, Hardee
- When
- July 21, 3:30 PM EST to 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Hardee County, Wauchula
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 27.493, -81.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Florida, July 21, 2000
Heavy rainfall of five to seven inches in less than three hours caused flooding of roadways, low-lying areas and a few homes over rural southwest Polk and northern Hardee counties. A few vehicles incurred water damage from the flood waters in Bowling Green, Wauchula and Ft.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 TBW wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall of five to seven inches in less than three hours caused flooding of roadways, low-lying areas and a few homes over rural southwest Polk and northern Hardee counties. A few vehicles incurred water damage from the flood waters in Bowling Green, Wauchula and Ft. Meade.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Polk
- When
- July 21, 3:30 PM EST to 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Polk County, Ft Meade
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 27.949, -81.698 (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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 21, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 21, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 21, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 21 to 22, 2000
- Tornado in Colorado, July 21, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 21, 2000
- Hail in New York, July 21, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 21, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 21, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 21, 2000
More
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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: 5162491, 5162492.