Florida, 2004

Flood in Florida, September 27 to 30, 2004

September 27 to 30, 2004 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 27, 9:55 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 9:55 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SOUTH FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1055 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004

.UPDATED...TROPICAL STORM JEANNE WAS LOCATED LATE THIS MORNING OVER
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA WITH TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING SOUTHWARD
INTO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO.

JEANNE IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON DRAGGING
THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE TOWARDS SOUTH FLORIDA. THIS TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL ALSO BRING IN SOME DRY AIR ALOFT FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO INTO THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON.

THE MIA SOUNDING THIS MORNING WAS ALSO SHOWING A LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE SETTING UP OVER THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS WITH
SOUTHERLY WINDS UP TO 900 MBS AND THEN SOUTHWESTERLY ABOVE THE 900
MBS. THERE WAS ALSO A MID TO LEVEL JET MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL
FLORIDA LATE THIS MORNING WHICH WILL PUT SOUTH FLORIDA IN THE RIGHT
REAR CORNER OF THE JET.

THEREFORE...PLAN ON RAISING POPS TO THE NUMEROUS CAT AND MENTIONING
A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS FOR THE EAST COAST METRO
AREAS.

REST OF THE CWA AREA FORECAST LOOKS GOOD AND PLAN ON NOT CHANGING IT
AT THIS TIME.

FOR THE MARINE PACKAGE...PLAN ON LOWERING ALL OF THE SCAS ON SOUTH
FLORIDA WATERS DOWN TO SCEC AS THE WINDS ARE DOWN TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS
LATE THIS MORNING ALONG WITH THE SEAS BELOW 7 FEET.

.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...RIVER FLOOD WARNING ZONE 63.
AM...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

BAXTER
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 27, 10:27 AM EST, 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1127 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004

FLZ068-072-074-272200-
BROWARD METROPOLITAN-DADE METROPOLITAN-PALM BEACH EASTERN-
1127 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON.

...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG EAST METRO COAST...

WINDS AT THE LOW LEVEL OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH WHILE
IN THE MID TO UPPER LEVELS THE WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THIS
WILL ALLOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME NUMEROUS OVER THE EAST
COAST METRO AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD EVEN BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL, AS DRY AIR ALOFT OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO
MOVES INTO SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS
HAVE PASSED.

NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DETAILED GRAPHICS CAN BE FOUND ON THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. FOR
INFORMATION IN SPANISH, VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT ELTIEMPOENMIAMI.INFO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

FLZ069-272200-
WESTERN COLLIER-
1127 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED OVER THE INTERIOR
AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS UP TO 30
MPH...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. IF YOU SEE
LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DETAILED GRAPHICS CAN BE FOUND ON THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. FOR
INFORMATION IN SPANISH, VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT ELTIEMPOENMIAMI.INFO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

FLZ063-066-067-070-071-073-075-272200-
EASTERN COLLIER-GLADES-HENDRY-MAINLAND MONROE-PALM BEACH WESTERN-
WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN DADE-
1127 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS GULF COAST BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON...
...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WEST COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA...

TROPICAL STORM JEANNE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL KEEP THE
WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH ALONG THE WEST COASTAL AREAS
OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK
OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE WEST COASTS OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE WEST
COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN OCCUR WITH
ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR
THUNDER MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DETAILED GRAPHICS CAN BE FOUND ON THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. FOR
INFORMATION IN SPANISH, VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT ELTIEMPOENMIAMI.INFO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

BAXTER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 27, 6:25 AM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
725 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0110 AM     HURRICANE        5 N BELLE GLADE         26.76N 80.67W
09/26/2004                   PALM BEACH         FL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MEASURED WIND GUST 95 MPH.

&&

DG

The radar

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Glades

When
September 27, 11:00 AM EST to September 30, 11:00 PM EST
Where
Glades forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
26.957, -81.189 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rain from Hurricane Jeanne caused moderate flooding on Fisheating Creek. The highest observed height was 8.3 feet which was 1.3 feet above flood stage.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Florida in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, September 2004

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: 5422499.