Coastal Flood — Coastal Manatee, Florida

2023-12-17 · Coastal Manatee, Florida

Event narrative

Reports received from pubic of streets and roadways flooded across parts of Longboat Key in the vicinity of Broadway Street.

Wider weather episode

A surface low pressure system developed over the south-central Gulf of Mexico and moved east-northeast across the Florida peninsula, preceded by strong south to southwest winds that lead to elevated water levels during high tide resulting in coastal flooding along the western Florida coast consisting mainly of inundated streets and roadways, although a few structures in Pinellas County reported water rising into them. Coastal gauge sites recorded maximum water levels that generally reached 2 to 4 feet above mean higher high water (MHHW) during high tide. 6 sites established new top-10 high water level values for their respective periods of record (East Bay: 3.6 ft - 3rd highest, Clearwater Beach: 3.43 ft - 3rd highest, Old Port Tampa: 3.4 ft - 4th highest, Saint Petersburg: 3.22 ft - 6th highest, Port Manatee: 3.06 ft - 6th highest, and Fort Myers: 2.87 ft - 9th highest). Multiple additional sites reached action to minor flooding stages.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1149899. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.