Flood — Collier, Florida

2024-06-30 · near Naples, Collier, Florida

Event narrative

The Naples police department reported numerous roads were flooded and impassable. These roads included the following in the Naples area: Park Shore and Crayton West Boulevard, Neapolitan Way and Gulfshore Blvd, the 3500 block of Crayton Road, 5th Avenue South and 10th Avenue South, and Golden Gate Parkway between Tamiami Trail/US 41 and Goodlette-Frank. The consistent rainfall and flooded roadways led to homes and businesses to flood. Time length of flooding is estimated. Rainfall measurements from the area indicated 2 to 3.25 inches of rain in just over an hour.

Wider weather episode

In addition to a mid-level disturbance, deep tropical moisture continued to filter into the southern Florida Peninsula on June 30. With plentiful instability and around peak diurnal heating led to showers and thunderstorms across southwestern Florida. With light steering flow, storm motions were slow, which when combined with heavy downpours, resulted in localized flooding across portions of western Collier County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1191497. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.