Flood — Collier, Florida

2024-06-11 to 2024-06-13 · near Naples, Collier, Florida

Event narrative

The local police department reported several roads impassable in the Naples area due to standing water and vehicles struggling to pass through. There were 72 hour rainfall totals of 8 to 12 inches from June 11 through the 13th across the Naples area.

Wider weather episode

A plume of deep tropical moisture streamed into South Florida during the week of June 10 through 15th as the region remained south of a stationary boundary and in close proximity to a weak tropical disturbance. Multiple mesoscale convective systems developed to the south of this boundary over Central Florida and gradually pivoted southward into South Florida during the morning and afternoon hours of June 11th, 12th, and 13th, 2024. With a very moist and warm atmospheric composition, rainfall rates were efficient and tropical in nature. Storm total rainfall of up to 20 inches occurred across NE Miami-Dade and SE Broward counties, with totals as high as 18 inches in the Big Cypress National Preserve in Collier County. These rainfall totals resulted in major flooding across these areas.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1192728. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.