Flood — Collier, Florida

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

Event narrative

Reports of street flooding across much of Marco Island from broadcast media and relayed via social media. Pictures show an estimate 3 to 5 inches on streets.

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 1197175. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.