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Flood in Inland Dade, Florida
Flood December 10, 2000 · Inland Dade, Florida
The wider storm
A stalled front contributed to producing up to nearly 14 inches of rain in 5 hours over portions of south Miami-Dade County. Rainfall amounts in south Miami-Dade ranged from 3 inches at Homestead General Airport to 13.9 inches at Homestead Air Reserve Base with amounts elsewhere from 10 inches in south Miami...Westchester and Cutler Ridge to 5 inches from Hialeah and north Miami Beach. Potato and corn crops were 80% destroyed. Roadways and a few neighborhoods were flooded. Two teenage boys in Sweetwater, died by electrocution as they waded across Flagler Street near 102 Avenue SW and touched a street light pole. A third person died when he drove his vehicle into a canal.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5166855. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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