Flood in Monroe County, Florida

Flood August 3, 2015 · Monroe County, Florida

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Several reports were received of widespread street flooding in the New Town section of northeast Key West. Rainfall of 4.73 inches in 90 minutes was measured by a NWS employee at a residence, with a daily rainfall record of 3.14 inches measured at the Key West International Airport, just south of the area of significant street flooding.

The wider storm

The combination of a deep convective cloud line over the Lower Florida Keys and an intersecting outflow boundary passing southwest from the nearshore Gulf of Mexico waters produced a small area of enhanced rainfall and widespread street flooding.

Began near Stock Is (24.5707, -81.7677).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 600671. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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