Drought — Coastal Collier County, Florida

2018-04-24 to 2018-04-30 · Coastal Collier County, Florida

Event narrative

The very dry conditions affecting inland portions of SW Florida eventually made to the the coastal sections of Collier County, where only 25 to 50% of the normal rainfall had occurred since February. This led to the spreading of severe drought conditions to the coastal sections of Collier County.

Wider weather episode

The very dry pattern over South Florida during the late winter and early spring eventually affected coastal sections of Collier County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 754381. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.