25.9 inches of rain at FLL (1 Viewer)

[SoBeDad]

A stalled frontal system and low pressure system dropped almost 26 inches of rain at Ft. Lauderdale Airport yesterday, most of it in a 6 hour period. Runways flooded, arrivals flooded. Most surrounding areas received at least 15 inches of rain. FLL closed down last night, may open this afternoon. A one in 1000 year flood is what they're saying. Climate change, who knows? Water entering homes in many neighborhoods, including 2 to 5 feet inside many homes in Hollywood.

Record-Setting 25 Inches of Rain Fell in Parts of Broward During Massive Storms: NWS

South Florida saw a record amount of rainfall during Wednesday’s storms that left parts of the area with massive flooding that could take days or longer to recover from.

www.nbcmiami.com

https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1646471360225452035?s=20

https://twitter.com/NBCNiko/status/1646301694953660416?s=20

 

[Ron Swanson]

Meanwhile, 200 miles north is in a sever drought.

 

[SoBeDad]

Tow truck drivers making jack. Mold mitigation gonna be big. Roofers too. Come on down.

In Miami Beach, we only got about 10 inches of rain. In the 10 story building where I work a roof leak shutdown the service elevator.

 

[SoBeDad]

Meanwhile, 200 miles north is in a sever drought.

South Florida was also nearing drought conditions after a very dry Feb & Mar. Seasonal fires were popping up in the Everglades. No more drought. The FLL tarmac still has too much water for planes. FLL is planning to open at 5am tomorrow. That's over 36 hours being shut during a very busy time. And lots of frustrated passengers.

 

[Osaurus]

Meanwhile, 200 miles north is in a sever drought.

Tampa be dry

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

Crazy stuff. Hope all of the FL FBGs are in good shape.

 

[SWC]

i wish you all the best down there stay safe brohans take that to the bank

 

[The General]

Lots of 1000 year storms / events.

Be well and safe all.

 

[Sand]

Lots of 1000 year storms / events.

Every couple month we have one of these. Weather guys became statisticians now?

 

[The General]

Lots of 1000 year storms / events.

Every couple month we have one of these. Weather guys became statisticians now?

I had been seeing this is the rainiest day in Fort Lauderdale history.

 

[MTskibum]

Lots of 1000 year storms / events.

Every couple month we have one of these. Weather guys became statisticians now?

It makes sense, each state has many different unique climate regions. Take Wyoming, bighorn basin, bighorn mountains(tongue river), yellowstone, wind river range, southwest corner(green river/flaming gorge), laramie(laramie river), gillette(powder river), and casper area(north platte). In addition there are some areas that could have thousand year events, but are in the middle of nowhere so it would not make the news. Easily there are 15-20 different areas of the state that could have a thousand year event. The largest states like Texas would have quite a few more, and the smaller states less.

Just based on a country as large as the united states we should have a thousand year event quite frequently. Maybe not every 1-2 months, but maybe 1-2 a year would be about right.

 

[Chris B.]

Lots of 1000 year storms / events.

Every couple month we have one of these. Weather guys became statisticians now?

It makes sense, each state has many different unique climate regions. Take Wyoming, bighorn basin, bighorn mountains(tongue river), yellowstone, wind river range, southwest corner(green river/flaming gorge), laramie(laramie river), gillette(powder river), and casper area(north platte). In addition there are some areas that could have thousand year events, but are in the middle of nowhere so it would not make the news. Easily there are 15-20 different areas of the state that could have a thousand year event. The largest states like Texas would have quite a few more, and the smaller states less.

Just based on a country as large as the united states we should have a thousand year event quite frequently. Maybe not every 1-2 months, but maybe 1-2 a year would be about right.

But aren't these 100 year / 1000 year rain categories based on flood zones (determined by FEMA)? Not based on the probability of such an event occurring anywhere in the U.S. right?

 

[SoBeDad]

There's a lot of randomness in rainfall in any specific area. Near FLL, there was a training effect and rates of 3-4 inches of rain per hour. The old record for rain in a day was obliterated, like when Marino threw 48 TDs back in 1984. I'm not convinced this is evidence of climate change, but we did set several heat records, again, from Jan-March.

 

[culdeus]

Lots of 1000 year storms / events.

Every couple month we have one of these. Weather guys became statisticians now?

It makes sense, each state has many different unique climate regions. Take Wyoming, bighorn basin, bighorn mountains(tongue river), yellowstone, wind river range, southwest corner(green river/flaming gorge), laramie(laramie river), gillette(powder river), and casper area(north platte). In addition there are some areas that could have thousand year events, but are in the middle of nowhere so it would not make the news. Easily there are 15-20 different areas of the state that could have a thousand year event. The largest states like Texas would have quite a few more, and the smaller states less.

Just based on a country as large as the united states we should have a thousand year event quite frequently. Maybe not every 1-2 months, but maybe 1-2 a year would be about right.

But aren't these 100 year / 1000 year rain categories based on flood zones (determined by FEMA)? Not based on the probability of such an event occurring anywhere in the U.S. right?

Yes. It's not some 8 sigma thing it's hyper regional. It should never happen as the infrastructure of a city is based on those calls.

 

[Mister CIA]

Rained all day here.

 

[Sand]

Lots of 1000 year storms / events.

Every couple month we have one of these. Weather guys became statisticians now?

I had been seeing this is the rainiest day in Fort Lauderdale history.

I believe it. This is a good video on what happened. A tiny spot of super heavy rain just kept resurrecting itself over FLL.

How Fort Lauderdale Area Got 20 Inches Of Rain - Videos from The Weather Channel

Fort Lauderdale saw flooding Wednesday into Thursday when a system dropped close to 20 inches of rain - Videos from The Weather Channel | weather.com

weather.com

 

[Capella]

Drove down to Miami last Saturday and saw numerous brush fires on the side of the interstate. Truly crazy for down here.

Then got on a cruise ship out of Miami and spent the 3 rockiest days of my life being tossed left to right. Ship’s captain told me he could hardly recall weather like this. I guess our climate is truly different now. It sucks.

 

[GoBirds]

Airport runway is under water in lauderdale, think it was supposed to reopen today?

 

[SoBeDad]

Airport runway is under water in lauderdale, think it was supposed to reopen today?

The North runway is still underwater and closed. But other runways must be open as planes have started taking off.

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Reopens After Historic Deluge

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport reopened Friday, nearly two days after severe storms brought historic flooding that grounded flights and stranded travelers.

www.nbcmiami.com

 

[Zigg]

A coworker of mine was supposed to fly into Miami for a cruise out of Fort Lauderdale. Hoping things worked out for him, but not looking good.

 

[SFBayDuck]

Last spring we were delayed out of FLL for several hours due to storms, while flights were unaffected out of MIA 25 miles away. Is that normal for FLL to have bad weather while MIA is unaffected? Kind of like how you can see SFO from OAK across The Bay, and SFO has way worse fog and delays?