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The skies opened up and torrential rain poured down on Fort Lauderdale at a biblical rate. According to Mayor Dean Trantalis, his city has received over 25 inches of rain. “What we’re seeing here is a thousand-year incident,” Trantalis said. “No city could have planned for this. No weather service could have warned us of this.”
A catastrophic flood event is unfolding across Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this evening as nearly stationary thunderstorms have dropped 20 INCHES of rain just today.
A rare Flash Flood Emergency has been issued. pic.twitter.com/tRc4x1mJAw
— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) April 13, 2023
Meteorologists are at a loss for words to explain what happened. It appears this freak storm’s effects were localized just to the Fort Lauderdale area, as surrounding areas didn’t receive nearly the same amount of rainfall.
Easily one of the wildest mesoscale weather events I've seen…
This supercell recently divided after being stationary for hours. Both cyclonic & anticyclonic rotation has been exhibited. Between 3-10pm, the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Int'l AP measured 22.59" of rainfall… #FLwx pic.twitter.com/P3YGRbeJC9
— Tucker Antico (@tuckerweather) April 13, 2023
Some areas received 20 inches of rain in only six hours.
South Florida was under siege and under water Thursday amid a storm that dumped 25 inches of rain over some coastal areas, flooding homes and highways and forcing the shutdown of a major airport.
Fort Lauderdale was slammed with 25.95 inches of rainfall in 24 hours, AccuWeather reported. Some areas received 20 inches of rain in six hours. Hollywood and South Miami received at least 9 inches of rain.
“The amount of rain, the rainfall rate is something you should see once in in every 1,000 years or once in every 2,000 years,” Dan DePodwin, AccuWeather’s director of forecast operations, told USA TODAY.
A flood watch was in effect across much of South Florida through Thursday night, the National Weather Service said.
The airport is closed, and portions of the freeway are literally under water.
FLL airport shut down and now every major cross street between Hollywood and Oakland Park is flooded ?#ClimateChange pic.twitter.com/XuK1lAfPsG
— Edward Cohen (@Edward13Cohen) April 13, 2023
There’s no flights going in or out.
First look at flooding at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Airport remains closed through at least noon today. pic.twitter.com/u1Ed1rpzVC
— WSVN 7 News (@wsvn) April 13, 2023
Noah’s Ark would struggle getting through…
Fort Lauderdale Airport (pics from a friend of a friend) @NWSMiami pic.twitter.com/qnqGHs0EWh
— Brooke Silverang (@WPBF_BROOKE) April 13, 2023
Officials are warning citizens to stay off the roads:
Sections of I-95, the state’s main north-south traffic artery, were overwhelmed by water for several hours. Fort Lauderdale Fire Chief Stephen Gollan warned of “severe flooding in multiple areas” of the city of 180,000 residents.
“Stay off the roads until some of this water dissipates,” Fort Lauderdale Fire Chief Stephen Gollan warned. “There are cars getting stuck in flooded waters, just (adding) to the emergencies that are taking place.”
In just eight-hours time, Ft. Lauderdale was pummeled with 40% of their annual rain fall.
Incredible.
There is a “life-threatening situation” in Fort Lauderdale, Florida — as the South Florida region got nearly 26 inches of rain over an eight-hour period Wednesday. That is more than 40% of the area’s annual rain in a single day. https://t.co/0t69W7XyFO pic.twitter.com/9hPjBJ5nyE
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) April 13, 2023
As you can imagine, the driving conditions are treacherous, and accidents are being reported everywhere. And this accident involving a car-transport truck and a high-speed train is jaw-dropping.
Car transport truck just sitting on the tracks gets rammed by Brightline earlier today. This prompted suspension of service between Miami and Fort Lauderdale (via TikTok) pic.twitter.com/aMf9JnlP80
— Joel Franco (@OfficialJoelF) April 13, 2023
Many people abandoned their cars to get to safety and now those cars are littering the roadways as the waters recede.
Apocalyptic view of Broward Blvd in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Abandoned cars litter the streets as flood waters slowly recede. Preliminary extreme rainfall totals up to 25.60" in only a 12 hour span Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/8emEYB8HF8
— Brandon Orr (@BrandonOrrWPLG) April 13, 2023
Here’s a haunting nighttime drone shot of cars stuck in the water.
Just shot this drone video of downtown Fort Lauderdale still flooded right now with countless cars trapped in the high water. pic.twitter.com/ATzbIlDuSe
— Florida Drone Cleaning LLC DOUGLAS THRON (@douglasthron777) April 13, 2023
Many of these cars are complete goners.
Bye bye @MercedesBenz it was great while it lasted! pic.twitter.com/Rnf6r8WkjC
— illest_craze (@idsinmia) April 13, 2023
This rainfall has already shattered all previous records. Accuweather:
While the 25.91-inch rainfall total recorded in Fort Lauderdale is still preliminary, if it gets confirmed, it will be the greatest 24-hour precipitation total recorded in the state. Currently, the record stands at 23.28 inches, which was reported in Key West on Nov. 11, 1980.
“April is still considered the dry season in southern Florida with Fort Lauderdale averaging only 3.70 inches of rain for the month of April,” DaSilva said. “The rainiest time in South Florida is from June through September.”
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“In fact, it appears that about 1.5 inches of rain occurred in 10 minutes in Fort Lauderdale – which is close to the United States’ all-time record for rain in that short period of time,” AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter added. “The rarity of this extreme rainfall event is particularly noteworthy when you consider it did not occur during a hurricane landfall.”
Porter added that even during a hurricane, it is unusual to get sustained rainfall rates of 4-6 inches per hour in the same exact spot.
There was also a tornado warning, to add insult to injury:
In addition to the severe flooding, a tornado warning was issued for areas north of Miami Wednesday afternoon. Radar indicated a tornado moving northwest in the area, and a second tornado warning was issued shortly after for Hollywood. And a third tornado warning was issued around 9:30 p.m. EDT.
Thankfully, as of this publishing nobody has died as a result of this biblical-type flooding.
Please pray for the people of Fort Lauderdale, as they look to higher ground, and dryer weather.
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