Heavy rains and thunderstorms pounded Fort Lauderdale this past week. The rain started Sunday and continued through Thursday. However, on Wednesday, heavy rains and thunderstorms pounded Fort Lauderdale, dumping up to 2 feet of rain and causing flooding throughout the area. Some 600 people were brought to emergency shelters, according to a report by the city government.
Based on climatology, the amount of rain seen in that six-hour period on Wednesday, had a 0.1% chance, or one in 1,000 chance, of occurring on any given year,” said George Rizzuto, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service forecast office in Miami.
According to figures provided by chief meteorologist Jeff George at the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network, University of Florida, the volume of rain Fort Lauderdale saw in one day was equal to almost 40% of the average for an entire year. “This is definitely a freakish event,” George told Quartz.
The torrential rain forced the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to shut down on Thursday because of flooding and debris on the airfield; it reopened on Friday morning. Broward County schools won’t reopen until Monday April 17, 2023.
Florida governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency on Thursday for Broward County due to the rainfall and severe flooding.
Along with record-setting rainfall, according to the National Weather Service, two tornadoes touched down on Wednesday. An 85-mile-per-hour tornado in Dania Beach caused property damage, and a smaller tornado with winds of 65 miles per hour touched down just west of I-95 and north of Sheridan Road, which did not cause noticeable damage as of this reporting.
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