How much rain did South Florida get so far — and how much more is coming?
South Florida has seen about three to five inches of rainfall across Miami-Dade and Broward counties as a rainy Monday moved into Tuesday morning, according to meteorologist Sammy Hadi of the National Weather Service in Miami.
Some areas received more rain than others.
The heaviest hit areas were Hialeah, Miami Beach, the Miami area and North Miami in Miami-Dade. In Broward County, Pembroke Pines, Miramar and Fort Lauderdale saw the most rain.
“Those areas, in specific, that’s pretty much been the bullseye thus far,” Hadi told the Miami Herald on Tuesday morning, after Monday evening’s flash flood warning for northern Miami-Dade and a flood advisory for Broward and Miami-Dade.
Some rainfall totals
Hadi consulted an interactive weather service tool called the CoCoRaHS map that provides 24-hour precipitation totals. Local meteorologists, including Ryan Phillip of NBC 6, also posted rainfall totals.
Here are some totals.
▪ Miramar: 5.21 inches
▪ Miami Gardens: 4.89 inches
▪ Pembroke Pines: 4.31 inches
▪ Cutler Bay: 4.25 inches
▪ Cooper City: 4 inches
▪ Hollywood: 3.96 inches
▪ Venetian Causeway that runs from Miami Beach to downtown Miami: 3.70 inches
▪ Miami Lakes: 3.11 inches
▪ Davie: 3.09 inches
▪ Downtown Miami: 2.57 inches.
▪ Kendall: 1.87 inches
▪ Homestead: 1.54 inches
▪ Palmetto Bay: 1.19 inches
How much rain do we expect going forward?
“Our forecast for the next three days leading into Friday morning looks like between about two to four inches in Miami-Dade County and two to three inches for Fort Lauderdale, but these values could change,” Hadi said. “There is some potential for higher amounts than that.
At 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, the weather service posted a radar image of a band of heavy rainfall and gusty winds push northward along coastal Miami-Dade. Torrential rainfall and wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph are possible as this band of showers moves onshore. Localized flooding will be possible in saturated areas.
Some rain is in the forecast through Tuesday, but the chances start ramping up again Tuesday night into Wednesday. And Wednesday and Thursday will be wetter than Tuesday, Hadi said.
This story was originally published April 11, 2023 at 11:55 AM.
