Bob Henson
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If confirmed, this prelim total of 22.59” in just seven hours tonight at Fort Lauderdale would obliterate the city’s rainfall record for any ***three calendar days*** (18.24” on Oct 19-21, 1924)

https://twitter.com/tuckerweather/status/1646336270648455172
10:31 PM - Apr 12, 2023
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Bob Henson
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More perspective: the annual average rainfall at FLL (1991-2020) is 68.77". So the city apparently got about 1/3 of its annual rainfall in seven hours today. Desert climates can sometimes do this (rarely), but it's astonishing to see it happen in a moist climate like SoFla's.
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10:51 PM - Apr 12, 2023
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Bob Henson
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In response to Bob Henson.
Both inside and outside tropical cyclones, many U.S. cities are seeing more extreme precip events (e.g., catastrophic rains in NYC from Ian's remnants in 2021). Increasingly extreme rain events are one of the best-established signs of climate change.
https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/19/
10:51 PM - Apr 12, 2023
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