Local mitigation strategy (LMS) - Volusia County Government

SECTION 5: HAZARD PROFILESTABLE 5.14: Historical Flood Impacts in Volusia CountyLOCATION DATE TYPEDEATHS/INJURIESPROPERTYDAMAGE(2009dollars)Peninsular 9/15/1994 Flooding 0/0 $757,242Countywide 10/11/1994 Flood 0/0 $757,242DESCRIPTIONTwo synoptic-scale systems, one tropical and one nontropicalbrought heavy rain to most of peninsularFlorida the last half of September. Other sections ofFlorida, particularly northeast and east central,experienced urban flooding which closed roads andflooded schools and homes in Duval County and floodedsubdivisions in Flagler, Volusia, St. Johns and Brevardcounties as well as in Wakulla County in northwestFlorida.Heavy rains across much of northeast Florida causedwidespread flooding of roadways and vehicles andminor flooding of schools, businesses and residences.Strong onshore winds caused significant beach erosionand minor coastal flooding along portions of thenortheast coast.Oak Hill 9/19/1999FlashFlood0/0 $13,439Heavy rain of 2 to 4 inches produced flooding in OakHill. Two homes had minor flooding.Edgewater 9/14/2001FlashFlood0/0 $316,693Rainfall from Tropical Storm Gabrielle flooded about 25homes and apartments in Edgewater and New SmyrnaBeach. About 5 homes were flooded along the TomokaRiver in Daytona Beach. Roadway and small streamflooding was reported over much of the county.Ponce Park 11/14/2001FlashFlood0/0 $633,385Showers and thunderstorms dumped over 5 inches ofrain in coastal sections of Volusia County. Thirty-fivehomes in the Ponce Inlet, Daytona Beach and Ormondby the Sea areas received some water damage.Deltona 8/19/2002UrbanFlood0/0 $0 Thunderstorms produced street flooding in Deltona.OrmondBeach8/8/2004FlashFlood0/0 $0Heavy rain in the morning hours brought 24 hour raintotals to near 7 inches. Widespread street flooding withwater in two homes in Ormond Beach was reported. Alane of Interstate 95 was blocked by flood waters.Countywide 9/5/2004FlashFlood0/0 $0From 10 to 12 inches of rain from the northernrainbands of Hurricane Frances produced widespreadflooding of homes, businesses and roads across most ofthe coastal communities as well as in Deltona, andDeland.Volusia County Multi-jurisdictional Local Mitigation StrategyFebruary 20105:50