Flood in Suwannee County, Florida
Flood March 12, 2022 · Suwannee County, Florida
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
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The wider storm
A frontal boundary was draped across north Florida as a strong short wave trough passed overhead. A flood watch was in effect due to already saturated ground where 2-3 inches of rainfall occurred over the past 2 days, prior to the flooding rainfall that occurred with this event. Flooding occurred in Gainesville near UF. Other areas measured heavy rainfall, some 2 day totals were 7-10 inches in parts of the Suwannee River Valley. A public information statement was issued at 1000 am on Saturday 3/12 with 72 hr rainfall totals which ranged from near 5 inches to near 9 inches across Alachua County (highest measured was 8.82 inches 6 miles WNW of UF). Columbia county recorded the highest local rainfall amount for this event about 1 mile SSE of White Springs of 9.67 inches.
Began near Live Oak (30.2977, -82.9795).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1007333. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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