Heavy Rain — Suwannee, Florida

2022-03-11 to 2022-03-12 · near Lancaster, Suwannee, Florida

Event narrative

Measured storm total rainfall over 24 hrs was 7.27 inches. Of this total, 3.21 inches occurred on March 11th. Since midnight on 3/12, 4.06 inches had fallen through 5:15 am. Other sites in the area measured about 7 inches of storm total rainfall. Reports of some street flooding along U.S. Highway 90 and County Road 136 in Live Oak were relayed by County 911/Dispatch.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1007335. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.