Heavy Rain — Baker, Florida

2022-08-18 · near Manning, Baker, Florida

Event narrative

A personal weather station KFLGLENS19 measured 2.77 inches of rainfall between around 1:45 pm and 4:30 pm.

Wider weather episode

A weak area of low surface low pressure formed along a frontal boundary that was draped across the local area. Aloft, shortwave impulses traversed with the better dynamic

forcing over southeast GA. The entire airmass was primed (PWAT over 2 inches) and prevailing westerly steering flow focused the strongest convection along the sea breezes mergers toward the I-95 corridor in the afternoon and into the evening. A cluster of storms formed along the front across NE FL and Duval county. When these slow moving storms encountered the east coast sea breeze as it moved inland, very heavy rainfall rates produced local flooding across portions of downtown Jacksonville, including the Hogans Creek basin near UF Shands.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1045720. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.