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Heavy Rain in Gilchrist County, Florida

Heavy Rain August 16, 2023 · Gilchrist County, Florida

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The public about 6 miles WNW of Newberry measured 3.06 inches of rainfall between 2:40 pm and 4:53 pm local time.

The wider storm

Unsettled southwest flow continued rounds of showers and thunderstorms with a surface trough lingering over Georgia and passing mid-level short wave troughs from the

WSW enhancing rounds of convection near low level convergence. Deep layer moisture with PWAT 2+ inches was under fairly weak WSW steering flow of < 10 kts and continued the localized heavy rainfall threat, especially during the afternoon toward the Atlantic

coast where the east coast sea breeze developed and across SE GA near the meandering surface front.

Began near Tyler (29.6700, -82.7000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1124053. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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