Flash Flood — Franklin, Florida

2023-09-02 · near Apalachicola, Franklin, Florida

Event narrative

Several roads were reported underwater across St George Island with pictures on social media of flooding as well. An Ambient weather station on 7th St W on St George Island measured 6.94 inches of rain in about 5 hours.

Wider weather episode

Clusters of slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall in a short period of time, leading to areas of flash flooding in Washington county and on St George Island. Over 4 inches of rain was measured in Washington county and almost 7 inches of rain was measured on St George Island.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1127111. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.