Heavy Rain — Alachua, Florida

2023-09-01 · near Gainesville, Alachua, Florida

Event narrative

A public weather station measured about 4. 5 inches since about 1:45 pm.

Wider weather episode

A wake trough in trailing the departure of Hurricane Idalia lingering across NE FL. This feature combined with high tropical moisture, diurnal instability and the inland progressing west coast sea breeze produced localized heavy, flooding rainfall.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1129984. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.