Heavy Rain — Columbia, Florida

2023-11-25 to 2023-11-26 · near Watertown, Columbia, Florida

Event narrative

A mesonet station at the Suwannee Forestry center measured a 24 hour of rainfall of 2.51 inches.

Wider weather episode

A warm front stalled near the FL-GA state line as a broad area of low pressure moved along the front and across north Florida through the day. Above normal precipitable water content (> 1.8 inches) combined with low level isentropic lift and a strong SW low level jet near 35 kts produced locally heavy rainfall of 2-3 inches.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1143769. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.