Flood — Bradford, Florida

2024-07-23 · near Lincoln City, Bradford, Florida

Event narrative

Heavy rainfall produced significant road

flooding in Starke. Highway 301 had to be

closed between West Weldon Street to Davis

Street due to flooding across the road.

Alligator Creek, a tributary of the Santa Fe

River, that goes through Starke quickly rose

into the Minor Flood Stage. Radar estimated

2-3 inches of rainfall occurred across the

city limits.

Wider weather episode

Prevailing SSE steering flow focused the daytime sea breeze and boundary collisions across interior NE FL between the I-75 and Highway 301 corridors. Locally gusty winds and heavy, flooding rainfall occurred.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (29.9356, -82.1151)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1193682. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.