Tropical Storm — Coastal Franklin, Florida

2024-08-05 · Coastal Franklin, Florida

Event narrative

A few trees and power lines were blown down.

Wider weather episode

Hurricane Debby made landfall along the Taylor County coast as a Category 1 Hurricane on the morning of Monday August 5th. In addition to storm surge flooding along the FL Big Bend coast, around 12 inches of rainfall lead to widespread flooding in Madison and Taylor counties. In particular, rainfall in Southeast Madison County corresponded to a 0.2% annual chance occurrence or a 500 year flood event. Long duration areal flooding occurred in southeast Madison county for around 3 weeks. Flooding also occurred along portions of the Aucilla, Fenholloway, Steinhatchee and Withlacoochee rivers. Tropical storm force winds also led to power outages in the Florida Big Bend and South-Central Georgia. There were two direct fatalities from trees falling on homes in Dixie County, Florida and Moultrie, Georgia. Two indirect fatalities also occurred in Dixie County due to a traffic accident. The highest water marks measured by a survey team from FDEM were around 3 feet AGL in Horseshoe Beach. The University of Florida estimated that agriculture losses across Florida were between $93.7 million and $263.2 million, including crops, livestock, aquaculture, and animal products.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1197246. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.