Flash Flood — Suwannee, Florida

2024-08-05 · near Padlock, Suwannee, Florida

Event narrative

Emergency Management reported flooding of

structures and homes county wide along with

street and road closers with some vehicles

stranded.

Wider weather episode

Hurricane Debby made landfall as a Category 1 storm along the FL Big Bend coast during the early morning of August 5, 2024. Prior to landfall, outer convective bands produced tornadoes across portions of northeast Florida on August 4th. Widespread flooding moved inland with Debby across the Suwannee River Valley and inland Southeast Georgia where flash flooding and moderate to major river flooding occurred.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1198822. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.