Tropical Storm — Baker, Florida

2024-08-04 to 2024-08-05 · Baker, Florida

Event narrative

Several inches of water was reported across Southern States Nursery Rd in Macclenny. The St. Marys River near Macclenny reached major flood stage and peaked at 19.71 ft on Aug. 7th. 9.67 inches of rainfall was measured by a CoCoRaHS observer at Glen St. Mary 4.4 SW during Debby.

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.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1198829. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.