Heavy Rain in Alachua County, Florida
Heavy Rain August 26, 2024 · Alachua County, Florida
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A personal weather station in the West Park
section of Gainesville measured 2.55 inches
of rainfall which began around 4:40 pm.
Other nearby observations measured 1.6 to
1.9 inches in the West Hills and Rutledge
sections of town, just east of I-75.
The wider storm
A meandering front, very high moisture and diurnal heating combined with sea breezes triggered locally heavy rainfall across inland areas. Very weak storm motion produced slow moving, heavy rainfall producing storms.
Began near Phifer (29.6700, -82.4100).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1203893. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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