Heavy Rain — Columbia, Florida

2024-08-26 · near Wilburn, Columbia, Florida

Event narrative

A public weather station along US 90 and at

the intersection of NE McCloskey Avenue

measured 3.18 inches of rain between 6:30 pm

and 8:30 pm.

Wider weather episode

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.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (30.1900, -82.5700)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1203897. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.