Flood — Putnam, Florida

2024-09-03 to 2024-09-04 · near Palatka, Putnam, Florida

Event narrative

Putnam County Sheriff reported numerous

roads across the westside of the city were

inundated with flood water including

intersections along Crill Avenue, Laurel

Street, and Highway 17. One vehicle was

trapped in flood water and the occupant

safely evacuated. Water was beginning to

recede around 12:20 am.

Wider weather episode

A front was stalled across NE FL with a meandering coastal low offshore of the local Atlantic coast. Above normal atmospheric moisture, warm temperatures aloft and slow storm motion produced localized heavy rainfall over a diurnally unstable airmass with waves of gusty showers moving onshore. Wind gusts with the coastal low along the local Atlantic coast increased to 40-50 mph after 8 pm on 9/3 through midnight along the Duval County FL coast.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1213387. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.