Heavy Rain — St. Johns, Florida

2025-08-02 · near Palm Vly, St. Johns, Florida

Event narrative

The Cocorahs station FL-SJ-29 Sawgrass 0.0 E measured storm total rainfall amount of 3.3 inches. The time of rainfall was estimated by radar. Rain began around 415 PM and ended around 9 PM.

Wider weather episode

A slow-moving front across south GA nudged southward. Frontal lift combined with very high moisture produced slow moving waves of locally heavy rainfall. A 'Slight' risk of heavy rainfall was outlooked by the Weather Prediction Center (Level 2 out of 4 levels).

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1281071. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.