Heavy Rain — Putnam, Florida

2025-08-28 · near Buffalo Bluff, Putnam, Florida

Event narrative

A public weather station near the intersection of Buffalo Bluff Road and South US Highway 17 measured 2.15 inches in the past hour.

Wider weather episode

A surface trough over northeast Florida combined with sea breezes over a moist, unstable airmass produced locally heavy rainfall and isolated strong to pulse severe storms with wet downburst winds.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1286253. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.