Flood in Holmes County, Florida

Significant areal flooding occurred across Holmes county due to prolonged periods of moderate to heavy rainfall. Four day rainfall totals of 8-12 inches were estimated across the county between Feb 22-26. The emergency manager estimated over $1.4 million in damages across the county, mainly due to road repair. The following impacts were documented by the Public Works Department for Holmes county.

1) All roads in campsites off of Hwy 179 were under water except for Boat Ramp Rd.

2) Blue Springs Rd was completely closed and under water from River and Wrights

3) Horse Shoe Loop Rod was closed for approximately 500 ft from creek and river water backing up on the road.

4) Tobe Retherford Rd was closed due to water crossing 100 ft from Hwy 179 covering approximately 50 ft of the road.

5) Bonifay Gritney Rd was closed due to river and creek water backing up and covering bridge. About 200 ft of the road was under water.

6) Harris Stevenson Rd was closed due to Sikes Creek crossing the road and making it impassible. About 700 ft of the road was under water.

7) Bear Hewett Landing Rd was closed due to about 200 ft of the road under water.

8) Boat Landing Ln was closed due to river flooding.

9) John Marsh Rd was flooded and closed to thru traffic.

10) Curry Ferry Rd was under water from the river, cutting this road off. About 300 ft of the road was under water.

11) Buck Roger Rd was under water for about 200 ft.

12) The Choctawhatchee Boat Landing at Pittman off Hwy 2 was closed due to minor flooding.

13) A creek cut off road on Mt. Ida below the church.

A series of upper level disturbance rotating around a mean longwave trough west of the area brought copious amounts of moisture into the area. The KTAE rawinsonde sounding on the evening of February 22nd measured a PWAT value of 1.77 inches, which was the 2nd highest PWAT observed during the month of February at that location. Rainfall amounts generally between 9 and 14 inches were observed during the 5 day period between Feb 22-26 across the Tallahassee area with similar amounts across the remainder of the Florida Panhandle. This led to areas of flooding. There were also some severe storms during the early morning hours of Feb 26th. The southeast big bend saw significantly less rainfall.