Flood in Walton County, Florida

Flood waters were approaching a resident's home. He possibly made an attempt to walk to his vehicle and was swept away in the flood water. No other homes were affected. The person involved was an elderly male in a travel trailer and possibly fell when stepping outside. The water level outside was approximately 3 feet deep. This flooding was river flooding from the Shoal River.

Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms affected the region to start the year. Two day rainfall totals in excess of 8 inches were common across portions of the Florida panhandle with several roads flooded. Severe weather, including tornadoes and significant straight line wind damage, also occurred across the tri-state area with most of it in southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia. Albany was particularly hard hit with significant wind damage. There were a total of 5 fatalities across the tri-state area from straight line winds. There was also 1 fatality in Florida due to river flooding.