Heavy Rain — Gilchrist, Florida

2019-07-04 · near Bell, Gilchrist, Florida

Event narrative

An observer near Bell measured 2.28 inches of rainfall within the past 6 hrs.

Wider weather episode

Extremely moist airmass remained in place that provided fuel for numerous afternoon and early evening thunderstorms, especially for locations west of I-95 and the St. Johns River basin after 4 pm toward the I-75 corridor where afternoon and evening sea breeze and outflow mergers occurred under light westerly steering flow (< 5 kts).

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 826766. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.