Western Marion storm history

Lack of rainfall during January combined with multiple freeze events resulted in worsening drought conditions into Extreme (D3) drought by the end of January.

Marion county received about 3-9 inches of rainfall from Milton across the county. Downed trees and powerlines were reported around the county, with the highest wind gusts ranging from 40-46 mph in Ocala, Lake George, and the Villages. A home near Rainbow River was destroyed due …

At 7:51 pm on 9/26, the AWOS site at Jim Taylor Field at the Ocala Airport measured a wind gust of 41 mph. At 12:55am on 9/27, the same AWOS measured a gust to 46 mph out of the S. Over 45,000 customers (about 20% of the county) were without power after the storm passed early Fri…

AWOS station KOCF Ocala Airport gusted to 41 mph during Debby on 8/5 at 1:14 am local time. A CoCoRaHS observer measured 9.37 inches of rainfall at Micanopy 3.6 SSW during Debby.

Tropical cyclone winds impacted the county on 8/30. At 0725, a mesonet station about 5 miles SW of the Ocala Airport measured a wind gust of 42 mph.

Marion county reported a 4 acre wildfire in Dunnellon around 430 pm. Two homes were impacted at the time. Evacuations of 5-7 other homes occurred. By 830 pm, the fire grew to 80 acres and was 90% contained. Two mobiles homes and 4 outbuildings were destroyed by the fire. Three ho…