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Rain & rivers

Rain expected and rain that fell, and the gauges at action stage or above in Florida, each with NWS’s forecast. Flood warnings are the Live tracker’s.

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Action stage

Black Creek at Middleburg, FL

Gauge
River gauge · BCMF1 · NWS JAX
Observed
Observed 14.02 ft at : action stage
Forecast
No forecast at action stage or above.
Stages
Action 14 ft · Flood (minor) 15 ft · Moderate 16.5 ft · Major 18 ft

Forecast hydrograph

Impacts and the full forecast are read for gauges in flood; this one is at action stage.

NWS’s statements for this gauge’s water at each stage, up to the highest observed or forecast. A gauge does not say whether a particular road or neighbourhood near it floods.

NWPS’s page for BCMF1 On the Live tracker’s map River flood warnings in Florida

Rain and rivers in Florida

  • Expected rain: 1.75 in or more at its highest in Florida, in WPC’s forecast for the 24 hours to . An amount for the area its contour covers, not a total for any one street.
  • Rain that fell: 6 to 8 in at its highest in Florida, in the 24 hours to , by MRMS’s radar estimate over a grid about 5 km across: a measurement of the past, not corrected to rain gauges.
  • Rivers: 4 gauges in flood in Florida, by NWS’s lists read . Major flooding Navarre Beach Gulf of America (In MHHW), FL. Observed 16.08 ft at : major flooding. No forecast at action stage or above. And 3 more. A gauge measures its river at that spot, not whether a road or a neighbourhood floods.

Three sources, each its own window. None is a chance of flash flooding, which is WPC’s outlook above; a flash flood is a warning’s. Gauges in the Live tracker

On the Briefing’s map

River, coastal and lake gauges in Florida

Four gauges in flood in Florida, observed or forecast. Choose one for its forecast hydrograph.

Major flooding 1

  1. Observed: major flooding Navarre Beach Gulf of America (In MHHW), FLObserved 16.08 ft at : major flooding

Moderate flooding 1

  1. Forecast: moderate flooding St. Johns River at Astor, FLObserved 2.61 ft at : minor floodingForecast issued · crest 3.3 ft at : moderate flooding

Minor flooding 2

  1. Observed: minor flooding St. Johns River at Buckman Bridge (I-295) (in MHHW), FLObserved 1.66 ft at : minor flooding
  2. Observed: minor flooding Tide Station, FLObserved 1.31 ft at : minor flooding
Action stage, not flooding 27

Action stage is the level at which NWS and local officials begin to act; the water is not yet at flood stage.

  1. Observed: action stage Matanzas River at Bings Landing (in MHHW), FLObserved 0.87 ft at : action stage
  2. Observed: action stage Black Creek (in MHHW), FLObserved 1.32 ft at : action stage
  3. Observed: action stage Choctawhatchee River at Bruce-Ebro (SR 20), FLObserved 13.14 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 13.1 ft at : action stage
  4. Observed: action stage St. Johns River at Buffalo Bluff (in MHHW), FLObserved 1.2 ft at : action stage
  5. Observed: action stage Crescent Lake, FLObserved 1.3 ft at : action stage
  6. Observed: action stage Shoal River at Crestview, FLObserved 6.13 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 6.1 ft at : action stage
  7. Observed: action stage Dunns Creek State Park Boat Ramp (in MHHW), FLObserved 1.03 ft at : action stage
  8. Observed: action stage Fenholloway River at Foley, FLObserved 37.35 ft at : action stage
  9. Observed: action stage Georgetown (in NAVD88), FLObserved 1.64 ft at : action stage
  10. Observed: action stage Ochlockonee River at Havana (US 27), FLObserved 20.24 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 20.2 ft at : action stage
  11. Observed: action stage Julington Creek, FLObserved 1.15 ft at : action stage
  12. Observed: action stage Kings Ferry (in MHHW), FLObserved 0.52 ft at : action stage
  13. Observed: action stage New River at Lake Butler (in NAVD88), FLObserved 89.08 ft at : action stage
  14. Observed: action stage St. Johns River at Lake Harney, FLObserved 6.82 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 6.9 ft at : action stage
  15. Observed: action stage Black Creek at Middleburg, FLObserved 14.02 ft at : action stage
  16. Observed: action stage Myakka River at Myakka River State Park, FLObserved 6.96 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 6.9 ft at : action stage
  17. Observed: action stage Julington Creek at Old Saint Augustine Road (in MHHW), FLObserved 0.72 ft at : action stage
  18. Observed: action stage Pellicer Creek, FLObserved 0.89 ft at : action stage
  19. Observed: action stage Withlacoochee River at Pinetta - CR 150 (in NAVD88), FLObserved 59.7 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 59.7 ft at : action stage
  20. Observed: action stage St. Johns River at Racy Point (in MHHW), FLObserved 1.36 ft at : action stage
  21. Forecast: action stage St. Johns River at Sanford, FLNot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · highest 4.2 ft at : action stage
  22. Observed: action stage Dunns Creek at Satsuma (in MHHW), FLObserved 1.4 ft at : action stage
  23. Observed: action stage St. Johns River at Shands Bridge (in MHHW), FLObserved 1.28 ft at : action stage
  24. Observed: action stage Shell Bluff Park (in NAVD88), FLObserved 1.27 ft at : action stage
  25. Observed: action stage Cypress Creek at SR 54 Worthington Gardens, FLObserved 7.1 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 7 ft at : action stage
  26. Observed: action stage St Johns River, FLObserved 1.17 ft at : action stage
  27. Observed: action stage Trout Creek Marina, FLObserved 1.33 ft at : action stage

A gauge measures its water at that one place. Flash flooding, which comes in hours from heavy rain, is in the warnings as Flash Flood Warnings; a river can be in flood with no rain falling.

Gauges observed checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauges forecast checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauge impacts and forecasts checked · Data: NOAA/NWPS

Florida flash-flood briefing

Not an official warning service. Warnings and watches are the National Weather Service’s, outlooks and reports the Storm Prediction Center’s and the Weather Prediction Center’s (Data: NOAA/NWS, NOAA/SPC, NOAA/WPC). When a warning is issued for you, act on it, and use weather.gov or a NOAA Weather Radio for where you are.