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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

Suwannee River at Gopher River Confluence (in MHHW), FL

Gauge
River gauge · SUWF1 · NWS TAE
Observed
Observed 0.85 ft at : action stage
Forecast
No forecast at action stage or above.
Stages
Action 0.7 ft · Flood (minor) 1.7 ft · Moderate 3 ft · Major 4 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 SUWF1 On the Live tracker’s map River flood warnings in Florida

Rain and rivers in Florida

  • Expected rain: 4 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: 4 to 6 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: 3 gauges in flood in Florida, by NWS’s lists read . Major flooding Navarre Beach Gulf of America (In MHHW), FL. Observed 15.99 ft at : major flooding. No forecast at action stage or above. And 2 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

Three 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 15.99 ft at : major flooding

Moderate flooding 1

  1. Forecast: moderate flooding St. Johns River at Astor, FLObserved 2.51 ft at : minor floodingForecast issued · crest 3.3 ft at : moderate flooding

Minor flooding 1

  1. Observed: minor flooding Myakka River at Myakka River State Park, FLObserved 7.1 ft at : minor floodingForecast issued · highest 7.1 ft at · below flood stage (7 ft) by : minor flooding
Action stage, not flooding 20

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 Choctawhatchee River at Bruce-Ebro (SR 20), FLObserved 13.4 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 13.6 ft at : action stage
  2. Observed: action stage Choctawhatchee River at Caryville (US 90), FLObserved 11.37 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 11.1 ft at : action stage
  3. Observed: action stage Crescent Lake, FLObserved 1.21 ft at : action stage
  4. Observed: action stage Shoal River at Crestview, FLObserved 6.32 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 6.3 ft at : action stage
  5. Observed: action stage Rainbow River at Dunnellon, FLObserved 29.01 ft at : action stage
  6. Observed: action stage Fenholloway River at Foley, FLObserved 37.48 ft at : action stage
  7. Observed: action stage Four Mile Cove Ecological (In MHHW), FLObserved 1.06 ft at : action stage
  8. Observed: action stage Georgetown (in NAVD88), FLObserved 1.56 ft at : action stage
  9. Observed: action stage Suwannee River at Gopher River Confluence (in MHHW), FLObserved 0.85 ft at : action stage
  10. Observed: action stage Ochlockonee River at Havana (US 27), FLObserved 20.67 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 20.7 ft at : action stage
  11. Observed: action stage New River at Lake Butler (in NAVD88), FLObserved 89.49 ft at : action stage
  12. Observed: action stage St. Johns River at Lake Harney, FLObserved 6.81 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 6.9 ft at : action stage
  13. Observed: action stage Withlacoochee River at Pinetta - CR 150 (in NAVD88), FLObserved 59.74 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 59.8 ft at : action stage
  14. 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
  15. Observed: action stage Shell Bluff Park (in NAVD88), FLObserved 1.22 ft at : action stage
  16. Observed: action stage Cypress Creek at SR 54 Worthington Gardens, FLObserved 7.27 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 7.3 ft at : action stage
  17. Observed: action stage Tide Gauge, FLObserved 1.09 ft at : action stage
  18. Observed: action stage Tide Gauge, FLObserved 2.47 ft at : action stage
  19. Observed: action stage Tide Station, FLObserved 1.08 ft at : action stage
  20. Observed: action stage Santa Fe River at Worthington Springs (in NAVD88), FLObserved 56.3 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 56.4 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.