Aug 23, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay emerged into the Apalachee Bay late Friday night and made its fourth landfall on Saturday, August 23rd near Carrabelle, Florida. That morning, Fay had tapped into Gulf of Mexico moisture. A large feeder band began affecting areas east of the Apalachicola River during the morning, followed by more intense bands, which trained over the same locations during the afternoon and evening hours, producing extremely high rainfall rates and subsequent flash flooding.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 154953). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lafayette County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.