Sep 18, 2021
A saturated tropical airmass (PWAT over 2 inches) combined with diurnal instability and fueled locally heavy rainfall in showers and storms that formed near a meandering trough axis across north Florida and sea breezes. Weak storm motion enabled locally heavy rainfall to form and train over areas.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 979667). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Alachua County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.