Flood Watch Updated
From
City of Hawthorne
Sent
Tue, Sep 24 @ 3:10pm
Description
Flood Watch issued September 24 at 3:03PM EDT until September 27 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Jacksonville FL
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...Portions of northern Florida, including the following
areas, Central Marion, Eastern Alachua, Eastern Hamilton,
Gilchrist, Northern Columbia, Southeastern Columbia, Southwestern
Columbia, Suwannee, Western Alachua, Western Hamilton and Western
Marion and southeast Georgia, including the following areas,
Atkinson, Clinch, Coffee, Echols and Jeff Davis.
* WHEN...From Wednesday evening through Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive rainfall due to a tropical storm Helene will
likely result in scattered areas of flash flooding and isolated
episodes of considerable flash flooding, specifically in urban
flood prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Widespread heavy rainfall falling over a short period of time
is expected as Helene accelerates northward into the Gulf of
Mexico Wednesday and eventually making landfall somewhere
along the panhandle of Florida on Thursday. Widespread
rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches are predicted along the
I-75 corridor and interior counties of southeast Georgia,
some localized areas may receive higher amounts around 8 to
10 inches.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
This notification was posted by City of Hawthorne. City of Hawthorne is solely responsible for this notification and unless specifically indicated, no other community or individual utilizing Savvy Citizen is sponsoring, responsible for, or endorsing this notification.
