Much of the Florida Big Bend from Tallahassee south and east received in excess of a foot of rain pink shading. All of this rain resulted in significant inland flooding, especially across Wakulla County. Numerous homes were flooded, some to the 2nd story. A total of structures were impacted to some degree across the county.
In addition, two bridges were damaged by flood waters and numerous roads were washed out. Figure 4. A Graphicast issued by this office on Monday, June 25, , showing a band of heavy rain across the southern Florida Big Bend. Flash Flood Emergency and Flash Flood warning polygons are indicated by the arrows. Figure 5. Storm-total rainfall estimates from the KTLH radar for Tropical Storm Debby showing maximum amounts exceeding 28 inches dark blue across soutwestern portions of Wakulla County.
This tremendous amount of rainfall over a relatively short period of time resulted in flash flood type flooding on the Sopchoppy River. Figure 6 shows how the river stage at Sopchoppy spiked on the 25th with a record crest of Note the missing data points indicating that the gage itself was overtopped by flood waters. The official crest was later determined by a field survey. The famous Wakulla Springs recorded a record discharge in the aftermath of Debby as indicated in Figure 8.
Figure 6. Hydrograph showing the river stage on the Sopchoppy River at Sopchoppy from June , Figure 7. Figure 8. Record discharge, measured in cubic feet per second, from Wakulla Springs in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Debby. Please Contact Us. Please try another search. Multiple locations were found. Please select one of the following:. Location Help. News Headlines. Customize Your Weather. South of that stretch of I, four puppies and a young dog drowned when a swollen creek flooded an animal shelter in the city of Starke.
The Florida Times-Union reported that officials placed sandbags and dug trenches outside to protect the shelter, but the water rose quickly Sunday night. Residents tried to salvage belongings from flooded homes in low-lying areas. At one point Monday, high winds and flooding concerns prompted authorities to close two major routes over Tampa Bay into St. Before nightfall, Debbie had dumped more than a foot of rain on some parts over the previous 96 hours. And forecasters were expecting the rains to continue, bringing another four to eight inches across northern Florida.
Torrential rains and flooding would continue across parts of the Florida Panhandle and northern Florida for several days, even though the storm wasn't expected to gain strength. The longer it sits, the more rain we get. At least one person was killed Sunday by a tornado spun off by the large storm system.
The mother was found clutching the child, who survived. And when they found her, she was still holding her. An estimated 35, homes and businesses lost electricity. Progress Energy reported that as of 4 pm Monday, about 18, were still without power.
The beaches of Sanibel and Captiva are used by several species of sea turtle for nesting. Wind presented ouf on the South and shifted to out of the Southwest and the storm progressed.
The tidal salinity signal was dampened at Shell Point and held at near gulf strengths for several days. As the rainfall entered the basin and the wind subsided the salinity dropped rapidly to levels lower than pre-storm. Following the storm the tidal salinity range increased as the overall river salinity had been lowered. What's New. RECON 2. Read more. Real-time Data View graphs of recent data.
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