Heavy Rain, Gilchrist
- When
- July 9, 1:00 AM EST to July 11, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Gilchrist County, 3 mi S of Williford
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 29.726, -82.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Florida, July 9 to 11, 2005
5 inches during 24 hours.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
Spotter measured 2.5 inches during 24 hours.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 8, 8:30 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 8:30 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 930 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005 .UPDATE...LINGERING STORMS ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY. WITH HEATING OF THE DAY LONG OVER AND STORMS MOVING OFF SLOWLY TO THE WEST...WILL LOWER POPS TO 20 PCT EVERYWHERE BY LATE THIS EVENING. WILL RAISE POPS LATER TONIGHT (TOWARDS DAWN) AS SE FLOW INCREASES AND BEGINS TO BRING IN DEEP MOISTURE. && .MARINE...WINDS/SEAS INCREASE LATER TONIGHT AS GRADIENT TIGHTENS. WILL CONTINUE PREVIOUS FROECAST. && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && PP/JH/CWD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 10:05 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1105 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-091000- ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY- CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE- COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)- GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM- ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE- 1105 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... MINOR RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE SATILLA RIVER. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... ...HURRICANE DENNIS TO MOVE TOWARDS THE GULF COAST THIS WEEKEND... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS BY EARLY SATURDAY AS HURRICANE DENNIS MOVES OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND APPROACHES THE GULF COAST. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WINDY CONDITIONS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER THE LOCAL FORECAST AREA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH AND SUNDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 75 CORRIDOR. WHILE THE STORMS LOCAL IMPACTS ARE UNCERTAIN AND WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDANT UPON ITS EXACT TRACK...AT THIS TIME...IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR LOCAL INTERESTS TO TAKE REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS. SOME SUGGESTED ACTIONS... REVIEW YOUR FAMILYS HURRICANE PLAN. ENSURE YOUR HURRICANE KIT IS WELL STOCKED AND UP TO DATE. REVIEW THE WORKING CONDITION OF EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT...SUCH AS FLASHLIGHTS AND BATTERY POWERED RADIOS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS WEEKEND AS SOME OF THE OUTER BANDS OF DENNIS MOVE OVER THE AREA. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 7:02 PM EST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 802 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005 FLZ020-GAZ162-090030- ECHOLS-HAMILTON- 802 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HAMILTON AND ECHOLS COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 830 PM EDT... AT 802 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 5 MILES NORTH OF JASPER... MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND JASPER...CROSSROADS AND JENNINGS THROUGH 830 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. HESS
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 7:04 PM EST, 5 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 804 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005 GAZ135-136-090030- APPLING-WAYNE- 804 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WAYNE AND APPLING COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 830 PM EDT... AT 804 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SCREVEN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF PATTERSON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SCREVEN...ODUM AND SURRENCY THROUGH 830 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. HESS
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 7:18 PM EST, 5 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 818 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005 FLZ020-GAZ162-090045- ECHOLS-HAMILTON- 818 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HAMILTON AND ECHOLS COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 845 PM EDT... AT 818 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF JASPER...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND JASPER...CROSSROADS AND JENNINGS THROUGH 845 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. HESS
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hurricane in Florida, July 9 to 10, 2005
- Hurricane in Alabama, July 9 to 10, 2005
- Hurricane in Florida, July 9 to 11, 2005
- Hurricane in Georgia, July 9 to 11, 2005
- Hurricane in Alabama, July 9 to 11, 2005
- Flash Flood and Flood in Georgia, July 9, 2005
- Tornado in Florida, July 9, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 9, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 9, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 9, 2005
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 9, 2005
- Tornado in Florida, July 9, 2005
More
Every storm in Florida in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 2005
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5454191.