Heavy Rain, Flagler
- When
- July 16, 11:00 PM EST to July 17, 6:36 PM EST
- Where
- Flagler County, Palm Coast
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 29.570, -81.210
A spotter measured 4 inches of rainfall since midnight in Palm Coast.
Heavy Rain in Florida, July 16 to 17, 2008
An area of low pressure offshore of the Florida Atlantic coast produced a couple days of heavy rainfall across coastal northeast Florida as bands of convection around the low rotated inland.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 4
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.
An area of low pressure offshore of the Florida Atlantic coast produced a couple days of heavy rainfall across coastal northeast Florida as bands of convection around the low rotated inland.
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 16, 8:25 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 8:25 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 925 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED ON THURSDAY... .UPDATE... DISORGANIZED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT NORTH OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND WILL TAP INTO TROPICAL AIRMASS TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION...MAINLY ALONG THE COAST AND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT...THEN SPREADING ACRS THE INLAND AREAS DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AS TRAINING OF STORMS THAT ORIENT INTO ORGANIZED RAINBANDS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT AND MOVING OVER INLAND AREAS ON THURSDAY. SYSTEM REMAINS TOO DISORGANIZED TO PINPOINT ANY SPECIFIC AREAS FOR A FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME...BUT A SOLID ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AREA WIDE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH SCATTERED 2 TO 3 INCH TOTALS WHERE ANY STATIONARY RAIN BANDS DEVELOP. ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER ON THURSDAY WILL HOLD MAX TEMPS DOWN INTO THE LOWER TO MID 80S IN MOST LOCATIONS. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. && .AVIATION...DETERIORATING CONDITIONS EXPECTED FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AS BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DRIFTS NORTH FROM SOUTH FLORIDA. EXPECT CONTINUING CHANCE OF RAINFALL OVER NIGHT FROM BROKEN RAINBANDS AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. MVFR DUE TO LOW CIGS AND BR EXPECTED BY 08Z AT FL SITES AND 13Z AT SSI. && .MARINE...HAVE SEPARATED OUT OUR GA WATERS AND HOIST A SHORT DURATION SCEC FOR THESE LEGS TONIGHT DUE TO CURRENT OBS AT SAPG1 OF NE 23G25KTS AND GRAYS REEF NE 17G21KT. SSI IS SUSTAINED 15G21KT. MAY NEED TO INCLUDE OUR FL NEARSHORE WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BCH TO ST AUGUSTINE AS WELL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 70 88 71 89 / 40 60 50 50 SSI 75 81 75 86 / 50 80 50 50 JAX 73 83 72 89 / 50 80 40 50 SGJ 75 84 74 88 / 60 80 40 50 GNV 71 85 71 90 / 50 80 40 40 OCF 72 85 71 90 / 60 70 30 40 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && HESS/ENYEDI/WALKER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 8:15 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 915 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-171000- HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY- ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-COFFEE- JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY- INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 915 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND A MOIST AIRMASS OVER THE AREA WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT. A SLOW STORM MOTION WILL HELP PROMOTE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON THURSDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTH ACROSS THE AREA...PRODUCING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A RETURN TO MORE SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. MZ/HESS
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Flagler
- When
- July 17, 4:28 PM EST
- Where
- Flagler County, 0.92 mi SW of Palm Harbor
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 29.570, -81.230
Storm total rainfall measured in West Palm Coast was 5.3 inches.
Heavy Rain, Flagler
- When
- July 17, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Flagler County, Palm Coast
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 29.570, -81.210
Heavy rainfall of 4.3 inches was measured from July 16th through July 17th in Palm Coast.
Heavy Rain, Flagler
- When
- July 17, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Flagler County, 1.93 mi WSW of Indian Trails
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 29.570, -81.280
A spotter measured 3.0 inches of rainfall in Palm Coast from July 16-17th.
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
- Excessive Heat in Pennsylvania, July 16 to 22, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Montana, July 16, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 16, 2008
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, July 16, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 16, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, July 16, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Michigan, July 16, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Michigan, July 16, 2008
- Hail in New York, July 16, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 16, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 16, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 16 to 17, 2008
More
Every storm in Florida in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 2008
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: 109048, 109043, 109045, 109047.