Serious flooding is ongoing in the eastern Florida Panhandle this afternoon. The Tallahassee radar shows widespread 10 inch rainfall amounts.
Take a gander at this storm total radar image…
From the NWS TLH…
…A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN TAYLOR…NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND WESTERN MADISON
COUNTIES…
AT 110 PM EDT…WEATHER SPOTTERS FROM WESTERN MADISON COUNTY
REPORTED THAT MANY STREETS WERE FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF GREENVILLE
IN WESTERN MADISON COUNTY. A FEW YARDS ARE FLOODING AS WELL WITH
WAIST DEEP WATER IN THEM. A POND ALONG HIGHWAY 90 IN GREENVILLE IS
NEARLY OUT OF ITS BANKS. IF THIS POND OVERFLOWS ITS BANKS…THE
DOWNTOWN PORTION OF GREENVILLE…INCLUDING MANY BUILDINGS…WILL
FLOOD. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN THE TOWN OF
GREENVILLE. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNING AREA. IF YOU
ARE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLOODING IN TAYLOR…MADISON OR JEFFERSON
COUNTY…SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE
NEXT TWO HOURS.
Numerous flash flood warnings are in effect.
Other notes…
Monticello [Jefferson Co, FL] emergency mngr reports HEAVY RAIN of M16.20 INCH at 12:30 PM EDT — Emergency Management office reported 16.20 inches of rain through 12 pm edt with tropical storm Fay. Heavy rainfall is continuing.
Rainfall amounts are approaching four to six inches per hour according to the NWS Tallahassee.
