DEBBY: Florida, N Gulf Coast Preps/Obs

[summersquall]

My thoughts are with everyone experiencing distress due to Debby's flooding rains. Here in Jensen Beach (east, central coast) it's been windy with no measurable precip today.

Some obs locally from Stuart, Windham Field Airport:

18:47 SW 17 G 28
17:47 SW 29 G 35
16:47 SW 28 G 38
15:47 SW 25 G 37
14:47 SW 29 G 44
13:47 S 23 G 37
12:47 S 20 G 30
11:47 S 25 G 46

[msbee]

Thinking of all the Florida peeps out there experiencing Debby. Be careful!

[CrazyC83]

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
728 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2012

FLC019-031-270145-
/O.CON.KJAX.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120627T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY FL-DUVAL FL-
728 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR DUVAL AND NORTHEAST CLAY COUNTIES...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR DUVAL
AND NORTHERN CLAY COUNTIES...

AT 724 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A BROAD
AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE AND NORTHEAST
CLAY COUNTY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. WATER RESCUES WERE OCCURRING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF DUVAL AND NORTHEAST CLAY COUNTY. THIS AREA OF
SLOW MOVING RAINFALL WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH 10
PM.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAN
PABLO...OCEANWAY...JACKSONVILLE BEACH...FORT CAROLINE...NEPTUNE
BEACH...MAYPORT...LITTLE TALBOT ISLAND AND TALBOT ISLAND. AREAS IN
NORTHEAST CLAY COUNTY INCLUDING ORANGE PARK...ARGYLE...OAKLEAF
PLANTATION AND DOCTORS INLET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 800-499-1594 TO REPORT FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3025 8144 3011 8143 3010 8154 3012 8154
3013 8160 3012 8168 3005 8169 3008 8193
3039 8189 3058 8161 3055 8161 3057 8159
3052 8154 3056 8152 3055 8149 3049 8141
3026 8137

$$

ENYEDI

[artist]

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
722 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0634 AM FLOOD 7 SW JACKSONVILLE INTL 30.41N 81.78W
06/27/2012 DUVAL FL EMERGENCY MNGR

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS INTERSCTION OF GARDEN STREET
AND IMESON ROAD FLOODED WITH AT LEAST ONE FOOT OF
STANDING WATER.

[JonathanBelles]

Tonight I crossed the Courtney Campbell bridge (Tampa Bay), and boy is it a mess!! You can easily tell where the bridge was under water as sea weed, palm particles, garbage, and other debris litters both the side of the road and the center. There are many trees down on the Tampa side of the bridge including one tree that had to have been 5-10 feet in diameter. Crews were slowly making way with the cleanup, but it's going to take quite some time. The Pinellas side of the bridge looks better than the Hillsborough. Waters once again are down to a light chop.

I also went across the Bayside Bridge, but there seems to be no damage there.

In other news, the Skyway is open, but Debby caused the longest ever shutdown of the bridge according to the Tampa Bay Times. It was closed for more than 3 days due to winds greater than 40 mph. A picture of the barren bridge: