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Flash FloodLeon, Florida

August 23, 2008 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$10.0M
Area
Leon

Event narrative (NOAA)

Numerous roads were flooded throughout much of the county, including Tallahassee. A few roads were undermined by flooding. The Timberlake subdivision east of Tallahassee was cut off by flood waters, which impacted 230 homes. Nearly 450 homes throughout the county were impacted. Rainfall amounts varied from six over western portions of the county, to as much as twenty inches over eastern portions. Flooding was observed along the Ochlockonee River and Munson Slough.

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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