City of Destin recently issued the following announcement.
Per our earlier update, there is increasing confidence in persistent, heavy rainfail in our area through Thursday. Some estimates show 5-10 inches of rain in areas of training
thunderstorms, which are not possible to predict, with county-wide rainfall totals of 2-6 inches through Friday. This moisture envelope is associated with the decaying cyclone of
Tropical Storm Nicholas which will soon degenrate into a Tropical Depression. The graphics below are a good representation of the overall picture but don’t capture the possibility
of thunderstorms traveling over the same areas and delivering robust rainfall in a short period of time. Again, it’s almost impossible to predict exactly where those areas will be, but
plan on two days worth of periods of heavy rain with flash-flood and water-pooling potential. We will be watching the river gauges closely as they typically lag behind the models
significantly and local river impacts generally beign about 24 hours after onset of precurser events as the basins drain South. This means that rises in river water typically peak
after the heaviest rains have ended, so we may see those threats appear toward end of the week or into the weekend.
We will keep you up to date with updated guidance. Floodwater mitigation measures are in progress with the swiftwater rescue team and high axel vehicles on stand by just in
case. Sand bag operations will be in place beginning tomrrow AM. More information follow.
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