FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – Tropical Storm Colin blew through Flagler County with winds reaching 44 mph and dropping as much as 5.5 inches of rain in portions of Palm Coast.
“This was a very fast moving storm,” said Flagler County Public Safety Emergency Manager Steve Garten. “A couple of our trained, volunteer Storm Spotters saw (and took pictures of) wall clouds with rotation, but we were fortunate that these didn’t form tornadoes.”
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A wall cloud is a large, localized cloud that develops beneath the surrounding base of cumulonimbus clouds and sometimes forms a tornado. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning at 4:57 p.m. Monday and the CodeRED weather alert system notified 8,794 registrants by phone, as well as 945 by email and 1,554 by text message.
File: Tropical Storm Colin report
One tree fell at the intersection of County Roads 302 and 305 in western Flagler County about 11 p.m. Monday, completely blocking the roadway for a time.
The strongest winds of 45 mph were recorded at the Airport shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday. Winds of 43 and 44 mph occurred between 1 and 1:30 a.m. along the coastline in Flagler Beach and Marineland.
Palm Coast saw the most rain – 5.5 inches – in the area of Pine Lakes. Nearly 5 inches of rain also fell near the Marina at Palm Harbor. The south and western borders of Flagler County saw the least rain, about 2.75 inches.
“We were prepared for the worst, and fortunately we didn’t have to put any of those preparations into action,” County Administrator Craig Coffey said.
For more information about Tropical Storm Colin, go to www.flagleremergency.com. There is a link to sign up for CodeRED weather warning notifications at this site.