Flood — Camden, Georgia

2024-07-20 · near St Marys Arpt, Camden, Georgia

Event narrative

The City of Kingsland at intersection of US

Highway 17 and GA 40 the intersection is

completely underwater. Also Lakes Blvd at

East King Ave in underwater and not passing

traffic. 8:52 St Marys advised the entrance

to Walmart on the Kings Bay Road side is

flooded as well.

Wider weather episode

A prevailing SW flow combined with the river, lake and sea breezes converged east of Highway 301 in the late evening over a moist and unstable airmass. Numerous boundary mergers produced a waterspout over the St. Johns River about 2 miles NNE of Orange Miles around 9:30 pm EDT near State Road 207 and Rector Road near Putnam County. The waterspout did not move onshore, and damage was not reported. Other storms produced gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall especially across SE GA, including some localized flooding reports.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1193476. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.