Tropical Storm — Coastal Glynn, Georgia

2024-08-04 to 2024-08-06 · Coastal Glynn, Georgia

Event narrative

The College Park neighborhood in Brunswick was one of the most flooded areas in the city. Water entered homes. Several trees fell and damaged homes in Brunswick with some homes having roof damage due to metal roofing material being peeled off. One outbuilding was destroyed due to a large tree that fell on it. 5.8 inches of rainfall was measured by an AWOS site at Brunswick Golden Isles Airport (KBQK) during Debby.

Wind gusts ranged between 44-57 mph. On 8/4 at 5:57 pm, a mesonet site on Jekyll Island measured a wind gust of 48 mph in an outer rainband. At 10:15 pm, at ASOS at the St. Simons Island Airport measured a wind gust of 44 mph.

Wider weather episode

Hurricane Debby made landfall as a Category 1 storm along the FL Big Bend coast during the early morning of August 5, 2024. Prior to landfall, outer convective bands produced tornadoes across portions of northeast Florida on August 4th. Widespread flooding moved inland with Debby across the Suwannee River Valley and inland Southeast Georgia where flash flooding and moderate to major river flooding occurred.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1198850. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.