Coastal Flood — Coastal Flagler, Florida

2025-09-30 · Coastal Flagler, Florida

Event narrative

A trained spotter shared photos of overwash

and minor coastal flooding along A1A in

Marineland. Nearby Atlantic Ocean at

Matanzas River Inlet Bridge gauge crested in

minor flood stage at 2.52 ft MHHW at 2:29 PM.

Wider weather episode

An extended duration nor'easter developed on September 30th and continued through October 6th. This event produced an extended period onshore flow combined with a period of high astronomical tides (spring or neap tides). The higher-than-normal tides combined with storm surge with the local nor'easter produced minor to moderate tidal flooding daily around high tides. The more impacted tidal flooding locations included the St. Johns River basin between downtown Jacksonville and Satsuma as well as the Intracoastal Waterway of St. Johns and Flagler counties were several days of moderate tidal flooding occurred in early October. Moderate tidal flood impacts include structures surrounded by tidal flood water and inundation of some roads.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1289620. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.