Coastal Flood — Eastern Clay, Florida

2025-10-03 · Eastern Clay, Florida

Event narrative

On 10/3 at 9 am, the Buckman Bridge River gauge reached 2.12

ft MHHW datum around 9 am. Moderate flood

impact begin at 2 ft MHHW at this location.

This gauge is id as BKBF1. On 10/3 at 9:18 pm, The gage at the Buckman Bridge BKBF1

measured 2.20 ft MHHW datum around 9:18 pm.

Moderate tidal flooding begins at 2 ft at

this location.

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 1289628. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.