Coastal Flood — Eastern Putnum, Florida

2025-10-10 to 2025-10-12 · Eastern Putnum, Florida

Event narrative

Moderate tidal flooding impacted Putnam county along the St. Johns River and its tributaries, including Dunn Creek and Deep Creek.

On 10/10 at 7:15 am, the tide gauge at Dunns Creek near Satsuma (DNSF1) reached 2.11 ft MHHW at high tide. Moderate tidal flooding begins at 2 ft at this location. Major flooding begins at 3 ft MHHW at this location.

At 8:15 am on 10/11, the Dunns Creek gauge reached 2.49 ft MHHW at high tide. At 8:28 am on 10/11, the tide gauge at Buffalo Bluff reached 2.24 ft MHHW (moderate flooding begins at 2 ft MHHW). At 9 pm on 10/11, the Dunns Creek gauge near Satsuma reached 2.62 ft MHHW at high tide. At 9:30 pm on 10/11, the Buffalo Bluff tide station reached 2.37 ft MHHW. On 10/12 at 8:12 am, the Dunns Creek gauge near Satsuma reached 2.29 ft MHHW.

The extended duration of moderate tidal flooding impacted communities including Welaka and Sportsman Harbor Drive where tidal flood water covered numerous roads and surrounded homes near high tides. The Pico Road boat ramp was completely inaccessible during.

Wider weather episode

An extended duration local nor'easter wind event developed October 9th and persisted through the 12th between high pressure wedging down the SE US coast and a sharpening coastal trough axis over the local coastal waters. Gusty winds of 40-51 mph impacted coastal areas, with the strongest winds from 10/9 in the afternoon through 10/10 in the evening along the Duval county coast of 51 mph. Tidal flooding reached moderate levels along the coast, Intracoastal Waterway and inland within the St. Johns River and its tributaries 10/10 through 10/12. This inundation flooded roads and surrounded some vulnerable homes with flood water around high tides. Waves of showers moved onshore with localized flooding rainfall.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1293246. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.