Coastal Flood — Coastal Flagler, Florida

2025-10-09 to 2025-10-12 · Coastal Flagler, Florida

Event narrative

This event produced Moderate level tidal flooding which impacted numerous roads, especially in Flagler Beach due to tidal flooding along the Matanzas River/ICW. On 10/10 around 3 pm, the tide gauge at Bings Landing (BINF1) reached 2.52 ft MHHW. Moderate flooding begins at 2.3 ft at this location. Around this time, county emergency management reported numerous docks along canals in Palm Coast were under water and waves were over-topping sea walls in Palm Coast. At 6 pm on 10/10, county emergency management shared photos of tidal flooding of several inches around the 1100 and 1200 blocks of South Flagler Ave in Flagler Beach. The time of this flooding was approximated. On 10/11 at 4:06 pm, the Bing Landing gauge peaked at 2.9 ft MHHW during high tide. The Pellicer Creek gauge near Espanola peaked at 1.84 ft MHHW at 4:15 pm at high tide. Moderate tidal flooding impacts begin at 1.8 ft MHHW at this location.

At 630 am on 10/11, the gauge at Bulow Plantation on the Matanzas River (BUPF1) reached 2.05 ft MHHW at high tide. Moderate tidal flooding begins at 2 ft MHHW at this location. Large waves caused parts of the Flagler Beach Pier to break off while under construction and severe beach erosion. At 3:35 pm on 10/11, a spotter reported tidal flooding overtopped the sea walls and some docks near Collingdale Court in Palm Coast. At 3:55 pm, county emergency management shared a photo of tidal flooding across roads near the intersection of South 23rd St and South Flagler Avenue. This is a known location that experiences several feet of tidal water across streets during Moderate tidal flood events. Several homes had tidal flooding encroach up their driveways in this area. On 10/11 at 9:12 pm, the Bulow Plantation gauge reached 2.12 ft MHHW. On 10/12 at 7:30 am, the gauge peaked at 2.11 ft MHHW at high tide. Both tides were in the Moderate tidal flood category at this location. Flagler county emergency management shared more photos of tidal flooding across roads near the intersection of South 23rd St and South Flagler Avenue on 10/12. At 9:24 pm on 10/12, the Bulow Plantation reached 2.05 ft MHHW at high tide.

Coastal wind gusts peaked 10/9 to 10/10 in the 40-45 mph, with the WeatherStem station at Marineland reaching 42 mph at 1:40 pm on 10/9.

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 1293575. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.