Tropical Storm — Coastal Camden, Georgia

2012-05-27 to 2012-05-28 · Coastal Camden, Georgia

Event narrative

At 8:54 pm on the 27th, the Kings Bay Naval Base reported at wind gust to 58 mph in a rain band. At 10:35 pm, the emergency manager reported that Kings Bay had a gust to 65 mph on a waterfront facility before the wind sensor stopped working. There were also reports of several trees blown down in the area. At 11 pm, the emergency manager reported a vehicle accident due to a tree down in the road at Harriets Bluff Road and Paulk Place. At 12:20 am, the emergency manager reported a tree was blown down on a home on Gary Place in Kingsland. There were no injuries. At 12:30 am, the emergency manager estimated winds near 65 mph in Harrietts Bluff. Pine trees and large branches were blown down int he area. At 2:50 am, the public reported trees and power lines were blown down in Harrietts Bluff. At 7:20 am, a retired NWS Employee reported several large, healthy oak trees were blown down in the Bristol Hammock neighborhood. At 9:04 am, a NWS employee reported numerous large oak tree limbs about 2 to 2.5 inches in diameter were broken off near Borrell Blvd and Riverview Drive. At 12:06 pm on the 28th, the emergency manager reported that the city dock and boat ramp about 5 miles WSW of Dugeness were closed in downtown St. Marys due to significant damage.

The Kings Bay Naval Base lost a $2 million dollar dock. A total of $2.3M in damage from T.S. Beryl was estimated by the base.

Wider weather episode

Tropical Storm Beryl moved onshore on the northeast Florida coast the night of Sunday May 27th...and moved slowly inland across north Florida Monday the 28th and on the 29th began to recurve to the northeast over south Georgia. Tropical storm force winds caused tree and power line damage mainly impacting coast counties late on the 27th and during the early morning hours of the 28th. The strongest winds measured was a 73 mph gust at 10:35 pm on the 27th at Buck Island on the St. Johns River, just west of Mayport. On the 28th and 29th, as Beryl tracked slowly over north Florida and south Georgia, flooding rainfall developed with storm total rainfall amounts of 6 to 15 inches reported across northeast Florida and southeast Georgia.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 388450. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.