Marine High Wind — Fernandina Beach To St Augustine Fl 20 To 60nm, Atlantic South

2012-05-27 · near Buoy 41012, Fernandina Beach To St Augustine Fl 20 To 60nm, Atlantic South

Event narrative

The St. Augustine Buoy 41012 about 43 NM east of St. Augustine Florida first measured tropical storm force wind gusts at 11:16 am on the 27th with a gust of 52 mph. At 1:08 pm, the buoy measured wind gusts of 56 mph with sustained speeds of 37 mph. At 3:41 pm, the buoy measured at gust of 59 mph. Maximum sustained winds were 45 mph. At 4:54 pm, the peak gust at the buoy was 67 mph and maximum sustained winds were 51 mph. At 10 pm that evening, the buoy measured at gust to 60 mph on the back side of TS Beryl.

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 388452. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.