Coastal Flood in Coastal Glynn, Georgia

Coastal Flood September 26, 2015 · Coastal Glynn, Georgia

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 8:15 pm on 9/26 the the USGS tide gage at the St. Simons Island Village Pier measured 5.25 ft above NAVD88 datum. This was 0.24 ft above the highest astronomical tide of 3.35 ft NAVD88. At 8:30 pm, the USGS tidal gage on the Brunswick River near the city of Brunswick measured 5.81 ft NAVD88. This was 0.21 ft above the highest astronomical tide of 5.6 ft NAVD88.

The wider storm

A period of persistent and the approach of the full Super Moon of 2015 created higher than normal tides along the local coast with minor flooding impacts around the times of high tides.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 599103. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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