Tropical Storm — Inland Duval, Florida

2016-09-01 to 2016-09-03 · Inland Duval, Florida

Event narrative

At 3:16 am on Sept. 2nd, the ASOS at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station measured at wind gust to 45 mph. At 3:43 am, a tree was blown down and power lines were down along Hammond Blvd. At 3:47 am, a tree was reported down and blocked the road at Faith Memorial Drive and Ramona Blvd. At 4 am, a large tree was reported blown down near the intersection of US Highway 90 and US Highway 301 north. At 4:06 am, the NOS station at the Buckman Bridge reported a southerly wind gust of 51 mph. At 4:35 am, a tree was reported blown down at the intersection of Roosevelt Blvd and Long Bow Road. At 4:45 am, the ASOS at NAS Jacksonville measured a wind gust of 52 mph from the south. At 4:57 am, a tree was reported blown down along Boone Park Avenue. At 5:06 am, a tree was blown down across the east bound lanes of Beaver Street west of Chaffee Road. At 7 am, the ASOS at Jacksonville International Airport measured a wind gust of 45 mph. At 11:34 am, the ASOS at the Jacksonville International Airport measured a wind gust to 51 mph. Peak wind gusts included 51 mph at 11:34 at the JAX International Airport on Sept. 2nd; 52 mph on Sept. 2nd at 4:45 am at NAS Jacksonville; 40 mph at 5:50 am at Cecil Field on Sept. 2nd; and 52 mph at 4:06 am on Sept. 2nd at the I-295 Buckman Bridge NOAA Ports sensor. The Jacksonville International Airport measured a storm total rainfall of 2.02 inches. Storm surge values included 2.07 ft (1.29 ft tide) along the Southbank of the St. Johns River and 1.40 ft (1.15 ft tide) at the I-295 Buckman Bridge.

Wider weather episode

Hurricane Hermine impacted northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia during the afternoon of Sept. 1st through Sept. 2nd as the storm tracked inland near Cedar Key Florida as a Category 1 hurricane Thursday night, then tracked northward across SE Georgia through early Friday morning. The left front quadrant of the storm impacted the local area as well as widespread rainfall with wind gusts generally around 35-55 mph in squalls. Storm total rainfall (1200 UTC Sep. 1st through 1200 UTC Sep. 3rd) was 4-6 inches across the Suwannee River Valley to 1-3 inches toward the Atlantic coast. Storm surge values were 0.5 ft to 2 ft along the coast and within the St. Johns River basin. For county specific impacts, please read county specifics in the Storm Data report.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 658082. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.