Tropical Storm — Coastal Glynn, Georgia

2016-09-01 to 2016-09-03 · Coastal Glynn, Georgia

Event narrative

Up to five vessels were sunk at Morning Star Marina. Peak wind gusts included 56 mph at the St. Simons/Malcom McKinnon Airport on Sept. 2nd at 12:42 pm and 51 mph at 10:55 am at the Brunswick Glynco Airport. The wind sensor on Jekyll Island measured a wind gust to 61 mph on the 2nd at 6:05 am. The Sterling RAWs measured a peak wind gust of 43 mph on the 2nd at 7:04 am. Storm total rainfall measured at the Malcom McKinnon Airport was 1.63 inches. At 3:31 am on Sept 2nd, a 40 mph wind gust was measured at the ASOS at Malcom McKinnon Airport on St. Simons Island. At 4:05 am, the WeatherFlow Mesonet site on Jekyll Island measured at wind gust to 54 mph with sustained winds of 40 mph. At 4:09 am, the ASOS at Maclom McKinnon airfield measured a wind gust of 51 mph and again at 5:42 am. The WeatherFlow sensor at Jekyll Island measured a wind gust of 61 mph with sustained speeds of 42 mph at 6:05 am. At 6:10 am the same site measured a gust of 56 mph. At 10:55 am, the AWOS at the Brunswick Golden Isles Airport measured a wind gust of 51 mph. At 11:53 am, the ASOS at the Malcom McKinnon Airport measured a sustained wind of 41 mph with a gust to 53 mph. At 12:42 am, the same site measured a gust to 56 mph.

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 658099. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.