Coastal Flood — Coastal St. Johns, Florida

2019-11-17 · Coastal St. Johns, Florida

Event narrative

The public reported minor inundation at the intersection of State Road 16 and Lewis Speedway along the San Sebastian River during high tide.

Wider weather episode

Minor to moderate coastal flooding occurred due to the combined of seasonally high King Tides and strong onshore flow around a local Nor'Easter that was offshore of the SE Atlantic coast. A high risk of rip currents with a high surf for the NE FL coast was in effect with breakers of up to 7 feet mainly from St. Augustine southward.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 859220. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.