Coastal Flood in Coastal Nassau, Florida

Coastal Flood October 17, 2020 – October 19, 2020 · Coastal Nassau, Florida

What the National Weather Service wrote

The peak high tide was 2.05 MHHW datum at the Fernandina Beach NOS tide gauge. This was within the minor tidal flooding stage for the site which begins at 2 ft MHHW. On 10/18, the peak tide was 2.3 ft MHHW. On 10/19 at 1154 am, the high tide reached 2.26 ft MHHW.

The wider storm

Strong surface high pressure persisted NE of the local area with a strong surge of NE flow across the local waters through Oct 17th through the 19th. The strong onshore flow combined with seasonally high King tides produced tidal flooding over the course of 3 days, with the peak of the event Monday Oct 19th. Widespread Minor tidal flooding impacted the Atlantic coast and locations within the St. Johns River basin with a few locations peaking at Moderate tidal flooding along the Atlantic coast.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 923932. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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