Coastal Flood — Coastal Camden, Georgia

2021-11-05 to 2021-11-07 · Coastal Camden, Georgia

Event narrative

On Friday, November 5th, around 10:15 am, the Cumberland Island tide gauge at Sea Camp Dock (CSAG1) reached a peak water level of 2.33 ft MHHW. Moderate tidal flooding impact begin around 2.20 ft MHHW for this location. On Sunday, November 7th, around 11:30 am, the gauge reached a peak water level for this event of 2.61 ft MHHW. This was the 3rd highest water level recorded at this location on record and the highest since Hurricane Irma in 2017.

Wider weather episode

An area of low pressure developed across the southern Gulf of Mexico on Friday Nov. 5th and tracked eastward across north-central Florida Friday night, deepening offshore of the local NE FL Atlantic coast on Saturday Nov. 6th as strong surface high pressure wedged southward north of the region. This created a rare, true Nor'Easter event for the local area which including coastal and moderate tidal flooding with inundation of 2-3 ft at high tides and damaging wind gusts for coastal and marine areas. Moderate to major coastal erosion occurred. For coastal SE Georgia, the strongest winds occurred during the early morning hours of Saturday, November 6th, with gusts of 40-50 mph.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 991485. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.