Eastern Putnum storm history

Major river flooding of the St Johns River and its tributaries occurred due to trapped tides, strong tropical storm force winds and storm surge. Minor river flooding began on Wednesday 9/28 and as strong ENE winds increased around Ian into Thursday, the river rose into moderate f…

Moderate tidal flooding impacted Putnam county along the St. Johns River and its tributaries, including Dunn Creek and Deep Creek. On 10/10 at 7:15 am, the tide gauge at Dunns Creek near Satsuma (DNSF1) reached 2.11 ft MHHW at high tide. Moderate tidal flooding begins at 2 ft at …

At 5 pm on 10/1, Putnam County EM reported tidal flooding affected multiple streets in the Welaka area. Nearby, the St. Johns River at Buffalo Bluff gauge measured a high tide of 1.53 ft MHHW in minor flood stage at 1230 PM. On 10/2 at 11:54 am, the county EM shared photos of min…

First Coast News reports that the Perchman Wildfire, located along State Road 19 and Forest Road 74 in southern Putnam County to the northwest of Lake George that was initially started by a lightning strike, grew to 800 acres on Thursday afternoon.

Major to minor damage was reported across the county, both from wind damage as well as river and rainfall flooding. Many homes had significant wind damage to roofs, fences, and carports. Extensive flooding of streets and homes occurred for areas along the St. Johns River and its …

Over 15,000 customers were without power during the peak outage and 14,000 (about 34% of the county) were without power after the storm passed early Friday Morning, the 27th. There is damage to a city dock south of the Memorial Bridge in Palatka. Dozens of homes were flooded alon…

Widespread downed trees and powerlines were reported across the county. A tree fell on a home and caused unknown damage. A road was reported to be washed out. 4.56 inches of rainfall was measured by a CoCoRaHS observer in Hollister during Debby. The AWOS site at Palatka Airport (…

Strong gradient winds with gusts of 45-55 mph were reported across NE FL in the afternoon trailing a departing surface low. Multiple trees and power lines were blown down across the county. The cost of damage was unknown and estimated for Storm Data.

Major river flooding occurred along the St. Johns River basin with numerous homes and structure flooded in Stephens Point and Welaka. Gusty tropical storm force winds across the county caused sporadic tree damage. On Wednesday Nov 9th around 6 pm, moderate tidal flooding was repo…

At 6:30 pm on Friday November 5th, the tide gauge at Dunns Creek near Satsuma (DNSF1) reached a peak water level of 1.72 ft MHHW datum. Minor tidal flooding for this location begins at 1.50 ft MHHW. On Saturday, November 6th around 7 am, the gauge reached 2.21 ft MHHW. Moderate t…