Winter Storm, St. Johns
- When
- March 10, 8:00 AM EST to March 11, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- St. Johns forecast zone
- Property damage
- $200,000
Winter Storm in Florida, March 10 to 11, 1996
A strong Nor'easter with winds of 50 to 60 mph caused damage at St. Augustine - Bridge of the Lions over the Matanzas River was closed for a few hours as winds gusted to 56 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
A strong Nor'easter with winds of 50 to 60 mph caused damage at St. Augustine - Bridge of the Lions over the Matanzas River was closed for a few hours as winds gusted to 56 mph. St. Augustine Beach - About half of the beach renourishment project south of City Hall was wiped out.
Event by event
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Florida, March 10 to 11, 1996
- Winter Storm in Florida, March 10 to 11, 1996
- Winter Storm in Florida, March 10 to 11, 1996
- High Wind in Florida, March 10 to 12, 1996
- Cold in West Virginia, March 10, 1996
- Cold in Ohio, March 10, 1996
- Cold in Kentucky, March 10, 1996
- Cold in Virginia, March 10, 1996
- High Wind in Florida, March 10 to 12, 1996
- High Wind in Florida, March 10 to 12, 1996
More
Every storm in Florida in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, March 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5545307.