Flash Flood, Nassau
- When
- October 6, 8:00 PM EST to October 8, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Nassau County, Fernandina Beach
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.611, -81.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Florida, October 6 to 8, 1996
A strong Nor'easter and Tropical Storm Josephine produced as much as 7 inches of rainfall in 72 hours. Numerous road were closed county-wide.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- 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 and Tropical Storm Josephine produced as much as 7 inches of rainfall in 72 hours. Numerous road were closed county-wide. Thomas Creek Road had more than 300 feet of payment washed away. The heavy rains prompted school officials to close all of the Counties schools on Wednesday, 10/9/96.
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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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: 5573135.