High Surf in Florida, February 6, 2005

Name: High Surf in Florida, February 6, 2005
Start: 2005-02-06T06:00
End: 2005-02-06T06:00
Location: Florida

February 6, 2005 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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.

Severe beach erosion was reported between South 17th and South 19th streets in Flagler Beach. The Florida Departmet of Transportation had to close this portion of A1A to make emergency repairs to rock revetment. Emergency Management described in further detail that this portion of A1A has always been a weak area and is quick to erode during nor'easter events. The rest of the coastline suffered only minor, isolated beach erosion.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 6, 3:42 AM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 3:42 AM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
342 AM EST SUN FEB 6 2005

.SHORT TERM...STRONG SURFACE RIDGE CONTINUES ALONG THE U.S. EAST
COAST WITH INVERTED TROF LOCATED IN THE COASTAL WATERS. STRATO-CU
DECK CONTINUES OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...SPREADING ONSHORE FROM
SOUTHERN DUVAL COUNTY SOUTHWARD...WITH INLAND CLOUDS MAINLY SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE TO GAINESVILLE IN ALACHUA COUNTY.

CLOUDS SHOULD HOLD ACROSS THIS AREA TODAY AS WEAK COASTAL TROF
HOLDS...WITH PERSISTENT CONVERGING FLOW IN THE COASTAL WATERS
SPREADING STRATO-CU DECK ONSHORE. ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL THEN CARRY
CLOUDS FARTHER INLAND. FLY-IN-THE OINTMENT FOR TODAY WILL BE DEEP
COLUMN OF DRY AIR ABOVE 4 KFT. IF SUFFICIENT SURFACE HEATING/BREAKS
IN THE CLOUDS IS REALIZED...DRIER AIR WILL MIX DOWN. THIS WOULD LEAD
TO FEWER CLOUDS. WILL MENTION MOSTLY CLOUDY WORDING OR INCREASING
CLOUD WORDING FOR COASTAL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AS WELL AS
CLAY...PUTNAM...AND MARION COUNTIES. PARTLY CLOUDY WORDING SHOULD
SUFFICE FOR REMAINING INLAND NORTHEAST FLORIDA COUNTIES. MOSTLY SUNNY
SKIES SHOULD PREVAIL FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...WITH SCATTERED
CLOUDS DEVELOPING IN COASTAL SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. MOISTURE
REMAINS ANEMIC TO MENTION SHOWER ACTIVITY. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY
WILL RANGE FROM LOWER 70S INTERIOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA TO UPPER 50S
ALONG THE COAST.

DRY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AS MEAN LAYER RIDGE
TRAVERSES THE AREA. CLOUDS LIKELY WILL HOLD ACROSS THE SAME AREA
TONIGHT (SUNDAY NIGHT) AS COASTAL TROF AND ISENTROPIC PROCESS
LINGER. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO PREVAIL AREAWIDE AFTER TONIGHT.

LATEST REPORTS FROM NOS SITES INDICATE TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2
FEET ABOVE NORMAL. NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE IS AROUND 6 AM. CONCERNS OF
MINOR COASTAL FLOODING/BEACH EROSION TO CONTINUE ALONG THE NORTH
FLORIDA COAST THROUGH NEXT SEVERAL HIGH TIDE CYCLES...THEREFORE WILL
CONTISPEEDS NEAR
20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS ALONG WITH 10 FT SEAS. SAINT
AUGUSTINE C-MAN (SAUF1) SHOWED NORTH WINDS OF 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS
TO 20 KNOTS. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ALONG THE EAST COAST WILL
SLOWLY WEAKEN INTO NEXT WEEK. THIS COUPLED WITH DEPARTING LOW OVER
THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL TRANSLATE INTO IMPROVING CONDITIONS. WILL
KEEP SCA HEADLINES FOR ALL LEGS...WITH WINDS DECREASING BELOW SCA
CRITERIA ALL LEGS BY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BE SLOWER TO RESPOND...
ESPECIALLY WITH LINGERING SWELLS. THUS...SCA CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 65 45 68 50 / 00 00 00 10
SSI 60 51 64 51 / 00 00 00 10
JAX 65 49 69 50 / 00 00 00 10
SGJ 63 55 68 54 / 10 10 00 00
GNV 71 48 73 48 / 10 10 00 10
OCF 72 49 74 49 / 10 10 00 00
&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.FL...SCA FERNANDINA BEACH TO FLAGLER BEACH OUT 60NM.
      HIGH SURF ADVISORY ST JOHNS AND AND FLAGLER COUNTIES.
.GA...SCA ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH OUT 60NM.
&&

ECZ/JD

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 11:58 AM EST, 18 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
NOON EST SAT FEB 5 2005

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-061100-
ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY-
CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE-
COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)-
GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM-
ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE-
NOON EST SAT FEB 5 2005

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR ST. JOHNS AND FLAGLER COUNTIES...

...MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...

THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SWELLS AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
CREATE HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE ST. JOHNS AND FLAGLER COUNTY
COASTS. MINOR BEACH EROSION AND COASTAL FLOODING WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. PLEASE REFER TO THE HIGH
SURF ADVISORY FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

PERSISTENT NORTHEAST SWELLS WILL CREATE AN ABOVE NORMAL RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. PLEASE REFER TO THE SURF ZONE FORECAST
FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

NORTHEAST SWELLS WILL MAINTAIN AN ABOVE NORMAL RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
AT AREA BEACHES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.

The radar

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Event by event

1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.

High Surf, Flagler

When: February 6, 6:00 AM EST
Where: Flagler forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 29.471, -81.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

High Surf: Large waves breaking on the shore that caused damage, erosion or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, February 2005

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: 5433989.