Florida, 2005Heavy Rain in Florida, October 4 to 5, 2005
October 4 to 5, 2005 · NWS JAX · 5 events in 5 counties and zones
5 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 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 Oct 3, 1:28 PM EST, 10 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 1:28 PM EST, 10 hours 32 minutes before
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</html>Heavy Rain, Duval
- When
- October 4, 12:00 AM EST to October 5, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Duval County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 30.335, -81.648 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall from strong gradient northeast flow. Observation sites, COOP Observers and Storm Spotters report 2 to 4 inches of rainfall during this period across portions of northeast Florida.
Heavy Rain, Flagler
- When
- October 4, 12:00 AM EST to October 5, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Flagler County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 29.471, -81.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall from strong gradient northeast flow. Observation sites, COOP Observers and Storm Spotters report 2 to 4 inches of rainfall during this period across portions of northeast Florida. Flagler County EMA reported 1.27 to 2.65 inches of rain from storm spotters from the 2nd through the 5th.
Heavy Rain, Nassau
- When
- October 4, 12:00 AM EST to October 5, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Nassau County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 30.611, -81.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall from strong gradient northeast flow. Observation sites, COOP Observers and Storm Spotters report 2 to 4 inches of rainfall during this period across portions of northeast Florida.
Heavy Rain, St. Johns
- When
- October 4, 12:00 AM EST to October 5, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- St. Johns County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 29.912, -81.410 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall from strong gradient northeast flow. Observation sites, COOP Observers and Storm Spotters report 2 to 4 inches of rainfall during this period across portions of northeast Florida.
Heavy Rain, Clay
- When
- October 4, 12:00 AM EST to October 5, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Clay County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 29.983, -81.858 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall from strong gradient northeast flow. Observation sites, COOP Observers and Storm Spotters report 2 to 4 inches of rainfall during this period across portions of northeast Florida. Fernandina Beach reported 3.31 inches of rain, Hastings, Nassau County reported 1.06 inches.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Blizzard in North Dakota, October 4 to 5, 2005$1.0 million · 12 events
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, October 4 to 5, 2005$550,000 · 5 events
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, October 4 to 5, 2005$500,000 · 6 events
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, October 4, 2005$345,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strikes in Wisconsin, October 4, 2005$225,000 · 8 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Michigan, October 4 to 5, 2005$140,000 · 50 kt wind · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, October 4, 2005$97,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, October 4, 20052 injured · 1.75 in hail · 28 events
- Blizzard in Montana, October 4 to 5, 2005$50,000 · 4 events
- Flood in Wisconsin, October 4, 2005$50,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Colorado, October 4, 2005$1,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Flooding in Wisconsin, October 4 to 6, 20051 injured · 2 events
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5476172, 5476173, 5476174, 5476175, 5476176.