Anomalously high Perigean Spring Tides resulted in significant coastal flooding along the Georgia coast.
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The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
Anomalously high Perigean Spring Tides resulted in significant coastal flooding along the Georgia coast.
7 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The high tide peaked at 10.07 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) at the National Ocean Service (NOS) site on Tybee Island, Georgia.
Law Enforcement reported that Highway 80 running across Wilmington Island and Tybee Island had been closed due to tidal flooding.
A trained weather spotter reported 8 to 10 inches of water covering parts of Shipyard Causeway leading to Burnside Island.
A federal employee reported roads flooded due to anomalously high tides throughout Ossabaw Island, with one dyke completely destroyed.
Broadcast Media reported significant coastal flooding in the Coffee Bluff community due to anomalously high tides. Numerous roads were closed due to the tidal flooding.
The McIntosh county Emergency Manager reported parts of landing road flooded due to anomalously high tides.
A Federal employee reported that roads were flodded throughout Sapelo Island due to anomalously high tides, with some culverts washed out.
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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: 185111, 185116, 185119, 185125, 185130, 185132, 185136.