Heavy Rain, St. Johns
- When
- October 19, 4:11 PM EST to 4:31 PM EST
- Where
- St. Johns County, 0.91 mi NE of Dupont Centre
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 29.760, -81.310
The public measured 1.75 inches in 20 minutes in St. Augustine Shores.
Heavy Rain in Florida, October 19, 2013
A lingering frontal boundary combined with moist upper level SW flow and passing upper level energy spawned locally heavy rainfall.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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.
A lingering frontal boundary combined with moist upper level SW flow and passing upper level energy spawned locally heavy rainfall.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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.
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 475172.