Waves of heavy rainfall moving inland within convergent bands caused flooding in some areas of NE Florida.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
Waves of heavy rainfall moving inland within convergent bands caused flooding in some areas of NE Florida.
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 Sep 24, 7:36 AM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
836 AM EDT THU SEP 24 2015
...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...
.UPDATE...
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS MOVING NORTH ALONG THE OUTER NE FL/SE GA
COASTAL WATERS...WITH BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SE GA COAST. FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS COASTAL
NE FL...BANDING IS BECOMING M0RE BROKEN AND LIGHTER IN INTENSITY.
THE 00Z/06Z NAM SEEMS TO BE HANDLING THE POSITION AND MOVEMENT OF
THE LOW THE BEST...ALTHOUGH EVEN THE NAM SEEMS TO BE BENDING THE
LOW TOO FAR TO THE WEST EARLY THIS MORNING. PRECIP COVERAGE WILL
SLOWLY DECREASE ALONG THE SE GA COAST...WITH NUMEROUS/WIDESPREAD
POPS THIS MORNING BECOMING MORE SCATTERED THIS AFTN. FURTHER
SOUTH...ENOUGH BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER AND RESULTANT SURFACE HEATING
COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED SHWRS/ISOLATED TSTMS DEVELOPING THIS
AFTN AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW REMAINS JUST TO THE WEST OF THE AREA.
BREEZY/LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ALONG
THE FAR NE FL AND SE GA COASTS AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE
SLOW TO LOOSEN INTO THIS AFTN. HIGHS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID
TO UPPER 70S FOR SE GA...WITH 80 TO 85 FOR MOST OF NE FL.
&&
.AVIATION...
MVFR WILL PREVAIL FOR ALL SITES EXCEPT GNV FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS...WITH AREAS OF IFR IN/NEAR THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. GNV WILL
EXPERIENCE AREAS OF MVFR. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY NEAR
THE COAST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE BACKING TO THE
NORTHWEST AND BECOMING MUCH LESS GUSTY BY LATE AFTERNOON.
&&
.MARINE...
WITH LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTH ACROSS THE GA WATERS MID MORNING
CONDITIONS ARE BEGINNING TO IMPROVE ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF SAINT
AUGUSTINE...WITH SEAS THERE FALLING BELOW 7 FEET. THUS...WILL
CANCEL THE SCA SOUTH OF ST AUG...USING CAUTION FOR THE REST OF
TODAY. FURTHER NORTH...CONDITIONS ARE NEARING THEIR WORST AT
BUOY 41008...WITH GUSTS TO OVER 30 KT...THUS WILL RETAIN THE
SCA THROUGH THIS AFTN.
RIP CURRENTS: HIGH RISK TODAY WITH SURF IN THE 4-6 FT RANGE.
MODERATE RISK EXPECTED ON FRIDAY.
COASTAL IMPACTS: TIDAL DEPARTURES HAVE BEEN RUNNING 1-1.5 FEET
ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS. WITH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES FOR THIS
MORNING A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE HIGH TIDES LAST EVENING...WATER
LEVELS SHOULD REMAIN JUST BELOW MINOR COASTAL FLOOD CRITERIA.
WILL MONITOR TIDAL DEPARTURES FOR THIS EVENINGS HIGH TIDE CYCLE
AS IF TIDAL DEPARTURES RUN ABOUT 1.5 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED
LEVELS...THEN SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND A
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 76 66 84 69 / 40 40 30 20
SSI 77 69 82 72 / 70 30 30 30
JAX 80 68 85 70 / 40 20 30 30
SGJ 81 71 82 74 / 50 30 50 30
GNV 83 67 86 70 / 30 20 50 20
OCF 86 69 88 70 / 30 20 50 20
&&
.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR COASTAL
DUVAL-COASTAL NASSAU-FLAGLER-ST. JOHNS.
GA...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR COASTAL
CAMDEN-COASTAL GLYNN.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR COASTAL
WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL
OUT 20 NM-WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH
FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST.
AUGUSTINE FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM.
&&
ALLEN/COMBSHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 524 AM EDT THU SEP 24 2015 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-250930- COASTAL WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-INLAND NASSAU-INLAND DUVAL-UNION- BRADFORD-CLAY-ST. JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION- COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COFFEE-JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING- WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY-INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN- ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 524 AM EDT THU SEP 24 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY DUE TO PERSISTENT ONSHORE WINDS AND ROUGH SURF. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE HIGH TIDES THIS EVENING COULD REACH LEVELS THAT WOULD PRODUCE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. JDS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 coastal flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor tidal flooding caused water to intrude Beverly Beach Surfside Estates mobile home park and washed over part of the road.
The combination of elevated water levels and recent heavy rainfall cause street flooding along the waterfront of historic St. Augustine.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, September 2015
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: 599096, 599095.