Georgia, 2015

Coastal Flood in Georgia, November 25 to 26, 2015

November 25 to 26, 2015 · NWS CHS · 2 events in 1 county or zone

The combination of an elevated astronomical high tide due to a new moon cycle, and strong northeast winds from high pressure centered over New England helped to produce shallow coastal flooding along Highway 80 between Savannah and Tybee Island.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 CHS wrote it up.

The combination of an elevated astronomical high tide due to a new moon cycle, and strong northeast winds from high pressure centered over New England helped to produce shallow coastal flooding along Highway 80 between Savannah and Tybee Island.

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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 25, 6:23 AM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 25, 6:23 AM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Event by event

2 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Coastal Flood, Coastal Chatham

When
November 25, 7:40 AM EST to 8:40 AM EST
Where
Coastal Chatham forecast zone
Reported by
Law Enforcement

The Tybee Island Police Department reported that Highway 80 was closed from Bull Island to Tybee Island due to flooding. The morning high tide peaked at 9.49 feet Mean Lower Low Water at Fort Pulaski.

Coastal Flood, Coastal Chatham

When
November 26, 9:15 AM EST to 10:15 AM EST
Where
Coastal Chatham forecast zone
Reported by
Law Enforcement

The Tybee Island Police Department reported that the eastbound lane of Highway 80 was closed from the Bull River to Tybee Island due to flooding. The morning high tide peaked at 9.49 feet Mean Lower Low Water at Fort Pulaski.

What these are

Coastal Flood
Flooding of coastal land by the sea, from storm surge, onshore wind or high tides.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Georgia in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, November 2015

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: 609559, 609560.