Heavy Rain, Duval
- When
- October 5, 11:00 PM EST to October 6, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Duval County, 0.6 mi W of Jacksonville Beach
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -81.390
A public weather station measured 2.98 inches of rain since midnight.
Heavy Rain in Florida, October 5 to 6, 2020
A weak low pressure formed along a coastal trough offshore. Convergence around this low under high atmospheric moisture produced locally heavy rainfall along portions of coastal counties.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 4
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 weak low pressure formed along a coastal trough offshore. Convergence around this low under high atmospheric moisture produced locally heavy rainfall along portions of coastal counties.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, St. Johns
- When
- October 5, 11:00 PM EST to October 6, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- St. Johns County, 1.38 mi WSW of Palm Vly
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 30.170, -81.400
A public weather station measured 4.06 inches of rain since midnight. Other nearby stations measured just over 4 inches as well.
Heavy Rain, St. Johns
- When
- October 5, 11:00 PM EST to October 6, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- St. Johns County, 1.19 mi W of Ponte Vedra
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -81.390
A public weather station measured 3.46 inches of rain since midnight.
Heavy Rain, Duval
- When
- October 5, 11:00 PM EST to October 6, 4:12 AM EST
- Where
- Duval County, 1.38 mi WSW of Isle of Palms South
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 30.260, -81.450
The mesonet site FW3614 measured 3.05 inches since midnight.
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
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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: 923927, 923928, 923929, 923930.