Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Florida, August 30, 2023

Tropical cyclone winds impacted the county on 8/30. At 1000 on 8/30, a mesonet station in Asbury Lake|measured a wind gust of 46 mph. At 1219, a public weather station at Lake Asbury Junior High measured a|wind gust of 46 mph. A large oak tree was blown down at the entrance of Hibernia Plantation along Pine|Avenue on Fleming Island.

Tropical cyclone winds impacted the county on 8/30.

Tropical cyclone winds impacted the county on 8/30. Trees and power lines were blown down.|At 0600, a 59-year-old man died when he crashed into a tree near State Road 20 and Southeast 60th Terrace,|in Gainesville due to heavy rainfall. At 0710, a spotter reported a large tree and power lines were blown|down about 3 miles NNE of Newberry. At 0720, the ASOS KGNV at the Gainesville Regional Airport measured|a 40 mph wind gust. At 0750, a mesonet station about 3 miles SE of the University of Florida measured a|wind gust of 45 mph at the Sweetwater Wetlands Park. At 0830, a mesonet site about 1 mile NE of the|University of Florida measured a wind gust of 51 mph. More than 30 downed trees and power outages were|reported.

Tropical cyclone winds impacted the county on 8/30. At 1030, a mesonet station in Glen St. Mary measured a wind gust of 53 mph. At 1050 and 1140, a mesonet site near Olustee measured a wind gust of 41 mph. Floodwaters filled the ditches and caused some street flooding along Mud Lake Road.

Tropical cyclone winds impacted the county on 8/30.|At 0855, the AWOS K42J at the Keystone Heights Airport Larkin Field measured a gust of 40 mph. At 1010, a|mesonet site about 1 mile NNE of Starke measured a wind gust of 40 mph. At 1055, the K42J AWOS|measured a wind gust of 43 mph, then the site measured a wind gust of 44 mph at 1255.

Tropical cyclone winds heavily impacted the county with widespread tree, power lines and structural|damage, especially across the western tier of the county on 8/30. Numerous large, healthy live oak trees|were blown down unidirectionally near the Solar Farm City along Interstate 10 just west of the I-75 and I-10|interchange. The damage extended along I-10 for about mile, but tree damage did not block the|interstate.|At 0750, a mesonet station about 1 mile ESE of Lake City measured a wind gust of 41 mph. At 0755 am, the|Lake City Airport AWOS (KLCQ) measured a wind gust of 45 mph. At 0835 am, the AWOS KLCQ measured a|wind gust of 46 mph. At 0915, the AWOS KLCQ measured a wind gust of 47 mph. At 0959, a mesonet station|at the Suwannee Forestry Center measured a wind gust of 40 mph. At 1035, the AWOS at KLCQ measured a|wind gust of 51 mph. At 1059, the same mesonet station measured a wind gust of 46 mph. At 1330,|broadcast media shared a photo of a large tree blown down onto power lines across Colburn Avenue in Lake|City. A rotten oak tree snapped at the base of the trunk and fell onto a house near Brown St causing roof damage.

Tropical cyclone winds impacted the county on 8/30. Strong gusts of 40-60 mph were reported across the|county, with wind stress on the St. Johns River causing wave damage to the concrete railing at Memorial|Park on the St. Johns River in the Riverside area of Jacksonville. An abandoned building collapsed due to|wind stress at the intersection of 1st and Walnut Streets in downtown Jacksonville. At the time of the|collapse, wind gusts of 50-60 mph were reported across the county.|At 0500, the broadcast media reported a tree blown down on a home in Baldwin. At 0600, a mesonet site in|Jacksonville Beach measured a wind gust of 40 mph, then at 0640 the site had a gust of 44 mph. At 0650, a mesonet site at the JFRD Fire Station #40 near Mayport measured a gust of 45 mph. At 0652, the AWOS at|Mayport Naval Station (KNRB) measured a wind gust of 45 mph. The mesonet site at Neptune Beach|measured a gust of 43 mph at 0700. At 0707, a mesonet site at Huguenot Park had a gust of 43 mph. At|0720, the mesonet site at Jacksonville Beach had a gust of 49 mph. At 0727, the AWOS KNBB had a gust of|46 mph. At 0735, the AWOS at NAS Jacksonville KNIP had a gust of 44 mph. At 0737, the mesonet site at|Huguenot Park had a gust of 44 mph. At 0754, the mesonet site near Fort Caroline had a gust of 42 mph|(Buck Island). At 0822, the ASOS at Craig Executive Airport (KCRG) had a gust of 41 mph. At 0852, the AWOS|KNRB had a gust of 48 mph. At 0950, the mesonet site at JFRD Fire Station 40 had a gust of 61 mph. At 0950,|the mesonet site near Everbank Field had a gust of 40 mph. At 0952, the AWOS KNRB had a gust of 52 mph.|At 1007, the mesonet site at Huguenot Park had a gust of 55 mph, then at 1007 the site had a gust of 52|mph. At 1052, the AWOS KNRB had a 60 mph wind gust. At 1030, the mesonet site at Jacksonville Beach had|a gust of 54 mph. At 1030, the mesonet site near downtown Jacksonville had a gust of 41 mph at the WJCT|building. At 1042, the Huguenot Park mesonet had a gust of 50 mph. At 1050, the JFRD Fire Station 40 had a|gust of 62 mph. At 1053, KNIP on the St. Johns River had a gust of 55 mph. At 1057, the Huguenot Park|mesonet had a gust of 52 mph. At 1100, the mesonet at WJCT in Jacksonville had a gust of 48 mph. At 1125,|the mesonet site at the Terminal Channel had a gust of 40 mph. At 1125, the ASOS KCRG had a gust of 53|mph. At 1145, the ASOS KJAX at the Jacksonville International Airport measured a gust of 52 mph, and at|1148, a mesonet site near Fort Caroline had a wind gust of 40 mph. At 1150, the AWOS KVQQ at Cecil Field|on the Jacksonville Westside had a gust of 45 mph. At 1200, the mesonet site near Fort Caroline had a gust|of 46 mph. At 1234, the ASOS KJAX had a sustained wind of 39 mph with a gust of 60 mph. At 1254, the|mesonet site near Fort Caroline had a gust of 54 mph. At 1300, a river gauge site on the Buckman Bridge had|a gust of 40 mph. At 1319, the mesonet site near Fort Caroline Buck Island had a wind gust of 46 mph. At|1418, a mesonet site near Fort Caroline had a gust of 52 mph. At 1425, a 48 mph gust was measured at the|Terminal Channel mesonet site on the St. Johns River, then at 1429 the site had a gust of 50 mph. At 1430,|the mesonet site near Tallyrand had a gust of 41 mph. At 1430, the mesonet site at the Financial Ballpark in|Jacksonville had a gust of 45 mph. At 1430, the Tallyrand mesonet had a gust of 44 mph, then at 1436 the|site had a gust of 46 mph. The Everbank Field mesonet had a gust of 60 mph at 1440. At 1453, the ASOS|KCRG had a gust of 59 mph. At 1515, the public measured a wind gust of 49 mph about 2 miles WNW of Fort|Caroline. The mesonet site Buck Island measured a gust of 48 mph at 1534. At 1540, the mesonet site at|Everbank Field measured a gust of 62 mph. At 1550, the JFRD Station 40 measured a gust of 53 mph. AT|1600, the mesonet site about 2 miles south of Mayport measured a gust of 40 mph. A large tree uprooted.|and fell onto an RV along Sycamore St. A large tree snapped and fell on power lines in Jacksonville. A large|tree snapped along Rachel Creek in the Pecan Park area.

Tropical cyclone winds impacted the county on 8/30.|On 8/29 at 1930, the Hammock Dunes bridge measured a wind gust of 40 mph.|On 8/30 at 0557 the Marineland WeatherStem station measured a gust of 43 mph, then at 0600, the station|had a gust of 45 mph. At 0700, the site had a gust of 43 mph. At 1011, A spotter in Flagler Beach measured a|gust of 41 mph. At 1120, the Marineland Weather Stem measured sustained tropical storm force winds of 39|mph multiple times with a peak gust of 40 mph. At 1130, a mesonet site about 2 miles east of Palm Coast|had a wind gust of 42 mph. Between 1200-1220, spotters in south Flagler Beach along the Intracoastal|Waterway measured gusts between 46-48 mph. Between 1230 to 1300, power lines were blown down in|isolated locations of east Flagler Beach. At 1213, a spotter measured sustained winds of 35 mph with a gust|of 48 mph in north Flagler Beach. Flagler County Fire Rescue responded to a few reports of trees down into|power lines during this time as well, including at 16 Palm Drive about 1 mile NNE of Bunnell. At 1251, the|Marineland mesonet site measured a gust of 44 mph. Between 1300-1400, there were multiple measured|wind gusts greater than 39 mph from Marineland to Flagler Beach. At 1610, the Marineland mesonet site|measured a gust of 49 mph which was the peak measured gust at this location.

Tropical cyclone winds impacted the county on 8/30. At 0730, a mesonet station about 2 miles north of Bell|measured a wind gust of 41 mph. At 0800, the same station measured a wind gust of 53 mph. At 0810, a|mesonet site in Trenton measured a wind gust of 48 mph.

Hamilton County was heavily impacted by Hurricane Idalia in the morning and early afternoon as the eyewall|crossed the western tier of the county. Extensive countywide wind damage occurred. NWS Storm Survey|results estimated peak winds of 80-90 mph with gusts near 100 mph just north of the Suwannee River State|Park in the SW portion of the county where hardwood trees were damaged along SW County Road 143 .|Outbuildings, barns and trees were damaged along State Road 6 West from County Road 141 to I-75. There|was total destruction of buildings along State Road 6 including that of a MBS building that had the concrete|anchors pulled out of the ground suggesting an estimated wind gust of 110 to 115 mph at this location|between NW Poe Trail and SWS County Road 751. A tree fell on a home along 48th Avenue about 2 miles|WNW of West Lake and injured one person inside. Near where the Alapaha and Suwannee Rivers meet in|SW Hamilton county, winds of 70-80 mph with gusts near 100 mph were assessed where quail houses with|about 20,000 quail in each were destroyed.|At 0750 on 8/30, a mesonet station in Suwannee Springs measured a wind gust of 40 mph. At 0830, a|mesonet site 3 miles SSE of Jasper measured a wind gust of 48 mph. At 0850, a mesonet site in Hamilton|Crossroads (SW portions of the county) measured a wind gust of 42 mph. At 0910, the same mesonet site|had a gust of 50 mph, then at 0920 a gust of 53 mph. At 0930, the mesonet site in Suwannee Springs (6 NE)|measured a wind gust of 50 mph. At 0950, the Hamilton Crossroads mesonet site measured a wind gust of|79 mph (this was the highest recorded gust in the county for the event). At 0952, the county emergency|management (EM) team reported a tree was blown down onto a home and trapped residents inside at 303|Bristol Avenue SW in Jasper. At the same time, the EM reported at least one home in Jasper had the roof|blow off. At 1020, a mesonet site 5 miles SW of Belmont had a wind gust of 57 mph. At 1100, the Hamilton|County EM office measured a wind gust of 53 mph. At 1240, a mesonet site at the Boys Ranch measured a|wind gust of 40 mph.

Tropical cyclone winds impacted the county on 8/30. At 0725, a mesonet station about 5 miles SW of the|Ocala Airport measured a wind gust of 42 mph.

Tropical cyclone winds impacted the county on 8/30.|At 0855, the AWOS station at Fernandina Beach (KFHB) measured a wind gust of 41 mph. At 1024, the buoy|at Fernandina Beach FDRF1 measured a wind gust of 40 mph. At 1142, a mesonet site about 3 miles NE of|Yulee measured a wind gust of 43 mph. At 1306, the buoy FRDF1 measured a wind gust of 47 mph. At 1435,|the AWOS KFHB measured a 53 mph wind gust. At 1446, a mesonet station about 3 miles NE of Yulee|measured a wind gust of 49 mph. At 1841, the public shared an image of a large tree snapped at the Pirate|Park Baseball fields in Fernandina Beach on Hickory Street near South 15th Street.

Tropical cyclone winds impacted the county on 8/30. FPL reported a large tree fell on power lines near St.|Augustine.|A mesonet site in Summerhouse measured a wind gust of 42 mph on 8/30 at 0644. At 0700, a mesonet site|in the City of Saint Augustine measured a wind gust of 41 mph. At 0730, the same mesonet site measured a|wind gust of 42 mph. At 0800, the C-Man station at St. Augustine Beach (SAUF1) measured a wind gust of 44|mph. At 0828, a mesonet site Lewis measured a wind gust of 41 (about 2 miles NW of the City of St.|Augustine). The C-man station SAUF1 measured a wind gust of 46 mph at 0900. At 0942, the St. Augustine|Regional Airport AWOS (KSGJ) measured a gust of 40 mph. At 1010, a mesonet site at the St. Johns County|Fire Rescue station about 1 mile ENE of Hastings measured a wind gust of 41 mph. At 1106, the AWOS KSGJ|measured a wind gust of 41 mph. At 1140, the City of St Augustine mesonet site measured a gust of 46 mph.|At 1210, the same site measured a gust of 47 mph. At 1507, the AWOS KSGJ measured a gust of 43 mph. At|1550, the St. Johns County Fire Rescue station about 2 miles SSE of South Ponte Vedra Beach measured a|wind gust of 45 mph.

Suwannee was one of the most heavily impacted counties as the eyewall of Idalia crossed over during the|morning hours of 8/30. Extensive tree and structure damage was observed county-wide, especially west of|State Road 51 toward the Suwannee River. A rare Extreme Wind Warning product was issued by the NWS|Jacksonville as the eyewall of Major Hurricane strength moved across the county during the morning.|There were barns, carports and other out-buildings destroyed with major roof loss and damage along 221st|Road and along 148th Street. Peak winds in this area were estimated at 75-90 mph with gusts to near 100|mph. Additional damage occurred just west of the Suwannee River along 233rd Road and 225th Road where|trees and structures were damaged. One large, newly constructed farm building was completely destroyed|along 225th Road just south of 136th Street where peak winds were estimated between 75 to 90 sustained|with gusts possibly to 110 mph. Likely the loss of this structure was due to the large door being blown in and|allowing winds to damage supports inside the structure. Dowling Park suffered some of the worst damage|where peak sustained winds were estimated between 80-90 mph with gusts to 100 mph. There were a|couple of locations with damage caused by 75-80 mph winds with gusts near 90 mph based on structural|assessment along and near County Road 252. Five to six wood utility poles along Highway 250 snapped near|the ground suggest peak gusts in a very small area may have reached to 110 mph close to the Suwannee|River. Roofs were heavily damaged and lifted with loss of roofing material and there was loss of HVAC roof|equipment. Widespread tree damage and power line was observed. Numerous pine trees were snapped|and travel trailers were blown over near the intersection of Interstate 10 and Highway 129. Power was out. A|carport was flipped over and a power line was blown down in McAlpin. Several outbuildings were rolled over|along Ohio Avenue North (US Highway 129) and 72nd Terrace in Live Oak. Live Oak itself suffered|widespread tree damage, with large live oaks uprooted and pine trees snapped. Structure siding, roofs,|carports and covered walkways were heavily damaged. Power lines were blown down. Numerous large oak|trees were blown down across Highway 90.|At 0720, a mesonet site at the Suwannee County Airport about 2 miles WNW of Live Oak measured a wind|gust of 44 mph. A mesonet site at Suwannee Pineview Elementary measured a wind gust of 41 mph at 0850.|At 0920, the mesonet site at the Suwannee County Airport measured a wind gust of 52 mph. At 0940, the|mesonet site at the Suwannee County Airport had a 53 mph wind gust. At 0950, a mesonet site in Suwannee|Springs measured a wind gust of 60 mph.

Tropical cyclone winds impacted the county on 8/30. At 0800, a mesonet station in Lake Butler measured|wind gusts of 41 mph. At 0910, the same station measured a wind gust of 48 mph. At the same time,|another mesonet station also in Lake Butler measured a wind gust of 47 mph. At 0958, county emergency|management (EM) stated a tree was blown down through a residence at 9219 NW 106th Loop. Residents|were trapped inside and being extricated. At 1027, county EM reported multiple power lines were blown|down across central, southern and western tiers of the county. About 45% of the residents were without|power at the time. At 1029, the EM reported a tree fell onto a home at 9911 SE 8th Court in Lake Butler.