An unseasonal local Nor'Easter weather event developed April 9th into the 10th as an area of low pressure formed offshore of the central FL Atlantic coast along a lingering frontal zone as high pressure strengthened north of the region with an axis 'wedged' southward across inland GA. Strong NNE wind gusts range from 35 to 49 mph across coastal counties and the St.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
An unseasonal local Nor'Easter weather event developed April 9th into the 10th as an area of low pressure formed offshore of the central FL Atlantic coast along a lingering frontal zone as high pressure strengthened north of the region with an axis 'wedged' southward across inland GA. Strong NNE wind gusts range from 35 to 49 mph across coastal counties and the St. Johns River basin with the peak of the winds occurring during the evening of April 9th.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A maximum storm tide of 2.13 ft MHHW datum occurred at the USGS Tide gage at Sea Camp Dock on Cumberland Island. With was in the Minor Flood category. Minor tidal flooding begins at 1.7 ft MHHW and Moderate flooding begins at 2.2 ft MHHW at this tide gage location.
A maximum storm tide of 2.45 ft MHHW datum was observed by the NOS tide gage at Kings Bay Pier. Minor flooding begins at 2 ft MHHW and Moderate flooding begins at 2.5 ft MHHW at this location.
The USGS tide gage at the St Simons Island Village Pier measured a maximum storm surge inundation of 2.38 ft MHHW datum. This was within the Minor Flood category (Minor Flooding begins at 2 ft MHHW and Moderate Flooding begins at 2.5 ft MHHW).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, April 2023
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: 1091767, 1091772, 1091761.