NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued October 4 at 8:48PM EDT by NWS Jacksonville FL
...The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Florida...Georgia...
St Mary's River At Macclenny affecting Nassau, Charlton and Baker
Counties.
Additional information is available at
https://water.weather.gov/wfo/JAX
The next statement will be issued Monday evening at 900 PM EDT.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St Mary's River at Macclenny.
* WHEN...From Monday morning until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet, Minor flooding of low lying areas and
timber lands including some properties along St. Mary's River Bluff
Road and the Cypress Landing Resort on the Georgia side. At 14.0
feet, Flooding of bottomlands along the river and some lower access
roads including the lower half of St. Mary's River Bluff Road which
cuts off 15 to 20 homes on the Georgia side. At 15.0 feet, Flooding
begins to impact the lower end of Steel Bridge Road on the Florida
side and cuts off access to the river gage as well as access to
several homes. At 16.0 feet, Access roads on both sides of the
river in Florida and Georgia are flooded, including the entire low
lying stretch of St. Mary's River Bluff Road on the Georgia side
which cuts off 40 to 50 homes. On the Florida side, the lower end
of St. Mary's Cove Road past the public boat ramp becomes flooded
and cuts off access to 20 to 30 homes. The Stokes Road Bridge over
the river is generally closed due to high water.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:45 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 10.2 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late
tomorrow morning and continue rising to a crest of 14.0 feet
Tuesday evening.
- Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 2334th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days