Jul 8, 2022
Surface high pressure to the southeast and a front approaching southeast Georgia resulted in southwesterly flow across the area. The east coast sea breeze was pinned along the I-95 corridor as the dominant west coast sea breeze shifted inland in the afternoon. Isolated strong storms developed along the sea breeze boundary collisions blowing shingles off a roof on Amelia Island. With a saturated airmass and slow storm motion, locally heavy rain of 2 to 3 inches fell and resulted in street floodin
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1046246). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Clay County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.