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Flood — Clay, FL

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.

Flood Risk Context for Clay, FL

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