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Flash Flood — St. Johns, FL

May 3, 2013

Deep layer cyclonic flow and very high moisture content produced several days of soaking rainfall during a develop local Nor'Easter event. After locally heavy rainfall on May 2 and 3, strong onshore flow and gusty winds of 40 to 50 mph started to caused trees to come down over inland northeast Florida from Bradford county to Flagler county.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 439890). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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