FloodZoneMap.org

Coastal Flood — Coastal Nassau, FL

Nov 5, 2021

An area of low pressure developed across the southern Gulf of Mexico on Friday Nov. 5th and tracked eastward across north-central Florida Friday night, deepening offshore of the local NE FL Atlantic coast on Saturday Nov. 6th as strong surface high pressure wedged southward north of the region. This created a rare, true Nor'Easter event for the local area which including coastal and tidal flooding with inundation of 2-3 ft at high tides and damaging wind gusts, A High Wind Warning and Storm Warn

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 990284). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Coastal Nassau, FL

This event is one of many recorded floods in Coastal Nassau County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

View Coastal Nassau County flood data →

More Flood Stories

Tropical Storm1 death

Nassau, FL · Aug 21, 2008

Tropical Storm Fay moved slowly north out of Caribbean Sea, then cut across south and central Florida into the Atlantic Ocean. Fay then slowly curved west and made landfall in the vicinity for Flagler Beach and Daytona Beach on Aug 21st.

Read the full account →
Tropical Storm$10.0M damage

Coastal Nassau, FL · Oct 6, 2016

Category 3 Hurricane Matthew track northward along the Florida Atlantic Coast Thursday October 7th, and then NNE remaining about 50 east of Mayport at the closest approach Friday morning October 8th.

Read the full account →
Flood$25K damage

Nassau, FL · Dec 17, 2023

A strong surface low deepened across the eastern Gulf of Mexico as high pressure dominated northeast of the region creating very strong onshore flow.

Read the full account →
Coastal Flood

Coastal Nassau, FL · Oct 9, 2025

An extended duration local nor'easter wind event developed October 9th and persisted through the 12th between high pressure wedging down the SE US coast and a sharpening coastal trough axis over the local coastal waters.

Read the full account →