Tropical Storm — Eastern Putnum, Florida
September 28, 2022 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Major river flooding of the St Johns River and its tributaries occurred due to trapped tides, strong tropical storm force winds and storm surge. Minor river flooding began on Wednesday 9/28 and as strong ENE winds increased around Ian into Thursday, the river rose into moderate flood status Wednesday night into early Thursday morning. The peak storm surge inundation at Dunns Creek occurred Thursday night at 10:15 pm with total water inundation of 3.73 ft MHHW datum. This was a new record for this location and surpassed the old record of 3.67 ft previously on 10/7/2016 with Hurricane Matthew. Major flooding at this location begins at 3 ft MHHW. ||The peak storm surge inundation at Buffalo Bluff also occurred Thursday evening at 11 pm with a peak surge of 3.36 ft agl MHHW datum. This was als
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.