October Obs 2025

[suzook]

Leave it for me to have a long weekend planned in Hilton head this weekend. Grrrr. Rainy and windy today and tomorrow....FUN??? Yet back at home in the ATL area gonna be beautiful with Sunshine and 80. As a matter of fact looks to be in the low 80's with sunshine for the next 10 days. DRY as a bone around here.

[GaWx]

This is the worst coastal flooding event not associated with a TC (aka king tide) I’ve ever personally witnessed.

It reached 10.35’ at Ft. Pulaski at 11:36AM very near the 10.4’ that had been forecasted the last couple of few days:

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC  
1248 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2025  

.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON  

.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.  

..REMARKS..  

1124 AM COASTAL FLOOD 1 E CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.93W  
10/10/2025 CHARLESTON SC OTHER FEDERAL  

A MAXIMUM TIDE LEVEL OF 8.46 FT MLLW (2.70 FT MHHW) WAS  
OBSERVED AT THE CHARLESTON HARBOR TIDE GAGE. MAJOR  
COASTAL FLOODING TYPICALLY BEGINS ALONG THE COASTS OF  
CHARLESTON AND COLLETON COUNTIES WHEN TIDE LEVELS REACH  
8.0 FT MLLW (2.24 FT MHHW) IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR.  

1136 AM COASTAL FLOOD 4 NW TYBEE ISLAND 32.03N 80.93W  
10/10/2025 CHATHAM GA OTHER FEDERAL  

A MAXIMUM TIDE LEVEL OF 10.35 FT MLLW (2.85 FT MHHW)  
WAS OBSERVED AT THE FORT PULASKI TIDE GAGE LOCATED NEAR  
THE SAVANNAH RIVER ENTRANCE. MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING  
TYPICALLY BEGINS ALONG MUCH OF THE GEORGIA AND FAR  
SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS WHEN TIDE LEVELS REACH  
10.0 FT MLLW (2.5 FT MHHW) AT FORT PULASKI.

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Edit:

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL  
152 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2025  

.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON  

.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.  

..REMARKS..  

1215 PM COASTAL FLOOD 3 SSW SAINT SIMONS 31.13N 81.40W  
10/10/2025 AMZ450 GA PUBLIC  

ATLANTIC COAST AT ST. SIMONS ISLAND AT  
VILLAGE PIER TIDE GAUGE MEASURED 2.78 FT  
MHHW DURING HIGH TIDE AT 1215 PM. MODERATE  
FLOOD STAGE BEGINS AT 2.5 FT.

[GaWx]

1) US Highway 80 to Tybee, which was raised 8” ~2019, still had to close a little over an hour ago (even after the Ft. Pulaski tide peaked):

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC  
1238 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2025  

.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON  

.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.  

..REMARKS..  

1235 PM COASTAL FLOOD 4 ENE WILMINGTON ISLAND 32.02N 80.92W  
10/10/2025 CHATHAM GA EMERGENCY MNGR  

HIGHWAY 80 HAS BEEN CLOSED FROM THE BULL RIVER BRIDGE  
TO THE LAZARETTO CREEK BRIDGE.
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2) Regarding this next flooded but passable road: ( I don’t live near there but was visiting that area during this event)

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC  
1228 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2025  

.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON  

.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.  

..REMARKS..  

1225 PM COASTAL FLOOD 2 SSE VERNONBURG 31.94N 81.10W  
10/10/2025 CHATHAM GA EMERGENCY MNGR  

SHIPYARD ROAD TO BURNSIDE ISLAND IS FLOODED, BUT  
PASSABLE.