Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday morning August 30th around 745 AM EDT along the
Florida Big Bend near Keaton Beach as a category 3, with the inner core moving NE across the
Suwannee River Valley. The inner wind core of Idalia gradually weakened through the morning while,
heavily impacting Suwannee and Hamilton counties in NE Florida and Echols county SE Georgia as the
circulation tracked NE. Widespread tree, power line and structure damage occurred across Suwannee
and Hamilton counties, with estimated winds of 80-100 mph based on damage surveys with isolated
pockets of peak wind gusts near major hurricane strength. Outer rainbands on the eastside of Idalia
impacted all of SE Georgia and NE FL through the day, with early morning tornadoes across coastal SE
Georgia and widespread tropical cyclone wind gusts through the day causing tree damage and powerline damage at least somewhere across NE Florida and SE Georgia. Measured gusts during the peak of
the hurricane across the local forecast area were 60-80 mph. Flooding rainfall impacted locations in
the direct path of the weakening inner core across the Suwannee River Valley and southeast Georgia,
especially from eatern Hamilton county toward Baxley and Jesup GA. The peak rainfall amounts were
up to 5-8 inches. At least 3 tornadoes occurred in southeast GA as rainbands swept northwestward
ahead of the hurricane.

Marine Tropical Storm in ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20NM, ATLANTIC SOUTH
From 30-AUG-23 05:00:00 to 30-AUG-23 15:30:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

St. Johns County Coast: At 644 am, a mesonet station in Summerhouse measured a wind gust of 42 mph. Coastal gusts of 40-50 mph continued through the morning hours.  At 0730 am, a mesonet station in the City of St. Augustine measured a wind gust of 42 mph.  At 8 am, the C-Man station SAUF1 in St. Augustine measured a wind gust of 44 mph, then at 9 am that station measured a wind gust of 46 mph. At 942 am, the St. Augustine Airport AWOS measured a wind gust of 40 mph. At 1106 am, the AWOS at the airport measured a wind gust of 41 mph.  At 1140 am, the mesonet site in St. Augustine measure a wind gust of 46 mph. At 1210, the same site measured a wind gust of 47 mph.  At 307 pm, the AWOS station measured a gust of 43 mph.  At 350 pm, the mesonet site 2 miles SSE of South Ponte Vedra Beach at the St. Johns County Fire Station measured a wind gust of 45 mph.

Flagler County Coast:
The first tropical storm force wind gust at the mesonet at Marineland measured a wind gust of 45 mph around 6 pm. Gusts of 40-45 mph continued at this location through the morning hours.  At 1011 am, a trained weather spotter measured a wind gust of 41 mph in Flagler Beach. At 1130 am, a mesonet station in Palm Coast measured a wind gust of 42 mph (Hammock Dunes Bridge). At 1211 about 2 miles south of Flagler Beach on the intracoastal waterway, a spotter measured wind gusts of 46 mph at South Flagler Beach. At 1213, a spotter in north Flagler beach measured sustained winds of 35 mph with gusts to 48 mph.  At 410 pm, the mesonet station at Marineland had a wind gust of 49 mph.

Waterspout in ALTAMAHA SD TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20NM, ATLANTIC SOUTH
From 30-AUG-23 07:06:00 to 30-AUG-23 07:06:00 (EST-5)
Location: MCKINNON ARPT
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A short-lived EF1 tornado moved NNW across St. Simons Sound and moved across the southern tier of St. Simons Island in an outer rainband of Hurricane Idalia. Observed           damage was to large hard wood trees along a stretch of Kings Way. Maximum width was around 50 yards.

Marine Tropical Storm in FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20NM, ATLANTIC SOUTH
From 30-AUG-23 05:00:00 to 30-AUG-23 15:30:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Nassau County Coast: At 8:55 am, a 41 mph wind gust was reported by the AWOS station KFHB Fernandina Beach. At 10:24 am, a wind gust of 40 mph occurred at Buoy station FRDF1 in Fernandina Beach, FL. At 1:06 pm, the same buoy measured a gust of 47 mph. At 2:35 pm, the AWOS at Fernandina Beach KFHB measured a gust of 53 mph.

Duval County Coast:
The mesonet at Jacksonville Beach measured a wind gust of 40 mph at 6 am. At 652 am, Mayport Naval Station ASOS measured a wind gust of 45 mph.  Gusts of 40-45 mph continued along coastal observations of Duval county through 7:15 am, which also included observations from the mesonet stations at Neptune Beach, Huguenot Park, and the Jacksonville Fire Rescue (JFR) Station 40, 2 miles WNW of Mayport. At 7:20 am, the mesonet site at Jacksonville Beach measured a wind gust of 49 mph.  At 7:40 am, the mesonet site at the JFR Station 40 measured a wind gust of 48 mph. At 7:27 am, the AWOS at Naval Station Mayport measured a gust of 46 mph. Higher gusts of 45-50 mph continued along the Duval County coast to 40-45 mph within the St. Johns River basin. Wind gusts at the coast continued to strengthen to 50-60 mph during the later part of the morning. At 9:50 am, a 61 mph wind gust was reported at the mesonet station 1483W Fswn Jfrd Station 40.  At 9:52 am, a gust to 52 mph occurred at AWOS station KNRB Mayport Naval Station then at 10:25 a 60 mph wind gust occurred.  At 10:30 am, a 54 mph wind gust was reported at Mesonet station 1618W Fswn Jacksonville Beach.  At 10:50 am, a 62 mph wind gust was reported at Mesonet station 1483W Fswn Jfrd Station 40.  A mesonet site near Fort Caroline measured a gust of 46 mph at 1:19 pm. At 2:29 pm, a 50 mph wind gust occurred at  Mesonet station XJAK Jacksonville.  At 2:53 pm, the ASOS at Craig Airfield measured a gust of 59 mph. At 2:18 pm, a mesonet site measured a gust of 52 mph at Mesonet station BLIF1 1 WNW Fort Caroline. At 3:34 pm, a 48 mph Wind Gust occurred at Mesonet station XJAK Jacksonville.  At 3:50 pm, a 53 mph Wind Gust occurred at Mesonet station 1483W Fswn Jfrd Station 40.  At 4 pm, a 40 mph Wind Gust occurred at Mesonet station 0174W 1.5 S Mayport (WEATHERSTEM).

Marine Tropical Storm in ALTAMAHA SD TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20NM, ATLANTIC SOUTH
From 30-AUG-23 06:39:00 to 30-AUG-23 15:30:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Glynn County Coast: At 7:39 am, a 43 mph wind gust was reported at ASOS station KSSI Brunswick. At 10:55 am, a Wind Gust of 41 mph was recorded at AWOS station KBQK Brunswick Golden Isles Airport. At 11:33 am, a 52 mph wind gust was recorded at ASOS station KSSI Brunswick. At 12:55 pm, a 55 mph wind gust was reported at Mesonet station XJEK on Jekyll Island, GA. At 1:53 pm, a 56 mph wind gust was reported at ASOS station KSSI Brunswick. At 2:35 pm, a 55 mph wind gust occurred at AWOS station KBQK Brunswick Golden Isles Airport. At 2:31 pm, a 67 mph wind gust reported at ASOS station KSSI Brunswick. At 2:53 pm, a 66 mph wind gust was reported at ASOS station KSSI Brunswick.

Waterspout in ALTAMAHA SD TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20NM, ATLANTIC SOUTH
From 30-AUG-23 06:45:00 to 30-AUG-23 06:45:00 (EST-5)
Location: BRUNSWICK
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A waterspout moved onshore from the Brunswick River and tracked to the NNW across the westside of the city of Brunswick near New Castle Street where damage to trees and some structures occurred. The tornado continued to track NNW very close to the New Jesup Highway (Highway 341) where additional tree and structure damage occurred. Peak winds were estimated at 90-94 mph making the tornado an EF1.