Flooding & Storm Surge

[bl8jaxnative]

I'm trying to understand how tropical storms affect Jacksonville and some of the wonderful neighborhoods close in to downtown.   How long did it take for the flooding to subside after the storms the last 2 years? Was it Mathew in Oct 2016 and of course Irma this last fall.

Is there a map of where the mandatory evacuation zones were?

[Lostwave]

I'm trying to understand how tropical storms affect Jacksonville and some of the wonderful neighborhoods close in to downtown.   How long did it take for the flooding to subside after the storms the last 2 years? Was it Mathew in Oct 2016 and of course Irma this last fall.

Is there a map of where the mandatory evacuation zones were?

Not sure about further inland, but at the intracoastal it came in and out several times for each hurricane.  My garage flooded 3 times for irma, once for each high tide, and it went out as quickly as it came in.  But, at low tide, the water level was pretty much just below a normal high tide, then high tide filled the yards and streets. 

Here are the evacuation zones.  http://www.coj.net/departments/fire-and-rescue/docs/emergency-preparedness/evaczones_colors-(1).aspx

I know that zones A and B had mandatory evacuations, not sure if more did after that.  Also mobile homes in any zone had mandatory evacuations.

[acme54321]

I'm trying to understand how tropical storms affect Jacksonville and some of the wonderful neighborhoods close in to downtown.   How long did it take for the flooding to subside after the storms the last 2 years? Was it Mathew in Oct 2016 and of course Irma this last fall.

Is there a map of where the mandatory evacuation zones were?

It's tidal, it left with the tide, all in all it was a pretty quick event around the downtown area.

[DrQue]

How it has affected the area and how it will affect the area are the two different considerations.

Up until the now even the worst flooding has largely receded quickly with tides. The question is what happens in the coming decades as water levels rise.