Flash Flood — Santa Rosa, Florida

2014-04-29 to 2014-04-30 · near Wallace, Santa Rosa, Florida

$16.0M

Property damage

Event narrative

Major to historic flash flooding took place on the evening of April 29th through the early morning of April 30th as 12 to 22 inches of rain fell across the southern half of Santa Rosa county. The highest measured rainfall was 20.39 inches 10 miles south of Milton by a CoCoRAHS observer.

Hundreds of homes and businesses experienced significant flooding with property damage estimated to be just under $10 million. The hardest hit areas included Milton, Gulf Breeze, and Navarre. In addition, widespread infrastructure damage to roads, bridges, and drainage systems was caused by the rapid rising flood waters. Infrastructure damage is estimated to have cost around $6 million.

Wider weather episode

A strong storm system brought record flooding along with severe thunderstorms that produced damaging winds and tornadoes to the region.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 516956. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.