High Surf — Coastal Escambia, Florida

2004-09-22 to 2004-09-23 · Coastal Escambia, Florida

Event narrative

About a week after Hurricane Ivan impacted the area on September 16th, the remnants of the storm re-entered the Gulf of Mexico after making a large clockwise loop over the southeastern United States. As a result, high waves and surf action again impacted already heavily eroded area beaches . Pensacola Beach was still closed, but the high water hindered clean up efforts along the beach. The water also ended up under homes that had severe erosion a week earlier. As the remnants of Ivan slowly moved off to the northwest over the western Gulf, the high surf subsided.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5422233. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.