Hurricane (Typhoon) — Coastal Santa Rosa, Florida

2005-07-10 · Coastal Santa Rosa, Florida

Wider weather episode

High winds from the eyewall of Hurricane Dennis blew down numerous trees across Santa Rosa and the east parts of Escambia counties. The eyewall tracked across Santa Rosa and the northeast part of Escambia county. Wind gusts of more than 100 mph were estimated across Santa Rosa and the east part of Escambia county. In addition to trees being blown down, several structures were damage just to the east of the center of Dennis. Most of the structural damage to buildings was generally from Navarre to Milton to Jay. Several trees also fell on structures and damaged them. The dollar estimates from the damage for this will be under the main Dennis summary in this publication.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5463782. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.