Tropical Storm — Coastal Okaloosa, Florida

2005-08-27 to 2005-08-29 · Coastal Okaloosa, Florida

Wider weather episode

For the narrative on Hurricane Katrina see Alabama, Southwest. Most of the damage from Katrina in northwest Florida was caused by the high storm surge values. Several roads on Santa Rosa Island were again breached. Road construction had just began at many locations from earlier damage from Hurricane Dennis. Highway 98 in Okaloosa county was again damaged. Traffic had to be diverted to two way on one side of the highway. Major beach erosion also occurred from Pensacola Beach to east of Destin.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5469612. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.