Tropical Storm — Inland Pasco, Florida

2016-10-07 · Inland Pasco, Florida

Event narrative

A tree fell on a mobile home near Dade City due to gusty winds associated with Hurricane Matthew. Time of occurrence was estimated based off nearby wind observations.

Wider weather episode

Matthew developed into a tropical storm on September 28th as it was approaching the Windward Islands. It quickly strengthened into a powerful Category 5 hurricane just two days later while just north of the northern coast of Colombia. Feeling the effects of a trough to the north, Matthew turned north and decimated the nation of Haiti killing over 1000 people. After Haiti, Matthew headed towards the southeast U.S. coastline and paralleled much of the east coast of Florida and Georgia before ultimately making an official landfall near McClellanville, South Carolina on October 8th as a Category 1 hurricane with 65 knots winds (75 mph) and a central pressure of 967 mb.

Matthew's closest approach to Florida kept the center of the eye about 30 miles offshore. Locally impacts were fairly limited as the western portion of the peninsula was on the dry side of the system. Tropical storm force wind gusts were experienced across the area, mainly in gusts, but heavy rainfall and surge were non-existent. Local damage amounts from Matthew were limited to about $50,000.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 657489. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.