Tropical Storm — Central Walton, Florida

2017-10-08 · Central Walton, Florida

Wider weather episode

Impacts from Tropical Storm Nate to the Florida Panhandle and southeast Alabama in the NWS Tallahassee County Warning Area began Saturday afternoon on Oct 7th and lasted into Sunday. Trees and power lines were downed resulting in power outages across many of the counties in the Tropical Storm Warning. In addition, rainfall amounts of 4-5 inches (up to 5.55 near Elba, AL) resulted in flash flooding across Coffee County with water covering Highway 189, Highway 203 North and Troy Highway. During the flash flood event, water came close to entering a residence near Elba. Another impact from Hurricane Nate was coastal flooding across the Panhandle and Big Bend coast with around 2-3 feet of inundation at the coast that resulted in minor to moderate coastal erosion. In Gulf county erosion was observed on west facing properties on Cape San Blas. Wave action was responsible for the damage which included beach erosion and destruction of a few stairs from structures down to the beach level. In Wakulla County, a few roads and a dock had water over them with a few inches of water entering two businesses. In Bay County, storm surge damaged the Mexico Beach pier and flooded the campground at St. Andrews Bay Lagoon. In Walton County minor flooding occurred at the boat ramps at Santa Rosa Beach on the Choctawhatchee Bay side.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 718782. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.