Tropical Storm — Coastal Wakulla, Florida

2018-05-28 · Coastal Wakulla, Florida

Wider weather episode

Subtropical Storm Alberto affected portions of the Florida panhandle and southeast Alabama on May 28th. County by county impacts are as follows.

In Walton county, construction barrels were blown onto Highway 98 in Miramar Beach. A tree fell and knocked down power lines across the road at 186 Fine Hill Dr in De Funiak Springs. Trees were blown down at Spence Dr and Highway 81, at Oak Grove Road and County Road 181E, and at South Jackson Street. Flooding was reported in Santa Rosa Beach near the intersection of County Highway 395 and East Point Washington Road and along Flounder Street and Dolphin Way. Inlet Beach Park beach access road flooded on Lakeshore Drive.

In Taylor county, the Steinhatchee boat ramp flooded with some minor overwash into the adjacent parking lot. On the Aucilla River, the boat ramp at Mandalay Bay was washed off pilings onto dry line.

In Wakulla county, there were approximately 40 trees and power lines blown down and a few low lying roads flooded. There was one report of damage to a structure from a tree falling. For the St. Mark River at Highway 98, there was 1.5 feet of inundation at the Newport boat ramp. In the town of St. Marks, Riverside Drive was flooded up to a 1 foot depth and inundation extended from Riverfront up to 1000 ft inland northward along Port Leon Drive. Water entered a restaurant. Old Fort Road and areas near the fort flooded with peak inundations with 2.5 ft. There was minor erosion at Shell Point Beach. There were five homes with water underneath them on Beatty Taff Drive. Mashes Sand Beach from the beach front westward to Blue Crab Road was flooded. Peak inundation near the beach front was 2.5 ft. Inundation covered up to 3000 ft along the road. Two homes at ground level had water reach an exterior wall, but no water entered the structures.

In Franklin county, Alligator Point Road was overwashed during the peak storm surge. In Eastpoint, flooding affected the east end of the causeway to Apalachicola, Buck Street, the beach near Reed Court, and water was up to the rock at 10th Street and Highway 98. In Apalachicola, the marina and Water Street flooded. The beaches were also underwater at the east end of the St. George Island Plantation.

In Coffee county, trees were down County Roads 321 and 342 near Elba, Highway 87 near Fuller Brothers, Highway 87 at MM 34, Highway 189 near Perry Store, County Road 153 near Tabernacle, and County Road 248 near Weeks Bridge in New Brockton. Power lines were down on Lee Street in New Brockton, Elba near Weeks Tire, and in the downtown areas of Elba and Enterprise.

In Houston County, there were a few downed trees and a short power outage. One tree partially blocked Brannon Stand Road on the west side of Dothan.

In Holmes county, there were a couple of reports of trees down blocking roadways at Carter Mack and Old Mill. An oak tree also fell onto a mobile home.

In Jackson county, around eight trees were blown down with a few small power outages.

In Liberty county, there were small and sporadic power outages.

In Leon county, around 9000 homes lost power in Tallahassee due to downed trees and limbs.

In Jefferson county, a tree fell onto a car on I-10, resulting in two serious injuries.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 759487. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.