Coastal Escambia storm history

A 20 year old male drowned due to a strong rip current off of Santa Rosa Island, east of Pensacola Beach.

Storm surge water levels of 1 to 3 feet flooded some roadways near the beaches. Very rough surf resulted in minor to moderate beach erosion. One death occurred when a man drowned while attempting to ride a jetski in the building surf as Tropical Storm Isaac began moving north acr…

A Mobile resident died from drowning in a rip current in the surf off the Gulf Islands National Seashore as he pulled 3 other victims to safety.

A Texas man who was pulled unconscious from the surf east of Portofino Island Resort on Pensacola Beach died after being airlifted to Gulf Breeze Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.

A 59 year old male died due to a rip current off of Perdido key just east of Johnson Beach.

A prolonged period of dry weather continued into early December resulting in continued drought conditions across southeast Mississippi. Severe (D2) drought conditions were found across much of the region early in December. Drought conditions rapidly improved across the Florida pa…

A prolonged period of dry weather resulted in worsening drought conditions across Northwest Florida. By the end of November, the entire region was under Extreme (D3) Drought. The entire area saw rain totals less than 50% of normal for the month, with many areas receiving less tha…

High surf and strong winds resulted in significant coastal flooding in the Ft. Pickens area. Sands drifts as high as 5 feet were left in the wake of the flood waters on portions of Ft. Pickens Rd.

A spotter on I-10 just east of Alabama state line reported one quarter inch accumulation on undriven road surface.

Gulf power outage map indicating several power outages in southern Escambia county. Power outages also noted in portions of Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties. Radar estimates around a tenth to quarter inch has fallen in the past 3 hours...much of which is likely ice accrual.

Lifeguards had to pull more than 60 individuals caught in rip currents from the Gulf waters.

As hurricane Ike moved well south of the panhandle, storm surge caused major beach erosion across the area. The astronomical tide was very high and the surge adding to this caused the total tide height to be higher than what occurred in Gustav. The beaches also had very little ti…

As Gustav moved south and west of the area higher than normal tides caused beach erosion on Santa Rosa Sound. The storm tide height was estimated at 3-4 feet across the area with the surge height estimated at 2.5-3.5 feet. The high tide forced residents of a condo on Pensacola Be…

As hurricane Gustav moved south of the area on September 1, tropical storm force winds were observed along the immediate coast and also offshore. A tropical storm warning that was issued for northwest Florida the end of August, continued into the first of September. The warning w…

Tropical Storm Fay moved into Okaloosa county around 300 PM CST on August 23. The storm moved through the panhandle during the afternoon and early evening bringing only Tropical depression conditions. Fay's wind speed diminished to a depression during the afternoon and evening an…

An excessive heat warning was issued during the daytime on August 11 and 13. The average temperature for August was 84.9 degrees. This was the warmest August in Pensacola ever recorded. The record high for August 11 was tied when the high topped out at 96 degrees. This tied the p…

Strong southerly winds brought coastal flooding to low lying areas along the coast. Above normal tides and beach erosion were observed from Fort Pickens to Destin. The tides were high enough to flood several of the roads along Santa Rosa Island, especially near Fort Pickens and N…

About a week after Hurricane Ivan impacted the area on September 16th, the remnants of the storm re-entered the Gulf of Mexico after making a large clockwise loop over the southeastern United States. As a result, high waves and surf action again impacted already heavily eroded ar…

High surf along the beach caused a retaining wall behind a Pensacola Beach condominium to collapse. A Heavy Surf Advisory was in effect for area beaches, as large swells, propagating northward from Tropical Storm Gabrielle, which was over the far southern Gulf of Mexico, were pro…

A "Bubble High" developed in the wake of a line of eastward moving thunderstorms, and produced a tight pressure gradient, which resulted in strong gusty winds. Weather Instruments on Pensacola Beach, installed by the Escambia County EMA, recorded a wind gust of 59 mph. In additio…

Coastal Flooding... Strong east to southeast winds caused high waves from Orange Beach Alabama to near Pensacola Pass. (See Alabama, Lower Baldwin and Mobile counties, for more information).