Coastal Santa Rosa storm history

A man in his 20s drowned and four others were sent to the hospital after lifeguards and firefighters pulled eight people from strong rip currents at Navarre Beach.

A 65 year old male from Baton Rouge Louisiana drowned after he was pulled out into the gulf by a rip current. The incident occurred at Navarre beach.

A 21 year old man from Louisiana drowned due to high surf and strong rip currents near Navarre Beach, FL.

Two swimmers in the surf were overtaken by strong rip currents. One of the swimmers was rescued by lifeguards and taken to the hospital where he recovered from his injuries, while the other drowned and was found 2 hours later just before sunset. The drowning victim was Jeremy Aar…

Storm surge water levels of 1 to 3 feet along area beaches along with rough surf resulted in minor to moderate beach erosion. Some immediate coastal roadways and low lying areas were flooded.

The National Park Service at Gulf Islands National Seashore closed Highway 399 between Navarre Beach and Pensacola Beach due to flooding.

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…

Navarre beach pier closed due to high winds.

Several trees limbs were down due to ice accrual and a 15 car accident on I-10 Blackwater Bridge due to icy conditions.

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 2-3 feet. The high tide washed away part of the dunes on Navarre Beach.…

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.

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…