South Walton storm history

A 58 year old male from Nashville, TN drowned in a rip current just offshore of Scenic Gulf Drive in Walton county. Single red flags were flying.

A 65 year old male from Coppell, TX drowned from a rip current. Beach patrons notified South Walton Fire District's Tower 31 lifeguard that bystanders had pulled the male, who was unresponsive, from the water nearly half a mile to the west of the tower. Single red flags were flyi…

Multiple swimmers were in distress near the Regional Beach Access of Miramar Beach in Walton county, approximately 150 yards offshore, shortly before 2 PM CST. In particular, a 20-year old male became submerged underwater. Lifeguards located the victim and brought him back to sho…

There were 2 fatalities and 9 injuries due to rip currents. Beach flags were single red initially and changed to double red at 6 pm CT due to EMS being overwhelmed. Both fatalities were citizen rescuers.

One fatality and one injury occurred due to rip currents. The fatality was due to a rescue attempt of another person in distress. Beach flags were double red for the entire day.

A 54 year old man died due to a rip current after attempting to save a young boy in distress. The boy was able to make it back to shore. There were 24 water rescues performed, including 1 fatality and 1 injury. Beach flags were initially single red at 2:30 pm CT and were upgraded…

A deputy sheriff from Mississippi died after saving his 10-year-old son from a rip current off a beach in Florida. After saving his son from the rip current, he was pulled offshore as well where he drowned.

The South Walton Fire Department Beach Safety Director confirmed the death of a 53 year old male from Tennessee as a direct result of being caught in a rip current. From some accounts, it's possible the individual was trying to rescue his daughter. A high risk of rip currents was…

A male who went into the water at Miramar Beach drowned due to a rip current. He was 30 to 40 yards offshore from Captain Dave's on the Gulf restaurant on Scenic Highway 98.

Dangerously cold wind chills of 10-15 degrees occurred.

In general, between 3 and 5 inches of snow fell across the county.

Very strong non-thunderstorm wind gusts of 50-60 mph well ahead of a squall line impacted coastal areas of the Florida panhandle eastward to coastal Wakulla county with downed trees and power lines.

Several trees and power lines were blown down.

Hurricane Sally made landfall early on the morning of September 16 across Gulf Shores Alabama. The greatest impacts to the tri-state area came in the form of very heavy rain and significant flooding on and away from area rivers. However, some tropical storm force winds also occur…

Tropical Storm Nestor impacted portions of the Florida panhandle and big bend on October 19th. A few trees and power lines were blown down. Wind gusts reached 50 mph along the Franklin county coast as measured by the St George Island bridge WeatherSTEM site. Rainfall amounts were…