![]() ![]() An estimated 7-10 inches with isolated higher amounts occurred across south central Alabama and across Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa Counties in northwest Florida. A map depicting the storm total rainfall during Florence can be seen below (courtesy of NOAA WPC). Heavy rainfall associated with Hurricane Florence became the biggest impact across the region. After making landfall, Florence quickly weakened to a tropical storm and then became extratropical overnight. Another analysis of Florence close to landfall can be viewed in the graphic on the right at the bottom (courtesy of NOAA AOML/HRD). Florence made landfall along the Florida panhandle as a Category 1 Hurricane between Fort Walton Beach and Panama City Beach midday on the 26th of September in 1953. It continued to track north-northeast toward the north central Gulf Coast through the early morning hours of September 26th. A hand-drawn analysis of Hurricane Florence as it approached the northern Gulf Coast early on the 26th can be viewed on the right (courtesy of NOAA AOML/HRD). Florence did not remain as a major hurricane for long as it quickly met cooler air and cool waters in the northern Gulf of Mexico, which led to slight weakening. By midday on September 25th, Florence had intensified into a major hurricane. The tropical wave became more organized just southeast of Jamaica and quickly gained tropical storm status early on the 23rd.įlorence continued to quickly gain strength as it moved through the Yucatan Channel and earned hurricane status by the evening of the 24th. Florence began as a tropical wave that crossed the Caribbean Sea on September 21st back in 1953. ![]()
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