It wasn't the wind they were talking about, but the storm surge, which came into the Bay from the Destin Pass, combined with rainfall washing into the rivers which lead to the Bay.
Bay front owners - how do you deal with flooding?
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I understand that, but they were on the western side of the storm. This means that the wind would have been moving south west, south, and then south east. This would evacuate the bay to a certain extent. If you are the eastern edge of the storm the wind would be blowing north west, north, and then north east. That would push water into or at least limit what could come out of the bay thus creating a much worse flooding situation. Of course that also assumes the storm is exactly the same just making land fall further west.
Yes, it did.
What this area needs to worry about is if a good-sized hurricane makes landfall just west of Destin Pass (i.e., the eye comes ashore on Okaloosa Island). In that case, the storm surge would push full-force into the Destin Pass and all the waterways would flood big-time.
This is what happened with Ivan. It came ashore just west of Pensacola bay and all the waterways flooded--the surge was so high and strong, it took out the I-10 bridge. I knew a gentleman who had a waterfront home well inland in Floridatown that was up on stilts, the water rose and took out the floor of his home and dumped the entire contents into the bay--my friend on Pensacola beach lost his entire home down to the slab (it was on stilts too).
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The hurricane was moving north-northeastward near 20 knots at landfall with the sustained hurricane force winds in the eastern quadrants of the circulation primarily between Pensacola Beach and Cape San Blas. The minimum central pressure at landfall was 942 mb. Maximum sustained surface winds are currently estimated at 100 knots in a narrow swath at the coast near the extreme eastern tip of Choctawhatchee Bay about midway between Destin and Panama City. Although no official reports of surface winds were received within this area, data from reconnaissance aircraft and Doppler radar suggest that the peak winds occurred in this location. It should be emphasized that the strongest winds were in a very limited area and most of the coastal areas of the Florida panhandle experienced winds of a Category 1 or Category 2 hurricane (between 65 and 95 knots). Although the winds were diminishing at the time of landfall, extensive damage due to storm surge and breaking waves occurred over most of the coastal areas of the Florida panhandle.
From an NOAA site regarding Opal. It had unusual characteristics to it that had a localized impact that you speak of on this thread.
From an NOAA site regarding Opal. It had unusual characteristics to it that had a localized impact that you speak of on this thread.
From what I remember about the different areas of SOWAL and the flooding during the various hurricanes.... Most of the areas to the east of 331 were OK but to the west some areas went under and took quite some time to dry out. All around Hogtown/ 393 the flooding was really bad but I cant remember anything around Pt. Washington being that way.
Very good tip for buying ANY lot around here because of wetlands/springs etc. I know of one in this area that the DEP was sure had a spring on it somewhere but couldnt find it so they had to approve fill for it. And another thing I was told was to look for areas of sawgrass in front of the lot because that is where the water will come up.
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