Coastal Flood, Escambia
- When
- March 13, 12:00 PM CST to March 14, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Escambia County, Pensacola Beach
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.614, -87.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Coastal Flood in Florida, March 13 to 14, 1999
Southeast winds of 20 to 30 mph ahead of a cold front caused above normal tides across the Northwest Florida coastal areas. Some minor street flooding took place from Pensacola Beach to Destin.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
Southeast winds of 20 to 30 mph ahead of a cold front caused above normal tides across the Northwest Florida coastal areas. Some minor street flooding took place from Pensacola Beach to Destin. All roads remained open but several roads that run next to and parallel to the Gulf of Mexico had some standing water in them. The standing water remained in the road for several hours until the winds became more westerly on Sunday morning.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Coastal Flood, Santa Rosa
- When
- March 13, 12:00 PM CST to March 14, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Santa Rosa County, Navarre
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.693, -87.018 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Coastal Flood, Okaloosa
- When
- March 13, 12:00 PM CST to March 14, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Okaloosa County, Ft Walton Beach
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.665, -86.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Coastal Flood
- Flooding of coastal land by the sea, from storm surge, onshore wind or high tides.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in Louisiana, March 13, 1999
- Winter Storm in Missouri, March 13 to 14, 1999
- Dense Fog in Nebraska, March 13, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 13, 1999
- Tornado in Alabama, March 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, March 13 to 14, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 13, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 13, 1999
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, March 13 to 14, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, March 13 to 14, 1999
More
Every storm in Florida in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, March 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5691543, 5691544, 5691545.