Florida, 1999

Hurricane in Florida, September 15, 1999

September 15, 1999 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Hurricane Floyd - Thirty homes damaged, ten hotels with roof damaged. Extensive beach erosion.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$3.0 million
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 JAX wrote it up.

Hurricane Floyd - Thirty homes damaged, ten hotels with roof damaged. Extensive beach erosion. Six to eight inches of rainfall caused major flooding in St. Augustine. Highest gust at SAUF1 67 mph at 700 AM EST.

Event by event

1 hurricane (typhoon). Local standard time, as filed.

Hurricane (Typhoon), St. Johns

When
September 15, 4:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where
St. Johns forecast zone
Property damage
$3.0 million
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

What these are

Hurricane (Typhoon)
A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 64 knots (74 mph) or more, filed per forecast zone for its wind, and with separate events for its flooding, surge and tornadoes.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Florida in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, September 1999The 1999 hurricane season

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5717694.