Coastal Flood in Florida, September 20, 1999

Name: Coastal Flood in Florida, September 20, 1999
Start: 1999-09-20T06:30
End: 1999-09-20T07:00
Location: Florida

September 20, 1999 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 coastal flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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.

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Event by event

1 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Coastal Flood, Escambia

When: September 20, 6:30 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
Where: Escambia County, Pensacola Beach
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 30.614, -87.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Minor coastal flooding was reported along the west end of State Highway 399 near Fort Pickens. Two inches of water was reported in the street but vehicles were still able to drive through without any trouble. The high water occurred around high tide and quickly went down as the tide fell.. The tide gage near downtown Pensacola reported a height of 2.61 feet around the time of flooding.

What these are

Coastal Flood: Flooding of coastal land by the sea, from storm surge, onshore wind or high tides.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, September 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: 5717714.