Storm Surge/Tide, Lee
- When
- August 13, 12:00 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lee forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Storm Surge in Florida, August 13, 2004
The storm surge associated with Hurricane Charley caused an estimated eight foot above normal tides that created a new 300 yard wide path across Pine Island. Tides were six feet above normal at Fort Myers Beach, and four feet at both Horseshoe Key and Port Boca Grand.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
The storm surge associated with Hurricane Charley caused an estimated eight foot above normal tides that created a new 300 yard wide path across Pine Island. Tides were six feet above normal at Fort Myers Beach, and four feet at both Horseshoe Key and Port Boca Grand. In contrast, Charlotte Harbor experienced tides four feet below normal.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 13, 9:49 AM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 9:49 AM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1049 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 HURRICANE CHARLEY CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH UP ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST THIS MORNING. LATEST COORD WITH TPC SHOWS LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE IN THE OVERALL FORECAST TRACK WITH CHARLEY FORECASTED TO AFFECT THE TAMPA BAY AREA BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT. ONGOING ZONES LOOK GOOD FOR NOW...SO NO MORNING UPDATES PLANNED. WILL UPDATE THE COASTAL MARINE FORECAST SHORTLY WITH ONLY MINOR TWEAKS EXPECTED. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM BONITA BEACH TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 60NM INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF LEVY...CITRUS...HERNANDO...PASCO... PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...MANATEE...SARASOTA...CHARLOTTE... DESOTO...AND LEE. INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING FOR SUMTER...POLK...HARDEE AND HIGHLANDS COUNTIES. TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 5 PM TODAY FOR PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK... MANATEE...HARDEE...DESOTO...HIGHLANDS...SARASOTA...CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES. FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY FOR LEVY...CITRUS...SUMTER... HERNANDO...PASCO...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...MANATEE... SARASOTA...HARDEE...DESOTO...HIGHLANDS...CHARLOTTE...AND LEE COUNTIES SHORT TERM...JCM LONG TERM...RD
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 5:34 AM EST, 6 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 634 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-131520- CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE- LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER- 634 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. ...HURRICANE CHARLEY HEADED FOR THE SUNCOAST TODAY... ...HURRICANE WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FROM BONITA BEACH TO SUWANNEE RIVER INCLUDING TAMPA BAY... .DAY ONE...TODAY: ...SYNOPSIS... HURRICANE CHARLEY WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTH TOWARD THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE WIND DAMAGE...AS WELL AS STORM SURGE OVER AND SOUTH OF WHERE CHARLEY MAKES LANDFALL. HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING REMAIN A SECONDARY HAZARD...BUT THE SPEED OF THE STORM SHOULD LIMIT THE EXTENT AND AMOUNT OF HEAVY RAINS ON THE SUNCOAST. ...EXPECTED WIND HAZARDS... ON ITS CURRENT TRACK...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE UP THE COAST BY THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE VERY NEAR WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL...ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN SEMICIRCLE OF THE STORM. WIDESPREAD MINOR TO MODERATE WIND DAMAGE IS A REAL POSSIBILITY WITH THIS STORM...EVEN WELL INLAND. ...STORM SURGE... THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WILL CAUSE THE POTENTIAL FOR A RAPID RISE IN WATER LEVELS ALONG AND TO THE SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES LAND. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WHERE EXACTLY THE CENTER WILL CROSS...AS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE STORM TO TRACK VERY CLOSE TO THE COAST BEFORE SWINGING INLAND. ...HEAVY RAINS... STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED AND WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SUNCOAST...ANY ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS COULD EXACERBATE THE FLOOD POTENTIAL ON RAIN SWOLLEN RIVERS AND LOW LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM STRONGER CELLS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY AS CHARLEY SWEEPS UP THE SUNCOAST. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE) FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION...CHECK OUT HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV PRC
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 6:51 AM EST, 5 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 751 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 FLZ050>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-853-856-122100- CHARLOTTE-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-MANATEE-PINELLAS- POLK-SARASOTA- 751 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 749 IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR HILLSBOROUGH...SARASOTA...POLK...HIGHLANDS...HARDEE...DE SOTO... PINELLAS...LEE...CHARLOTTE AND MANATEE COUNTIES. APPROACHING HURRICANE CHARLEY IN THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...COMBINED WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AND WIND SHEAR...WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BANDS OF FAST MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. SMALL FAST MOVING TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE) JCM
Event by event
1 storm surge/tide. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Storm Surge/Tide
- Water pushed ashore above the normal tide by a storm’s winds and low pressure.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hurricane in Florida, August 13, 2004
- Tornado in North Carolina, August 13, 2004
- High Wind in Florida, August 13, 2004
- High Wind in Florida, August 13, 2004
- Hurricane in Florida, August 13, 2004
- Tropical Storm in Florida, August 13, 2004
- Tropical Storm in Florida, August 13, 2004
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 13, 2004
- Tornado in Florida, August 13, 2004
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, August 13, 2004
- Hurricane in Florida, August 13, 2004
- Tornadoes in Florida, August 13, 2004
More
Every storm in Florida in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, August 2004The 2004 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: 5417282.