Storm Surge/Tide, Coastal Walton
- When
- June 11, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Walton forecast zone
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.619, -86.171 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm Surge in Florida, June 11, 2005
The Walton County EMA reported storm surge heights of five feet and heavy wave action caused moderate beach erosion to beaches which were damaged by Hurricane Ivan. The Bay County EMA reported storm surge heights of three to four feet caused moderate beach erosion.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $120,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 TAE wrote it up.
The Walton County EMA reported storm surge heights of five feet and heavy wave action caused moderate beach erosion to beaches which were damaged by Hurricane Ivan. The Bay County EMA reported storm surge heights of three to four feet caused moderate beach erosion. Most of the recent beach re-nourishment was washed away. Moderate to heavy wave action damaged some walkways. The Gulf County EMA reported storm surge heights of three feet caused moderate beach erosion at Cape San Blas. The Stump Hole area was undermined, however County Road 30E remained open. The Franklin County EMA reported storm surge heights of three feet caused moderate beach erosion, with some loss of dunes around St George Island. Three turtle nests were destroyed at the St George State Park. Much of Alligator Point Road was washed out. The Wakulla County EMA reported storm surge heights of three to four feet forced significant amounts of seaweed ashore. No beach erosion was reported.
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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 11, 10:45 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 10:45 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1145 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005
.UPDATE...WE UPDATED THE WAA SECTION BELOW TO REFLECT THE REDUCTION
IN THE ERN EXTENT OF THE TS WARNING, AND TO DROP THE INLAND TROPICAL
STORM WARNING FOR THE INLAND COUNTIES IN THE ERN FL PANHANDLE. AS A
HEADS UP, THE FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE CANCELLED EARLY (AROUND 4
PM) IF RADAR TRENDS CONTINUE.
&&
.SYNOPSIS...
WATER VAPOR IMAGES SHOW DRY AIR WRAPPING N INTO THE CWFA...WHICH
SHOULD LIMIT HEAVY RAIN THREAT SOMEWHAT. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A RAIN
BAND EXTENDING S FROM APALACHICOLA...ITS RADAR AND SATELLITE
PRESENTATION ARE NOT IMPRESSIVE AT THIS POINT.
&&
.SHORT TERM...TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES HAVE MADE. PROJECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE
LATEST HLS HAVE CONSEQUENTLY BEEN LOWERED SOMEWHAT. WIND THREAT ALSO
APPEARS TO BE DIMINISHING OVERALL...ALTHOUGH RAINBANDS WILL STILL BE
ABLE TO DELIVER TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS.
&&
.MARINE...
MADE FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE WAVE HEIGHT GRIDS...AS BUOY
OBS SHOW A SHARP E-W GRADIENT IN SEAS (16 FT AT 42039 AND 10 FT AT
42036). EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 40KT OVER OUR WRN WATERS.
&&
.AVIATION...
WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WITH LOCAL IFR IN THE
HEAVIER RAINBANDS. STRONGEST SFC WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR AROUND
18Z TODAY WITH TS ARLENE.
&&
.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT ALL ZONES.
GA...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 12 AM EDT TONIGHT ALL ZONES.
FL...HURRICANE WATCH E OF DESTIN TO INDIAN PASS, FLZ08-12-14.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING DESTIN TO OCHLOCKONEE BAY,
FLZ08-12-14-15.
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FLZ07-08-12-14-15.
FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 12 AM EDT TONIGHT ALL ZONES.
&&
SHORT TERM...TJT
LONG TERM...WOOLHazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 4:41 AM EST, 7 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 541 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-120940- BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA- CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA- DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL- GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL- INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL- LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA- MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA- THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ADEL...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA... ASHBURN...BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY...CAIRO... CALLAWAY...CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD... CRAWFORDVILLE...CROSS CITY...CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE...DAWSON... DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA... ENTERPRISE...FITZGERALD...FORT GAINES...FORT RUCKER...GENEVA... GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LAKELAND...LEESBURG...MADISON...MARIANNA... MAYO...MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...NASHVILLE...NEWTON... OCILLA...OZARK...PANAMA CITY...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PELHAM...PERRY... PORT ST. JOE...PUTNEY...QUITMAN...SANTA ROSA BEACH...ST. MARKS... STEINHATCHEE...SYLVESTER...TALLAHASSEE...THOMASVILLE...TIFTON... VALDOSTA AND VERNON 541 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM INDIAN PASS WEST... ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND FROM SAINT MARKS WEST... ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 5 PM EDT (4 PM CDT)... ...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY MIDNIGHT... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL IMPACT THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...AS IT MOVES ASHORE AROUND PENSACOLA FLORIDA. MANY HAZARDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM...AND PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE FOR THE EXPECTED LOCAL IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM. THIS PRODUCT IS ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTUS82 KTAE... AND UNDER THE AWIPS HEADER MIAHLSTAE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AFTER ARLENE DEPARTS THE AREA...WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...DROPPING BELOW CAUTION BY SUNDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL ADD TO ANY FLOODING CAUSED BY ARLENE. THE NEXT FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY TO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TODAY THE THIS EVENING AS TROPICAL STORM ARLENE MOVES INLAND. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. 7-TREXLER
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 storm surge/tide. Local standard time, as filed.
Storm Surge/Tide, Bay
- When
- June 11, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bay forecast zone
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.238, -85.633 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm Surge/Tide, Gulf
- When
- June 11, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gulf forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.909, -85.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm Surge/Tide, Franklin
- When
- June 11, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.812, -84.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm Surge/Tide, Wakulla
- When
- June 11, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wakulla forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.148, -84.376 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 11, 2005
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 11, 2005
- Flooding in Kansas, June 11 to 14, 2005
- Tropical Storm in Mississippi, June 11 to 12, 2005
- Strong Wind in Alabama, June 11 to 12, 2005
- Flood in Kansas, June 11, 2005
- Rip Current in Georgia, June 11, 2005
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Minnesota, June 11, 2005
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 11, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 11, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 11 to 12, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 11, 2005
More
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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: 5454974, 5454975, 5454976, 5454977, 5454978.