![]() ![]() If Florida’s hurricane season were to be divided into quarters of roughly equal landfall activity, the first quarter would run from mid-May to August 27th. The historical curve gets steep from here. The Atlantic has been more active than about four out of every five years through the first two-thirds of August. Tallying the intensity and duration of Elsa and Fred’s landfalls, the first 20% of Florida’s hurricane season has been unusually busy - more active than about 19 of every 20 years since 1900. 'An unusually busy start' for hurricane season in Florida Fred also caused significant flooding in the mountains of western North Carolina as it moved north and merged with a front. Winds gusted to 55 mph in Marianna and 46 mph in Tallahassee and Bainbridge, with rain accumulations of 5-10 inches along the track of Fred’s center and widespread 2-4 inch totals further east into the Big Bend. Inland impacts were more measured, though still considerable. View Gallery: Tropical Storm Fred pays Bay Co. 'Never seen anything this devastating': At least 2 dead, 17 missing in North Carolina county flooded by Fred.'A lot of water' but not a lot of major damage officials say Fred a 'good reminder' to be prepared.Low tide was fortuitously timed near-maximum surge, but even so, localized coastal flooding occurred in Bay, Gulf, and Franklin Counties. Joe.įred’s packed punch was most keenly felt on the Forgotten Coast between Panama City Beach and Bald Point, where wind gusts peaked out between 60 to 75 mph and storm surge, highest in western Apalachee Bay, exceeded 4.5 feet. Fred’s second act over the Gulf of Mexico saw a late intensification to a strong tropical storm with 65 mph sustained winds prior to Monday afternoon landfall south of Port St. That is not to say the slings and arrows of the 2021 hurricane season, including this week’s Tropical Storm Fred, have not been Shakespearean. Watch Video: Scenes from Asheville after Tropical Depression FredĬonveniently for meteorologists in search of a framing device, the phrase “what’s past is prologue” originates in "The Tempest." And indeed, the tempests of hurricane season occurring before the beautyberries turn purple essentially do amount to an extended prologue: since 1900, around 80% of Florida’s historical hurricane activity occurs after August 20th. ![]()
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