(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical Storm
(bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.Not all names
are noted,also storms before 1950 were not named.Not every stat on every storm
description is given(since 1871).
Years
within 60
miles 1875ts,1877,1877,1879-80br,1885-2ts,1887br,1894br,1896,1898,1901tsbr 1903br,1906-07ts,1915,1917br,1924,1929,1936br,1939ts,1948ts,1950br,1953,1953ts 1956tsbr,1957tsbr,1964-65ts,1970tsbr,1972,1975,1985br,1994ts,1995br,1998,2000tsbr,2001tsbr,2008tsbd,2009ts 40
times in 139yrs end of 2009
Names from list
above Baker,Florence,Flossy,Debbie,Dora,Alma,Agnes,Eloise,kate,Beryl,Allison,Opal,Earl,Helene,Barry,Fay, Claudette,
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.48 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (11h)once every 12.64 years
Statistically when Panama City should be affected
next before the end of 2013
Last affected
by 2009 Aug 16th Tropical storm Claudette passes 25 miles west with 50mph winds while moving N.W
This areas hurricane past 1877 115mph Oct 2nd 1896 direct hit by hurricane july 7th causes heavy damage 90mph 1924 sept 15th 75mph, 1929 sept 30th 100mph press 28.80 heavy coastal damage 1936 july a storm
surge of 6 ft bar 28.47 in a cat 3 1950 aug 30th gusts to 98mph rainfall=14.96 inches heavy flooding 1953 florence sept 26thsustained winds of 87mph while just west of here,press 29.35 1972 Agnes 85mph July 19th 1975 sept 23rd hurricane Eloise hits just west of here with 130mph winds.Winds here were gusting over 130mph &a 16 ft storm surge caused very heavy dmage 1994 t.s beryl hit with 50mph winds bar
29.59 4 ft storm surge 1995 opal oct 4th 125mph winds hit just
west area has bad damage when it hit ft walton bch 50 homes destroyed in mexico
bch
1998 hurricane Earl hits in early sept with 80mph winds moving
from s.w fast causes minor to moderate damage here.
Text Sources:The Major Hurricanes to affect the Bahamas Wayne Neely.....Hurricane Watch Dr. Bob Sheets & Jack Williams.....Inside the Hurricane Pete Davies.....The Ship & the Storm Jim Carrier.....Lunatic Wind William Price Fox...Sudden Sea R.A Scotti.....Hurricane Almanac Bryan Norcross.....Divine Wind Kerry Emanuel.....Florida's Hurricane History Jay Barnes.....Stormscaping Pamela Crawford.....Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States Rick Scwartz..... Killer Cane Robert Mykle..... Isaac's Storm Erik Larson.....Florida Hurricanes & Tropical Storms John M. Williams & Iver W.Duedall.....Path of destruction John McQuaid & Mark Schleifstein.....Sun sentinel newspaper(microfilm).....Miami Herald newspaper(microfilm).....NOAA research division.....hurricanecity.com (calculations) Jim Williams.....plus many more.............
Panama City,Florida's history with tropical
systems