Even though our area was spared from the winds and rain associated with Hurricane Ike - located closer to the actual track of the storm as seen in the WPC rainfall graphic below - storm surge still had a major impact on the area. A storm tide (storm surge + tide) of 7.75 feet was observed at Fort Morgan in Baldwin County, AL with 5.43 feet at Bayou La Batre in Mobile County, AL. Major beach erosion occurred across all our coastal counties in Alabama (Mobile and Baldwin) and northwest Florida (Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa). Dauphin Island suffered major damage and the road to the island was closed during high tide for 2 days. Water covered the Causeway over Mobile Bay for 2 days and Highway 98 on Okaloosa Island was closed for 2 days for high water. The beaches were heavily damaged during Hurricane Gustav earlier in the month and did not have ample time to recover before Ike moved through the Gulf of Mexico.
Photo courtesy of NOAA WPC.
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Post-Tropical Cyclone Report POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...HURRICANE IKE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1027 AM CDT MON SEP 15 2008 NOTE: THE DATA SHOWN HERE ARE PRELIMINARY....AND SUBJECT TO UPDATES AND CORRECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE. THIS REPORT INCLUDES EVENTS OCCURRING WHEN WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT FOR IKE. COUNTIES INCLUDED...BALDWIN...ESCAMBIA FL...OKALOOSA...SANTA ROSA... MOBILE A. LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE/MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AND PEAK GUSTS --------------------------------------------------------------------- METAR OBSERVATIONS... NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 2 MINUTES --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- NON-METAR OBSERVATIONS... NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- B. MARINE OBSERVATIONS... NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- DPIA1-DAUPHIN ISLAND 30.24 -88.07 1011.0 12/2205 050/037 11/1550 110/056 11/1600 42040-64 MILES SOUTH DAUPHIN ISLAND 29.17 -88.29 1006.0 11/2050 050/034 11/1150 090/047 11/0724 REMARKS: C. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM 0600 UTC SEP 01 UNTIL 1800 UTC SEP 02 --------------------------------------------------------------------- CITY/TOWN COUNTY ID RAINFALL LAT LON (IN) DEG DECIMAL --------------------------------------------------------------------- D. INLAND FLOODING... --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- E. MAXIMUM STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... OFFICIAL TIDE GAUGES NOTED WITH LEADING G --------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY CITY/TOWN SURGE TIDE DATE/ BEACH OR LOCATION (FT) (FT) TIME EROSION --------------------------------------------------------------------- MOBILE G BAYOU LA BATRE 3.93 5.43 12/1430 MINOR MOBILE G DAUPHIN ISLAND 3.12 4.50 11/1548 MAJOR BALDWIN G FORT MORGAN (FM 6.25 7.75 11/1448 MAJOR MOBILE G MOBILE STATE DO 3.20 4.83 12/1554 NONE ESCAMBIA G PENSACOLA 2.87 4.34 11/1642 MAJOR OKALOOSA G DESTIN (EPSF1) 2.45 3.95 12/1118 MAJOR MOBILE G MOBILE (COAST G 2.82 5.25 12/1546 UNKNOWN MOBILE G MOBILE (MIDDLE 2.98 4.48 12/1506 UNKNOWN REMARKS: F. TORNADOES... --------------------------------------------------------------------- (DIST)CITY/TOWN COUNTY DATE/ EF SCALE LAT LON (DEG DECIMAL TIME(UTC) (IF KNOWN) DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------------------- G. STORM IMPACTS BY COUNTY... --------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY DEATHS INJURIES EVACUATIONS DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------------------- BALDWIN MAJOR BEACH EROSION OCCURRED FROM FORT MORGAN TO PERDIDO PASS. THE BEACH WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED FROM GUSTAV AND HAD NOT RECOVERED BEFORE IKE HIT. THE ROAD TO FORT MORGAN WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. WATER COVERED HIGHWAY 59 IN GULF SHORES AND SEVERAL OTHER ROADS NEAR THE COAST WERE FLOODED. MOBILE DAUPHIN ISLAND SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE FROM THE HIGH WATER. THE ROAD TO THE ISLAND WAS CLOSED DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE FOR TWO DAYS. WATER AND SAND COVERED THE WEST END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND. HIGH TIDE ALSO PUT WATER IN THE CAUSEWAY FOR TWO DAYS. WATER STREET IN DOWNTOWN MOBILE HAD WATER IN IT. STREAMS ALONG THE BAY CAME OUT OF THEIR BANKS DUE TO HIGHER TIDES BEING PUSHED INLAND. ESCAMBIA FL MAJOR BEACH EROSION OCCURRED ON PENSACOLA BEACH. THE WATER WAS HIGHER THAN DURING GUSTAV. WATER COVERED SEVERAL STREETS ON PENSACOLA BEACH. SANTA ROSA MAJOR BEACH EROSION OCCURRED ON NAVARRE BEACH. HIGH WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PENSACOLA AND BLACKWATER BAYS. OKALOOSA MAJOR BEACH EROSION OCCURRED ALONG THE BEACH. HIGHWAY 98 ON OKALOOSA ISLAND WAS CLOSED FOR TWO DAYS DUE TO HIGH WATER. HIGH WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED ALONG THE NORTH PART OF CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY. SEVERAL STREETS NEAR THE COAST ALSO HAD WATER IN THEM. $$ Legend: I-Incomplete Data E-Estimated GARY BEELER
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