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The 1848 Tampa Bay hurricane (also known as the Great Gale of 1848) was the strongest known hurricane to impact the Tampa Bay area of the U.S. state of Florida.Along with the 1921 Tampa Bay hurricane and Hurricane Milton in 2024, it is one of only three major hurricanes to make landfall along Central Florida's west coast since Florida became a United States territory in 1821.
September 13, 1988- Squalls from the enormous Hurricane Gilbert bring rain to South Florida as the storm lashed the Cayman Islands in the western Caribbean. [50] November 23, 1988- Tropical Storm Keith makes landfall near Sarasota as a 65 mph (105 km/h) tropical storm. The storm drops up to 10.27 inches (261 mm) of precipitation in Saint Leo ...
A gauge in St. Petersburg, Florida, recorded 5.09 inches of rain in an hour on Wednesday night. In total over 22 hours, a gauge at St. Petersburg's Albert Whitted Airport reported 18.31 inches of ...
The storm surge could suddenly slosh and shift position in Tampa Bay. ... for the millions of people in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota area. ... approaches the Gulf coast of the Florida ...
Satellite images show the extent of the damage from Hurricane Milton, which spawned tornadoes across Florida and struck the state as a Category 3 hurricane.. The fatal storm surge that forecasters ...
Flooding at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club. The hurricane brought a storm surge of 10–12 ft (3.0–3.7 m) to Tampa Bay. [15] The highest rainfall total in Tampa was at 8.53 in (217 mm). [4] However, the observer noted that winds probably blew water out of the gauge. [16]
A stretch of the Florida Gulf Coast, including Tampa Bay, could see storm surge of 10 to 15 feet above normal water levels. Map shows the forecast for possible storm surge levels from Hurricane ...
August 30 – Hurricane Idalia made landfall near Keaton Beach in the Big Bend region as a Category 3 storm with sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h), causing significant flooding and wind damage to the area. [201] Storm surge near Cedar Key reached up to 8.9 feet (2.7 m), [202] while locations further south near Tampa Bay and Clearwater ...