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September 5 – Hurricane Hanna passed east of the state while moving toward the Carolinas. Rip currents and high seas killed three people in the state. [83] [84] September 8 – As Hurricane Ike moved through Cuba, its outer bands dropped heavy rainfall in South Florida, and spawned two tornadoes in the Upper Florida Keys. [85]
Tropical cyclones have affected Florida in every month of the year with the exceptions of January and March. Nearly one-third of the cyclones affected the state in September, and nearly three-fourths of the storms affected the state between August and October, which coincides with the peak of the hurricane season.
Hurricane Gabrielle was a North Atlantic hurricane that caused flooding in both Florida and Newfoundland in September 2001. It developed in the Gulf of Mexico on the same day as the September 11 attacks; after the attacks, flights were canceled nationwide for two days, and when Gabrielle struck Florida on September 14, it caused a day of additional cancellations.
September 25, 1998 – Hurricane Georges passes over Key West as a Category 2 hurricane, and days later it moves eastward through the Florida Panhandle after hitting Biloxi, Mississippi. In the Florida Keys, the hurricane produced 8.41 inches (214 mm) of rain in Tavernier and wind gusts peaking at 110 mph (175 km/h) in Marathon.
Hurricane Ian killed at least 148 people in Florida in September. Many of those deaths were preventable, an NBC News investigation found.
Helene is expected to rapidly strengthen once it moves over the Gulf of Mexico and could hit Florida as a major Category 3 hurricane. ... and RV parks effective 12:00 PM, Tuesday, September 24 ...
Updated September 25, 2024 at 7:58 AM (For the latest news on Helene, please go to Wednesday's live storm coverage.) ... Helene would be Florida's 9th major hurricane hit since 2000.
The hurricane attained its peak intensity later that night with maximum sustained wind of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 938 millibars (27.70 inHg) at 3:10 UTC on September 27 as it made landfall east of the center of the Aucilla River about 10 miles (16 km) west-southwest of Perry, Florida, [17] becoming the strongest ...