Historic Deadly Storm Flooding, Rescues: Over 21 Inches, 23 Hrs.
“Historic” flooding has claimed at least one life in Florida’s panhandle late Tuesday – the latest fallout from a monster weather system that has killed at least 35 people in five other states.
States of Emergency: ‘Extremely dangerous and life-threatening’
Tornado watches were issued in four states early Wednesday, as the slow-moving monster continued bringing high winds and thunderstorms to the Deep South.
Over 21 inches of rain fell in a 23-hour period in Pensacola, Fla., washing away bridges and closing mile after mile of highways across the region. Over five inches fell on Pensacola in a single hour, between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. CT (10 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET) Tuesday, according the National Weather Service.
“That’s more than the city got in the whole of Hurricane Ivan,”Weather Channel meteorologist Kevin Roth said.
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Escambia County spokesman spokesman Bill Pearson said reports of a second fatality were “unconfirmed.” Emergency officials described this being the worst flooding they had seen in 30 years.
The rainfall is ”most likely” record-setting, but a suspected lightning strike has knocked out Pensacola’s NWS reporting station, so that cannot be confirmed.
In Alabama, a reverse 911 was sent to residents after “major flooding” at Fish River, near Silverhill , emergency officials said. Water levels there were higher than during Hurricane Danny in 1997, the National Weather Service said.
The flooding appears it wil worsen across northwest Florida and southwest Alabama as rain continued into Wednesday, according to Derek Beasley, a meteorologist with NBC station WPMI in Mobile, Ala.
Mobile, Ala., recorded 8.99 inches of rain Tuesday, its fifth-wettest day in 143 years, according to the National Weather Service, that called the floodwaters “extremely dangerous and life-threatening.”
“It is imperative that those individuals in the path of this storm system monitor the emerging situation and follow all instructions from local officials,” said Bryan W. Koon, director for Florida’s Division of Emergency Management.
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