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Tropical Storm — St. Lucie, Florida

September 10, 2017 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$25.0M
Area
St. Lucie

Event narrative (NOAA)

Category 3 Hurricane Irma made landfall near Naples during the late afternoon of September 10. Irma then moved northward across west-central Florida during the evening while weakening to a Category 2 hurricane approximately 95 miles west of Ft. Pierce. A long duration of damaging winds occurred across St. Lucie County, with a period of frequent gusts to hurricane force. The highest sustained wind was measured at the Treasure Coast International Airport in Ft. Pierce (71 mph from the southeast at 1806LST on September 10) and the peak gust was 100 mph from the southeast at 1804LST at the St. Lucie Power Plant on Hutchinson Island. Total estimated damage to residential and business structures as well as beach erosion and mosquito impoundments was $62 million. Damage generally involved roof sh

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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