Tropical Storm — Brevard, Florida
September 10, 2017 · NOAA Storm Events record
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 and overnight while weakening to a Category 2 hurricane approximately 95 miles west of Melbourne. A long duration of damaging winds occurred across Brevard County, with a period of frequent gusts to hurricane force (especially near the coast). The highest sustained wind was measured at WeatherFlow site in Melbourne Shores (64 mph from the southeast at 2225LST on September 10) and the peak gust was 94 mph from the southeast at 2040LST at a WeatherFlow site located along the Banana River at State Road 528. A preliminary report indicated 7,132 homes sustained damage, including 400 with major damage and 45 destroyed. The initial
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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.