Tropical Storm — Volusia, 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 overnight period while weakening to a Category 1 hurricane approximately 100 miles west of Daytona Beach. A long duration of damaging winds occurred across Volusia County, with a period of frequent gusts to hurricane force (especially near the coast). The highest sustained wind was measured at a WeatherFlow site in Daytona Beach (70 mph from the southeast at 2224LST on September 10) and the peak gust was 82 mph from the southeast at 2224LST at a WeatherFlow site located in New Smyrna Beach. A preliminary report indicated 4,811 residences and businesses sustained damage, with 3,457 affected, 1,003 with minor damage, 329 with major da
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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.