Sep 26, 2024
The center of Hurricane Helene passed about 200 miles west of Naples as a Category 3 hurricane moving N-NE over the eastern Gulf of Mexico around midday on Thursday, September 26th, then made landfall later that evening in the Florida Big Bend as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph and lowest central pressure of 938 mb. The large wind field around Helene brought tropical storm force winds to a good portion of southern Florida, with the most consistent area of sustained
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1217137). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Mainland Monroe County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.