Sep 27, 2024
Hurricane Helene made landfall as a category 4 with peak winds of near 140 mph in the Florida Big |Bend just east of the Aucilla River Entrance in Taylor County, late Thursday evening September 26, |2024. Helene's main impact to southeast Georgia and northeast Florida was wind damage as it |tracked quickly north-northeast. The very powerful hurricane and the forward motion produced a |wide swath of wind damage across the forecast area with peak wind gusts 55 to 75 mph across the |eastern half o
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1217250). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Echols County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.