Jan 21, 2010
On the evening of January 20th, a warm front was moving slowly northeast off the Gulf of Mexico with a moist unstable air-mass moving slowly inland across the central Gulf Coast region. A series of slow moving thunderstorms repeatedly moved across the deeply saturated grounds of the western Florida Panhandle, producing numerous reports of flooding and flash flooding across the region. Prior to this event, northwest Florida was experiencing one of it's wettest winter season on record.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 213849). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Okaloosa County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.