Sep 5, 2004
Hurricane Frances made landfall just after midnight on September 5th near Vero Beach as a Category 2 storm. The hurricane continued to move slowly west northwestward across central Florida to near Bartow by 2 pm, and just northeast of Tampa by 8 pm, when it was downgraded to a tropical storm. It then emerged back into the Gulf of Mexico near Hudson shortly before midnight. Hurricane Frances took almost 24 hours to move through the Florida peninsula. Frances continued northwestward through th
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5422750). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Pinellas County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.