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Tropical Storm — Dixie, FL

Sep 26, 2004

Hurricane Jeanne made landfall on the east coast of Florida near Stuart on the evening of September 25. Jeanne weakened to a tropical storm over central and northwest Florida on September 26. Maximum sustained winds reached 42 knots at the USAF C-Tower in the northeast Gulf of Mexico. The peak wind gust and lowest sea-level pressure were 54 knots and 982.1 mb, respectively, at Cross City, FL. Rainfall totals varied from 0.89 inches at Apalachicola, FL, to 7.60 inches at Mayo, FL. Storm surg

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5422979). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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