Sep 2, 2016
On August 28th a tropical depression formed in the Florida Straits, drifting slowly west into the Gulf of Mexico. During the afternoon of August 31st this tropical depression developed into Tropical Storm Hermine over the central Gulf of Mexico and began turning to the northeast. By the late afternoon of September 1st Hermine reached hurricane strength as it approached the coast of the Florida Big Bend region in the northeast Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Hermine moved onshore across northwest Flori
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 655618). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Toombs County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.