Sep 10, 2017
Hurricane Irma moved northward over the far western Florida peninsula between the afternoon of September 10 and the morning of September 11 at Category 1-2 strength. During the closest point of approach to east-central Florida during the early morning hours of September 11, rain bands associated with the inner core elongated west-to-east and lifted through northwest Osceola County, Lake County and western Orange County. Due to the large size of the wind field, a long duration of damaging tropica
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 719495). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Okeechobee County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.