ACUS72 KMLB 041742 AAB PSHMLB POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...HURRICANE MATTHEW...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1200 PM EDT SUN DEC 04 2016 UPDATE (DEC 4): USAF TOWER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WITH 1-MINUTE AVERAGED DATA AND FRESHENED STORM IMPACTS BY COUNTY INCLUDING CASUALTY AND EVACUATION INFORMATION. NOTE: THE DATA SHOWN HERE ARE PRELIMINARY....AND SUBJECT TO UPDATES AND CORRECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE. THIS REPORT INCLUDES EVENTS OCCURRING WHEN WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT...OR WHEN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH MATTHEW OR ITS REMNANTS WAS AFFECTING THE AREA. COUNTIES INCLUDED...VOLUSIA...LAKE...SEMINOLE...ORANGE...BREVARD... OSCEOLA...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN...OKEECHOBEE. A. LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE/MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AND PEAK GUSTS --------------------------------------------------------------------- METAR OBSERVATIONS... NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 2 MINUTES --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- KDAB - DAYTONA BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT* 29.18 -81.05 974.3 07/1537 020/045 07/1045 360/062 07/1211 KFPR - TREASURE COAST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 27.49 -80.36 982.7 07/0711 280/039 07/0715 310/059 07/0513 KLEE - LEESBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 28.82 -81.80 995.9 07/1550 290/027 07/1825 290/042 07/1829 KMLB - MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 28.10 -80.64 980.0 07/0937 350/046 07/0646 330/061 07/0757 KMCO - ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 28.42 -81.31 991.5 07/1058 270/040 07/1444 270/053 07/1444 KORL - ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT 28.54 -81.33 991.5 07/1229 280/036 07/1521 270/050 07/1632 KSFB - ORLANDO SANFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 28.77 -81.24 987.1 07/1508 280/041 07/1512 280/055 07/1423 KVRB - VERO BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 27.65 -80.41 980.7 07/0725 310/048 07/0650 280/064 07/0751 KOBE - OKEECHOBEE COUNTY AIRPORT 27.26 -80.85 994.2 07/0615 250/027 07/1115 250/034 07/1155 KSUA - WITHAM FIELD AIRPORT IN STUART 27.18 -80.22 985.1 07/0615 270/036 07/0615 270/053 07/0635 KISM - KISSIMMEE GATEWAY AIRPORT 28.29 -81.43 994.2 07/1056 300/031 07/1330 290/038 07/1330 KDED - DELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 29.06 -81.28 984.7 07/1655 300/036 07/1415 320/054 07/1355 REMARKS: DAYTONA BEACH ASOS (KDAB) STOPPED TRANSMITTING AFTER 1537 UTC. DATA FROM PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE (KCOF), SPACE COAST REGIONAL AIRPORT IN TITUSVILLE (KTIX), CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE SKID STRIP (KXMR), AND THE SHUTTLE LANDING FACILITY (KTTS) WERE UNAVAILABLE. NON-METAR OBSERVATIONS... NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- KSC0003 - USAF TOWER 3 28.46 -80.53 340/074 07/1026 340/093 07/1026 KSC1102 - USAF TOWER 110 28.57 -80.59 320/065 07/1121 320/091 07/1121 KSC0021 - USAF TOWER 2 28.44 -80.56 330/059 07/1020 340/088 07/1020 KSC3132 - USAF TOWER 313 28.62 -80.66 340/060 07/1130 350/086 07/1130 KSC0020 - USAF TOWER 2 28.44 -80.56 340/058 07/1020 340/085 07/1020 KSC0108 - USAF TOWER 108 28.54 -80.57 340/064 07/1046 340/083 07/1046 KSC0061 - USAF TOWER 6 28.51 -80.56 320/053 07/1127 320/081 07/1127 KSC0303 - USAF TOWER 303 28.46 -80.57 340/060 07/1037 330/080 07/1037 KSC1101 - USAF TOWER 1101 28.57 -80.59 270/070 07/1230 270/080 07/1230 KSC3131 - USAF TOWER 3131 28.63 -80.66 330/058 07/1130 330/080 07/1130 KSC0403 - USAF TOWER 403 28.46 -80.59 330/060 07/1050 330/080 07/1050 KSC0001 - USAF TOWER 1 28.43 -80.57 300/059 07/1129 270/077 07/1129 C1819 - SATELLITE BEACH 28.20 -80.60 360/060 07/0808 360/076 07/0808 KSC0415 - USAF TOWER 415 28.66 -80.70 340/056 07/1104 330/073 07/1104 KFLDAYTO14 - WEATHERSTEM DAYTONA BEACH (EMBRY RIDDLE) 29.19 -81.05 350/062 07/1527 010/073 07/1421 XNSB - WEATHERFLOW NEW SMYRNA BEACH 29.04 -80.90 010/061 07/1202 360/072 07/1303 XCCB - WEATHERFLOW MERRITT ISLAND (BANANA RIVER AT SR520) 28.36 -80.65 340/055 07/0919 340/070 07/0927 XCCO - WEATHERFLOW COCOA BEACH PIER 28.37 -80.60 350/052 07/0845 320/067 07/1049 XPAR - WEATHERFLOW TITUSVILLE (PARRISH PARK NORTH) 28.63 -80.81 350/050 07/1110 360/065 07/1105 XRPT - WEATHERFLOW MALABAR (ROCKY POINT) 27.98 -80.55 360/052 07/0648 360/063 07/0648 XJEN - WEATHERFLOW JENSEN BEACH 27.22 -80.20 340/045 07/0400 350/063 07/0315 XDAI - WEATHERFLOW MELBOURNE (DAIRY ROAD) 28.04 -80.64 340/038 07/0747 330/062 07/0727 XMER - WEATHERFLOW MERRITT ISLAND (BANANA RIVER AT SR528) 28.40 -80.66 305/037 07/1130 300/060 07/1145 XSTL - WEATHERFLOW JENSEN BEACH (ST. LUCIE POWER PLANT) 27.35 -80.24 010/050 07/0207 320/058 07/0504 XCOA - WEATHERFLOW COCOA BEACH CLUB 28.31 -80.63 240/043 07/1245 330/056 07/0941 XVER - WEATHERFLOW VERO BEACH (CITY HALL) 27.63 -80.39 340/035 07/0459 330/057 07/0555 XAQU - WEATHERFLOW MELBOURNE BEACH (AQUARINA R&D LAB) 27.94 -80.49 330/035 07/0749 350/053 07/0748 XHOB - WEATHERFLOW HOBE SOUND 27.05 -80.17 280/037 07/0529 300/050 07/0406 KFLVEROB58 - WEATHERSTEM VERO BEACH (DODGERTOWN ELEMENTARY) 27.67 -80.43 290/040 07/0802 340/047 07/0721 KFLSTUAR26 - WEATHERSTEM STUART (SOUTH FORK HIGH) 27.08 -80.25 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM 350/044 07/0500 XSPR - WEATHERFLOW ALTAMONTE SPRINGS (SPRING LAKE) 28.66 -81.41 330/033 07/1221 320/041 07/1113 XRDY - WEATHERFLOW HORIZON WEST (REEDY LAKE) 28.44 -81.63 310/031 07/1326 360/039 07/0925 REMARKS: UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (USAF) WIND TOWER ANEMOMETER HEIGHT OF 54 FEET (16.5 M) WITH 1-MINUTE AVERAGING PERIOD FOR SUSTAINED WINDS. B. MARINE OBSERVATIONS... NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- BUOY 41009 28.52 -80.19 975.4 07/0820 040/056 07/0820 050/068 07/0816 TRDF1 - PORT CANAVERAL (TRIDENT PIER) 28.42 -80.59 973.5 07/1100 340/045 07/0942 350/063 07/0918 REMARKS: BUOY 41009 DATA TRANSMISSION CEASED AT 0820 UTC. C. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM 1200 UTC OCT 06 UNTIL 1200 UTC OCT 08 --------------------------------------------------------------------- CITY/TOWN COUNTY ID RAINFALL LAT LON (IN) DEG DECIMAL --------------------------------------------------------------------- SANFORD (COOP) SEMINOLE SFNF1 8.99 28.81 -81.28 SANFORD (AIRPORT ASOS) SEMINOLE KSFB 7.89 28.78 -81.24 OAK HILL (COCORAHS) VOLUSIA FL-VL-38 7.75 28.86 -80.87 SANFORD (COCORAHS) SEMINOLE FL-SM-18 7.07 28.80 -81.31 DELAND (COCORAHS) VOLUSIA FL-VL-9 6.61 29.10 -81.36 TITUSVILLE (COOP) BREVARD TITF1 6.50 28.62 -80.82 DE LEON SPRINGS (COCORAHS) VOLUSIA FL-VL-35 6.32 29.17 -81.26 PALM BAY (COCORAHS) BREVARD FL-BV-1 5.74 27.95 -80.64 DAYTONA SHORES (COCORAHS) VOLUSIA FL-VL-42 5.65 29.15 -80.97 ORMOND BEACH (COCORAHS) VOLUSIA FL-VL-5 5.53 29.27 -81.05 OVIEDO (COCORAHS) SEMINOLE FL-SM-12 5.43 28.66 -81.25 MOUNT PLYMOUTH (COCORAHS) LAKE FL-LK-5 5.22 28.80 -81.54 DELAND (COOP) VOLUSIA DELF1 5.20 29.20 -81.01 CHULUOTA (COCORAHS) SEMINOLE FL-SM-8 4.86 28.65 -81.12 MELBOURNE BEACH (COOP) BREVARD TSUF1 4.66 28.05 -80.55 VERO BEACH (COOP) INDIAN RIVER VRBF1 4.51 27.65 -80.40 ORLANDO (COCORAHS) ORANGE FL-OR-27 4.44 28.57 -81.39 SEBASTIAN (COCORAHS) INDIAN RIVER FL-IR-22 4.18 27.76 -80.47 VERO BEACH (COCORAHS) INDIAN RIVER FL-IR-24 4.02 27.64 -80.45 CLERMONT (COOP) LAKE CLRF1 4.01 28.46 -81.72 WINTER GARDEN (COCORAHS) ORANGE FL-OR-20 3.96 28.50 -81.65 UNION PARK (COCORAHS) ORANGE FL-OR-1 3.90 28.52 -81.23 FORT PIERCE (COCORAHS) ST. LUCIE FL-SL-30 3.82 27.55 -80.40 MELBOURNE (COOP) BREVARD MLBF1 3.80 28.11 -80.65 ASTATULA (COCORAHS) LAKE FL-LK-25 3.80 28.71 -81.72 STUART (COCORAHS) MARTIN FL-MT-7 3.75 27.13 -80.21 PALM SHORES (COCORAHS) BREVARD FL-BV-2 3.74 28.19 -80.68 FORT PIERCE (AIRPORT ASOS) ST. LUCIE KFPR 3.62 27.30 -80.23 MERRITT ISLAND (COCORAHS) BREVARD FL-BV-54 3.62 28.37 -80.66 COCOA (COCORAHS) BREVARD FL-BV-23 3.62 28.40 -80.79 MELBOURNE (AIRPORT ASOS) BREVARD KMLB 3.59 28.06 -80.39 GROVELAND (COCORAHS) LAKE FL-LK-3 3.58 28.57 -81.82 FORT PIERCE (COOP) ST. LUCIE FPCF1 3.50 27.46 -80.35 VERO BEACH (AIRPORT ASOS) INDIAN RIVER KVRB 3.43 27.39 -80.25 PORT ST. LUCIE (COCORAHS) ST. LUCIE FL-SL-22 3.31 27.31 -80.36 ORLANDO EXEC (AIRPORT ASOS) ORANGE KORL 2.87 28.55 -81.33 PALM CITY (COCORAHS) MARTIN FL-MT-1 2.83 27.12 -80.32 PORT SALERNO (COOP) MARTIN PTSF1 2.68 27.10 -80.26 ROCKLEDGE (COCORAHS) BREVARD FL-BV-13 2.54 28.31 -80.74 LISBON (COOP) LAKE LSBF1 2.43 28.87 -81.78 LADY LAKE (COCORAHS) LAKE FL-LK-16 1.99 28.89 -81.94 KISSIMMEE (COCORAHS) OSCOELA FL-OS-22 1.93 28.19 -81.49 ORLANDO INTL (AIRPORT ASOS) ORANGE KMCO 1.90 28.42 -81.32 POINCIANA PLACE (COCORAHS) OSCEOLA FL-OS-1 1.65 28.19 -81.50 LEESBURG (AIRPORT ASOS) LAKE KLEE 1.64 28.82 -81.81 OKEECHOBEE (COCORAHS) OKEECHOBEE FL-OB-5 1.63 27.47 -80.98 KISSIMMEE (COOP) OSCEOLA KSSF1 1.45 28.28 -81.42 REMARKS: NWS ASOS SITES LABELED WITH 4-LETTER ID. NWS COOPERATIVE SITE IDS END WITH F1. COCORAHS (COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE RAIN, HAIL, AND SNOW NETWORK) SITES BEGIN WITH FL- ID. D. INLAND FLOODING... --------------------------------------------------------------------- RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE MATTHEW PRODUCED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA, WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS RECORDED IN PARTS OF VOLUSIA AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES WHERE UP TO 6 TO 9 INCHES OF RAINFALL OCCURRED. THIS RESULTED IN AREAS OF MINOR URBAN, ROADWAY, AND LOWLAND FLOODING. THE ST. JOHNS RIVER EXPERIENCED MINOR FLOODING NEAR ASTOR AND CRESTED AT 3.49 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 12. RIVER LEVEL RISES WERE INITIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG NORTHERLY WIND COMPONENT IMPEDING THE DOWNSTREAM FLOW OF THE WATER. RISES TO ACTION STAGE OCCURRED ALONG THE ST. JOHNS RIVER NEAR DELAND AND ABOVE LAKE HARNEY, BUT FLOOD STAGE WAS NOT REACHED AT THOSE LOCATIONS. E. MAXIMUM STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... OFFICIAL TIDE GAUGES NOTED WITH LEADING G --------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY CITY/TOWN SURGE TIDE DATE/ BEACH OR LOCATION (FT) (FT) TIME EROSION --------------------------------------------------------------------- BREVARD G TRIDENT PIER 2.76 *5.69 07/0548 MODERATE BREVARD G TRIDENT PIER 3.92 5.57 07/0818 MODERATE BREVARD G TRIDENT PIER 4.09 5.34 07/0912 MODERATE *HIGHEST WATER LEVEL AT TRIDENT PIER BASED ON PRELIMINARY WATER LEVEL DATA DURING HURRICANE MATTHEW. SURGE LEVEL (FT) IS MEASURED TIDE LEVEL MINUS PREDICTED. *A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TEAM CONDUCTED A DAMAGE AND STORM SURGE SURVEY ACROSS BREVARD AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR FINDINGS CAN BE FOUND IN SECTION G. F. TORNADOES... --------------------------------------------------------------------- (DIST)CITY/TOWN COUNTY DATE/ EF SCALE LAT LON (DEG DECIMAL TIME(UTC) (IF KNOWN) DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------------------- NO TORNADOES WERE REPORTED. G. STORM IMPACTS BY COUNTY... --------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY DEATHS INJURIES EVACUATIONS DESCRIPTION (TO SHELTERS) --------------------------------------------------------------------- BREVARD 0 1 4320 THE CENTER OF MAJOR HURRICANE MATTHEW PASSED ONLY 25 MILES OFFSHORE BREVARD COUNTY DURING THE MORNING HOURS OF OCTOBER 7, PRODUCING A LONG DURATION OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE COUNTY AND A SHORTER PERIOD OF FREQUENT GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE CLOSER TO THE COAST. A NWS DAMAGE SURVEY CONFIRMED THAT SUSTAINED CATEGORY 1-2 HURRICANE WINDS LIKELY OCCURRED ALONG THE COASTLINE FROM CAPE CANAVERAL NORTHWARD. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND RECORDED AT THE MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 53 MPH FROM THE NORTH AT 0146LST ON OCTOBER 7 AND THE PEAK GUST WAS 70 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 0257LST. A USAF WIND SENSOR AT 54 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL NEAR THE BEACH NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL RECORDED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 79 MPH AND A GUST OF 107 MPH. OTHER RECORDED PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDED 87 MPH AT SATELLITE BEACH, 81 MPH ON MERRITT ISLAND AND 77 MPH AT COCOA BEACH. WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED TO SEVERAL HUNDRED HOMES, OFTEN A RESULT OF IMPACTS DUE TO FALLING TREES. ELEVEN HOMES WERE DESTROYED, 140 SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE, 549 EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE AND AN ADDITIONAL 939 HOMES WERE AFFECTED IN SOME WAY. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES DUE TO WIND WERE CONFINED MAINLY TO THE BARRIER ISLANDS AS WELL AS THOSE PROPERTIES EXPOSED TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. DAMAGE GENERALLY INVOLVED ROOF SHINGLES, SOFFITS, AWNINGS, AND POOL ENCLOSURES. FURTHER INLAND, PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS MAINLY A RESULT OF FALLEN TREES, ESPECIALLY TO OLDER BUILDINGS AND MOBILE HOMES NEAR WOODED AREAS. SEVERAL HOMES EXPERIENCED WATER INTRUSION DUE TO DAMAGED ROOFS. TWO HOMES WERE LOST TO FIRE AS OFFICIALS SUSPENDED EMERGENCY SERVICES DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. COUNTY-WIDE, THERE WAS SPORADIC DAMAGE TO FENCES, AWNINGS, AND SCREEN ROOMS. ABOUT 227,000 CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM, OR ABOUT 75 PERCENT OF THE COUNTY. PRELIMINARY PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT $24 MILLION. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WERE ORDERED FOR RESIDENTS OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS, INCLUDING MERRITT ISLAND, AS WELL AS LOW-LYING AREAS, RV PARKS, AND MOBILE HOMES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNTY. A TOTAL OF 4,320 RESIDENTS EVACUATED TO SHELTERS WITHIN THE COUNTY. THERE WAS ONE DIRECT INJURY. A MALE IN HIS 40S WAS INJURED IN PORT CANAVERAL WHEN A SIGN FELL AND STRUCK HIM DURING THE STORM. AS HURRICANE MATTHEW PASSED OFFSHORE, HIGH WATER LEVELS, WAVE RUN- UP, AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES LED TO MODERATE TO MAJOR BEACH EROSION, EXTENSIVE ESCARPMENT OF DUNES, AND DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS PEDESTRIAN CROSSOVERS ALONG THE COASTLINE. THE STORM SURGE WAS ESTIMATED AT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORELINE BASED ON A NWS SURVEY. THE FOUNDATIONS OF SEVERAL BEACHFRONT PROPERTIES BETWEEN SATELLITE BEACH AND MELBOURNE BEACH WERE COMPROMISED DUE TO EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO DUNES AND BERMS. WATER LEVEL RISES ALONG THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON AND BANANA RIVER WERE ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET DUE TO WIND-DRIVEN WATER AND WAVE PILING. PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ESTIMATES INDICATE AN ECONOMIC LOSS TO THE BEACHES OF $25 MILLION DUE TO COASTAL EROSION. INDIAN RIVER 0 0 1297 MAJOR HURRICANE MATTHEW PASSED NEARLY 35 MILES OFFSHORE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF OCTOBER 7, PRODUCING A LONG DURATION OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM WINDS AND A SHORT PERIOD OF FREQUENT GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE ALONG THE COAST FROM AROUND VERO BEACH NORTHWARD. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND RECORDED AT THE VERO BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WAS 55 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 0150LST ON OCTOBER 7 AND THE PEAK GUST WAS 74 MPH FROM THE WEST AT 0251LST. WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED TO MORE THAN TWO DOZEN HOMES, MAINLY A RESULT OF TREES FALLING ONTO ROOFS. THREE HOMES WERE DESTROYED, 15 SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE, SEVEN EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE AND AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN HOMES WERE AFFECTED IN SOME WAY. OTHER MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO GARAGE DOORS, CAR PORTS, FENCES AND POOL SCREEN ENCLOSURES. PRELIMINARY PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT $15.8 MILLION. A TOTAL OF 1,297 RESIDENTS EVACUATED TO SHELTERS WITHIN THE COUNTY. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES WERE REPORTED. AS HURRICANE MATTHEW PASSED OFFSHORE, THE BEACHES EXPERIENCED MODERATE TO MAJOR EROSION AND WAVE RUN-UP TO DUNES AND BERMS DUE TO AN ESTIMATED 3-4 FOOT STORM SURGE. CROSSWALKS WITHIN COUNTY-OWNED BEACH PARKS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, WITH AN ESTIMATED ECONOMIC LOSS OF $13 MILLION TO THE BEACHES. LAKE 0 0 0 AS MAJOR HURRICANE MATTHEW MOVED NORTHWEST PARALLEL TO THE COAST JUST OFFSHORE ON OCTOBER 7, FREQUENT GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE IMPACTED LAKE COUNTY. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND RECORDED AT LEESBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 31 MPH FROM THE WEST AT 1325LST ON OCTOBER 7 AND THE PEAK GUST WAS 48 MPH FROM THE WEST AT 1329LST. TWO HOMES SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE, FOUR HOMES EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE AND AN ADDITIONAL 15 RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES WERE AFFECTED IN SOME WAY, MAINLY DUE TO FALLING BRANCHES AND TREES. TWENTY GOVERNMENT FACILITIES EXPERIENCED DAMAGE. PRELIMINARY RESIDENTIAL AND GOVERNMENT PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT $415,000. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES WERE REPORTED. MARTIN 0 1 1300 MAJOR HURRICANE MATTHEW PASSED NEARLY 55 MILES OFFSHORE MARTIN COUNTY DURING THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS OF OCTOBER 6-7, PRODUCING SEVERAL HOURS OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM WINDS AND A 12- HOUR PERIOD OF FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTY. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND RECORDED AT WITHAM FIELD IN STUART WAS 41 MPH FROM THE WEST AT 0100LST ON OCTOBER 7 AND THE PEAK GUST WAS 61 MPH FROM THE WEST AT 0135LST. AT JENSEN BEACH, THE PEAK SUSTAINED WIND WAS 52 MPH AT 2300LST ON OCTOBER 6 AND THE PEAK GUST WAS 73 MPH AT 2215LST. MINOR WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED TO HOMES, MAINLY A RESULT OF FALLING TREES. ISOLATED DAMAGE TO FENCES, AWNINGS AND SCREEN ROOMS OCCURRED. ONE MOBILE HOME SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE, FOUR HOMES EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE AND AN ADDITIONAL 76 HOMES WERE AFFECTED IN SOME WAY. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE HURRICANE, APPROXIMATELY 45,000 CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER, OR ABOUT 50% OF THE COUNTY. PRELIMINARY PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT $175,000. A TOTAL OF 1,300 RESIDENTS EVACUATED TO SHELTERS WITHIN THE COUNTY. THERE WAS ONE INDIRECT INJURY. A 47-YEAR-OLD MALE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HIS TOOLS HIT A LIVE POWER LINE WHILE TRIMMING TREES IN STUART AFTER THE STORM ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 10 AROUND 0715LST. AS HURRICANE MATTHEW PASSED OFFSHORE, THE BEACHES EXPERIENCED MINOR TO MODERATE EROSION AND A SIGNIFICANT WAVE RUN-UP TO DUNES AND BERMS DUE TO AN ESTIMATED 2-3 FOOT STORM SURGE. OKEECHOBEE 0 0 0 AS MAJOR HURRICANE MATTHEW MOVED NORTHWEST PARALLEL TO THE COAST JUST OFFSHORE LATE ON OCTOBER 6 THROUGH EARLY ON OCTOBER 7, FREQUENT GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE OCCURRED. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND RECORDED AT THE OKEECHOBEE COUNTY AIRPORT WAS 31 MPH FROM THE WEST AT 0615LST ON OCTOBER 7 AND THE PEAK GUST WAS 39 MPH FROM THE WEST AT 0655LST. MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO ONE HOME WAS REPORTED. UP TO 2,300 CUSTOMERS LOST POWER DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES WERE REPORTED. ORANGE 1 0 714 AS MAJOR HURRICANE MATTHEW MOVED NORTHWEST PARALLEL TO THE COAST JUST OFFSHORE ON OCTOBER 7, SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM WINDS IMPACTED ORANGE COUNTY FOR SEVERAL HOURS, WITH A LONGER DURATION OF FREQUENT GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND RECORDED AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 46 MPH FROM THE WEST AT 0944LST ON OCTOBER 7 AND THE PEAK GUST WAS 61 MPH FROM THE WEST AT 0944LST. THREE HOMES SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE AND 64 HOMES EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE, MAINLY DUE TO FALLING BRANCHES AND TREES. PRELIMINARY PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT $640,521. A TOTAL OF 714 RESIDENTS EVACUATED TO SHELTERS WITHIN THE COUNTY. ONE INDIRECT HURRICANE- RELATED FATALITY OCCURRED. A 70-YEAR OLD WOMAN DIED AFTER HER MEDICAL DEVICE FAILED DURING A POWER OUTAGE. OSCEOLA 0 0 1000 AS MAJOR HURRICANE MATTHEW MOVED NORTHWEST PARALLEL TO THE COAST JUST OFFSHORE ON OCTOBER 7, SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM WINDS IMPACTED OSCEOLA COUNTY FOR A FEW HOURS, WITH A LONGER DURATION OF FREQUENT GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND RECORDED AT KISSIMMEE GATEWAY AIRPORT WAS 36 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 0830LST ON OCTOBER 7 AND THE PEAK GUST WAS 44 MPH FROM THE WEST AT 0830LST. NO REPORTS OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WERE RECEIVED. A TOTAL OF 1,000 RESIDENTS EVACUATED TO SHELTERS WITHIN THE COUNTY. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES WERE REPORTED. SEMINOLE 1 0 710 AS MAJOR HURRICANE MATTHEW MOVED NORTHWEST PARALLEL TO THE COAST JUST OFFSHORE ON OCTOBER 7, SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM WINDS IMPACTED SEMINOLE COUNTY FOR SEVERAL HOURS, WITH A LONGER DURATION OF FREQUENT GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND RECORDED AT ORLANDO-SANFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 47 MPH FROM THE WEST AT 1012LST ON OCTOBER 7 AND THE PEAK GUST WAS 63 MPH FROM THE WEST AT 0923LST. SEVENTEEN HOMES SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE, 94 HOMES EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE AND AN ADDITIONAL 612 RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES WERE AFFECTED IN SOME WAY, MAINLY DUE TO FALLING BRANCHES AND TREES. ONE GOVERNMENT FACILITY EXPERIENCED MAJOR DAMAGE, 9 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND AN ADDITIONAL 15 WERE AFFECTED IN SOME WAY. AT THE PEAK OF THE STORM, NEARLY 70,000 CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER. PRELIMINARY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT $12.2 MILLION, WITH $3.2 MILLION IN DAMAGES TO BUSINESSES. A TOTAL OF 710 RESIDENTS EVACUATED TO SHELTERS WITHIN THE COUNTY. ONE DIRECT HURRICANE-RELATED FATALITY OCCURRED. AN 86-YEAR OLD MALE IN CASSELBERRY WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A DOOR AT HIS HOME THAT SWUNG OPEN DURING THE HURRICANE. ST. LUCIE 4 0 1930 MAJOR HURRICANE MATTHEW PASSED NEARLY 40 MILES OFFSHORE ST. LUCIE COUNTY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF OCTOBER 7, PRODUCING SEVERAL HOURS OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM WINDS AND A 12-HOUR PERIOD OF FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND RECORDED AT THE TREASURE COAST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN FT. PIERCE WAS 45 MPH FROM THE WEST AT 0315LST ON OCTOBER 7 AND THE PEAK GUST WAS 63 MPH FROM THE WEST AT 0254LST. MINOR WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED TO HOMES, MAINLY A RESULT OF TREES FALLING ONTO ROOFS. ISOLATED DAMAGE TO GARAGE DOORS AND OVERHANGS ALSO OCCURRED. A MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED DUE TO A FALLING TREE. PROPERTY DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE NOT RELEASED. A TOTAL OF 1,930 RESIDENTS EVACUATED TO SHELTERS WITHIN THE COUNTY. THERE WERE FOUR INDIRECT DEATHS. DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, FIRE OFFICIALS SUSPENDED EMERGENCY SERVICES DUE TO DANGEROUS WINDS. DURING THIS PERIOD WHEN FIRE OFFICIALS WERE UNABLE TO RESPOND TO INCOMING EMERGENCY CALLS, A 58-YEAR-OLD INDIAN RIVER ESTATES WOMAN DIED OF A HEART ATTACK AROUND 0030LST AND AN 82-YEAR OLD PORT ST. LUCIE MAN DIED AROUND 0230LST AFTER SUFFERING BREATHING PROBLEMS AND SYMPTOMS OF A STROKE. A COUPLE IN THEIR 90S WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN THEIR PORT ST. LUCIE HOME AFTER OFFICIALS DISCOVERED THEY WERE RUNNING A GAS GENERATOR IN THEIR GARAGE THROUGHOUT THE HURRICANE. THEY WERE TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE THEY LATER DIED DUE TO CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. AS HURRICANE MATTHEW PASSED OFFSHORE, THE BEACHES EXPERIENCED MINOR TO MODERATE EROSION AND A SIGNIFICANT WAVE RUN-UP TO DUNES AND BERMS DUE TO AN ESTIMATED 2-3 FOOT STORM SURGE. VOLUSIA 5 0 4000 THE CENTER OF MAJOR HURRICANE MATTHEW PASSED ONLY 30 MILES OFFSHORE VOLUSIA COUNTY DURING THE MORNING HOURS OF OCTOBER 7, PRODUCING A 12- HOUR PERIOD OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE COUNTY AND A SHORTER PERIOD OF FREQUENT GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE CLOSER TO THE COAST. A NWS DAMAGE SURVEY CONFIRMED THAT SUSTAINED CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE WINDS LIKELY OCCURRED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COASTLINE. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND RECORDED AT THE DAYTONA BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 52 MPH FROM THE NORTH AT 0545LST ON OCTOBER 7 AND THE PEAK GUST WAS 71 MPH FROM THE NORTH AT 0711LST. OTHER RECORDED PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDED 84 MPH AT EMBRY-RIDDLE UNIVERSITY IN DAYTONA BEACH AND 83 MPH AT NEW SMYRNA BEACH. WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED TO SEVERAL THOUSAND HOMES, OFTEN A RESULT OF IMPACTS DUE TO FALLING TREES. SIXTY-NINE HOMES WERE DESTROYED, 467 SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE, 1,494 EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE AND AN ADDITIONAL 10,041 HOMES WERE AFFECTED IN SOME WAY. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES DUE TO WIND WERE MAINLY CONFINED TO THE BARRIER ISLANDS AS WELL AS THOSE PROPERTIES EXPOSED TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. DAMAGE TO THE ROOFS OF OLDER BUILDINGS WAS MORE NOTABLE THAN NEWER CONSTRUCTION, WHERE DAMAGE WAS GENERALLY CONFINED TO ROOF SHINGLES, SOFFITS, AWNINGS, AND POOL ENCLOSURES. FURTHER INLAND, PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS MAINLY A RESULT OF FALLEN TREES, ESPECIALLY TO OLDER BUILDINGS AND MOBILE HOMES WITHIN DENSELY WOODED AREAS. AT THE PEAK OF THE STORM, NEARLY 258,000 CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER, OR 92% OF THE COUNTY. PRELIMINARY PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT $514.4 MILLION. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WERE ORDERED FOR ALL OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS, AS WELL AS LOW-LYING AREAS, RV PARKS, AND MOBILE HOMES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNTY. A TOTAL OF 4,000 RESIDENTS EVACUATED TO SHELTERS WITHIN THE COUNTY. ONE DIRECT FATALITY AND FOUR INDIRECT FATALITIES RESULTED FROM THE HURRICANE. A 63-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIED ON OCTOBER 7 DURING THE HURRICANE WHEN A TREE FELL ON HER AS SHE WAS FEEDING ANIMALS OUTSIDE HER DELAND HOME. ON OCTOBER 10, AN 87-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS ELECTROCUTED BY A DOWNED POWER LINE IN DELEON SPRINGS AROUND 0700LST. ALSO ON THIS DATE, A 9-YEAR-OLD DAYTONA BEACH BOY WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN HIS HOME AFTER OFFICIALS DISCOVERED A GENERATOR RUNNING IN ANOTHER ROOM. THE BOY LATER DIED FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING AT A LOCAL MEDICAL CENTER. A 47-YEAR- OLD OHIO MAN ASSISTING WITH DEBRIS CLEANUP EFFORTS IN ORMOND BEACH WAS KILLED ON OCTOBER 10 WHEN PART OF A DOWNED TREE ROLLED ON TOP OF HIM AND PINNED HIM UNDERNEATH. ON OCTOBER 14 AROUND 1000LST, A 52- YEAR OLD TREE TRIMMER DIED AFTER HE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHILE CLEANING UP STORM DEBRIS IN A DELTONA BACKYARD. AS HURRICANE MATTHEW PASSED OFFSHORE, EXCESSIVE WATER LEVELS, WAVE RUN-UP, AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES LED TO MAJOR BEACH EROSION, EXTENSIVE ESCARPMENT OF DUNES AND DESTRUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSOVERS ALONG THE ENTIRE COASTLINE. IN ORMOND-BY-THE-SEA, SURGING WATERS ERODED MUCH OF THE PROTECTIVE BARRIER ALONG HIGHWAY A1A AND LED TO THE COLLAPSE OF SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE HIGHWAY. A NWS SURVEY ESTIMATED A STORM SURGE OF BETWEEN 4 AND 6 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORELINE, WITH THE GREATEST INUNDATION ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. WATER LEVEL RISES ALONG THE HALIFAX RIVER WERE ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET AND BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET ALONG THE MOSQUITO LAGOON DUE TO WIND-DRIVEN WATER AND WAVE PILING. BEACH EROSION DAMAGE ESTIMATES FROM THE COUNTY WERE NOT PROVIDED. $$ LEGEND: I-INCOMPLETE DATA E-ESTIMATED ULRICH/SHARP/GLITTO/COMBS/SMITH/VOLKMER/SPRATT