Fort Walton Beach (In MHHW)

The past week

What floods at each level

• 9 ft

  US 98 floods from Wright Parkway to Beal Parkway in Fort Walton Beach.

• 8 ft

  Many soundside structures in Fort Walton Beach begin to flood or have water surrounding them.

• 7 ft

  Many businesses north of US 98 on Okaloosa Island flood. Many structures north of Santa Rosa Blvd flood. Flooding spreads inland in Fort Walton Beach to include City Hall and up to Robinwood Drive.

• 6 ft

  Much of Santa Rosa Blvd floods west of US 98. Homes on Tarpon Drive and Bluefish Drive are surrounded by water. Brooks Street begins to flood east of Walkedge Drive.

• 5.5 ft

  Much of US 98 east of the bridge begins to flood.

• 5 ft

  Homes along Brooks Street from Hood Avenue to Bay Drive are surrounded by water. Parts of Santa Rosa Blvd west of US 98 begin to flood.

• 4.5 ft

  All of Liza Jackson Park is flooded, Flooding begins on Coral Street near City Hall. Some soundside homes on Tarpon Drive and Bluefish Drive are surrounded by water.

• 4 ft

  US 98 near Sound Park begins to flood. Soundside homes in Mary Esther become surrounded by water. Marler Park on Okaloosa Island begins to flood.

• 3.5 ft

  Water approaches the eastbound travel lanes of US 98 near Sound Park in Fort Walton Beach.

• 3 ft

  Homes at the end of Hood Avenue and Gilmore Court in Fort Walton Beach become surrounded by water. Parking lots of some business near City Hall become flooded.

• 2.5 ft

  Liza Jackson Park in Fort Walton Beach begins to flood. Water approaches the backyards of homes on the south facing shore in Mary Esther and Fort Walton Beach.

• 2 ft

  Some parking lots at the east end of the US 98 bridge begin to flood.

• 1.5 ft

  Some flooding of boat ramps and backyards on the north side of the sound begins.

When the water runs low

• 5 ft

  Stage needed to inundate designated Gulf Sturgeon critical habitat below Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam.

• 3 ft

  Temporary (not sustainable) operating level for of Scholz Power Plant