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Milton’s tornadoes, storm surge, and rainfall

By Tom ValleWGN-TV Tom Skilling Weather CenterBill Snyder,

13 hours ago

Powerful hurricane Milton produced devastating rainfall, and powerful winds, and catastrophic storm surge that reached up to 7 feet in the Sarasota, Fla area.

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Milton was the third landfalling hurricane this year. Only other years to produce 3+ landfalling hurricanes: 1871, 1886, 1964, 2004, 2005.

MONTHLY RAINFALL RECORD SET AT TAMPA AND ST PETERSBURG in single calendar day!

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Tampa, Fla. total rainfall Wednesday: 11.43” (Some additional rain fell after midnight) PREVIOUS RECORD FOR FULL OCTOBER: 10.33” in 1922

St Petersburg, Fla total rainfall Wednesday 18.54” (some additional rain fell after midnight) PREVIOUS FULL OCTOBER RAINFALL RECORD: 17.93” in 1986

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