At least 7 inches of rain fell in Monday and Tuesday's severe storms
The Pensacola area saw more than 7 inches of rain in some areas from storms that moved through the area Monday and Tuesday.
The storms caused down trees and knocked out power to many places on Monday, but larger damage was minimal. The storms triggered unusual "extremely dangerous" severe thunderstorm warnings and one tornado warning in central Santa Rosa County.
Others observed waterspouts offshore in the gulf, and one user on X, formerly known as Twitter, posted a video of a weak waterspout crossing Perdido Key and scattering loose material.
More thunderstorms were expected Tuesday afternoon and evening, and the National Weather Service said the risk of severe weather was "slight," which is level 1 of 5.
At their peak, the storms on Monday brought wind gusts of 80 mph, knocking down trees and causing more than 6,000 homes and businesses to lose power in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties on Monday. By Tuesday morning, the number of outages had shrunk to 213 in the two counties.
Weather radar indicated that 7.7 inches of rain had fallen in some areas of Escambia County, while many community-sourced weather stations measured 5 to 6 inches of rain fell on Monday.
The storms were the second episode of severe weather for the region in less than a week. Storms on May 10 spawned an EF-2 tornado in the Munson community near Jay. The twister had peak winds of 115 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
The severe weather threat should end Tuesday, but more thunderstorms are possible, beginning Thursday and ending into the weekend.
This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Severe weather in Pensacola drops 7 inches of rain in some areas
