As the first named weather system to make landfall in Florida during the 2020 hurricane season, Tropical Storm Eta did so twice within a single week.
During contact with the southern portion of the state on Sunday, the storm caused widespread flooding across Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties.
After moving back into the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, it then proceeded to reverse its course and track toward the state’s Big Bend region, where it made a second landfall early Thursday morning, near Cedar Key. The storm flooded homes and downed trees across areas previously spared from its initial encounter.
Finally, on its way to the Atlantic Ocean later that day, it temporarily merged with a separate system that was producing heavy rain across the East and Southeast U.S. As a result, portions of North and South Carolina have reportedly experienced major flooding that has overflowed rivers and found its way into homes and businesses.
Approximate locations sustaining possible structural damage/flooding:
Florida
- Bradenton Beach (Manatee County, 34217, 34218)
- Cedar Key (Levy County, 32625)
- Fort Lauderdale (Broward County, 33308)
*Reported impacted ZIP code only - Gulport (Pinellas County, 33707, 33711)
- Key Largo (Monroe County, 33037)
- Longboat Key (Manatee, Sarasota Counties, 34228)
*Concentrated home flooding reported in The Village area (off Russell St.) and along St. Jude Dr. - Madeira Beach (Pinellas County, 33708, 33738)
- Matecumbe Key (Monroe County, 33036)
- Miami (Miami-Dade County, 33150)
*Reported impacted ZIP code only - Miami Gardens (Miami-Dade County, 33014, 33015, 33017, 33054, 33055, 33056, 33169, 33179)
- Oldsmar (Pinellas County, 34677)
*Home flooding reported on Shore Dr. E. (storm surge/rain) - River Oaks/Fort Lauderdale (Broward County, 33312, 33315)
- Safety Harbor (Pinellas County, 34695)
- St. Pete Beach (Pinellas County, 33706, 33707, 33736)
- St. Petersburg (Pinellas County, 33702, 33705, 33706, 33707, 33708, 33711)
*Reported impacted ZIP codes only
*Serious flooding reported at Twin City Mobile Home Park/Trak Motel Apartments - Shore Acres/St. Petersburg (Pinellas County, 33703)
- Tampa (Hillsborough County, 33606, 33611, 33614, 33629)
*Reported impacted ZIP codes only
*Possible home flooding in neighborhoods along Bayshore Blvd. - Venice (Sarasota County, 34284, 34285, 34286, 34287, 34290, 34291, 34292, 34293)
- Treasure Island (Pinellas County, 33706, 33740)
North Carolina
- Charlotte (Mecklenburg County, 28202, 28204, 28206, 28208, 28213, 28269)
*Reported impacted ZIP codes only - Forbush (Yadkin County, 27055)
- Hiddenite (Alexander County, 28636)
*Major flooding reported at Hiddenite Family Campground - Kannapolis (Cabarrus/Rowan Counties, 28081, 28082, 28083)
- Morganton (Burke County, 28655, 28680)
- Rocky Mount (Edgecombe/Nash Counties, 27801, 27802, 27803, 27804, 27815)
*Rain accumulation of 9.82 inches recorded - Statesville (Iredell County, 28625, 28677, 28687)
- Wilson (Wilson County, 27893, 27894, 27895, 27896)
- Winston-Salem (Forsyth County, 27101, 27102, 27103, 27104, 27105, 27106, 27107, 27108, 27109, 27110, 27111, 27113, 27114, 27115, 27116, 27117, 27120, 27127, 27130, 27150, 27152, 27155, 27157, 27198, 27199)
*Hardest hit area
*Major flooding reported at Colonial Estates/Creekwood Apartments - Yadkinville (Yadkin County, 27055)
South Carolina
- Fort Mill (York County, 29707, 29708, 29715, 29716)
*Concentrated home flooding reported on Regent Pkwy. - York (York County, 29745)
Media Coverage
The Weather Channel:
Tropical Storm Eta Floods Florida Homes, Businesses and Shuts Down Streets
Hurricane Eta Spreading Heavy Rainfall, Gusty Winds Into Florida Gulf Coast
WITN: River Flooding: Latest Crest Forecasts
Declaration Activity
FEMA
11/11/20
Florida
Florida Hurricane Eta (EM-3551-FL)
Associated County ZIP Code List (13 Counties)
Governor
11/11/20
Florida (Amendment)
Executive Order 20-278
Associated County ZIP Code (Updated)
11/7/20
Florida
Executive Order Number 20-277
Associated County ZIP Code List