Tropical Storm Mindy - 2021

Storm History

Information is preliminary and could change with the release of the National Hurricane Center's final report of Tropical Storm Elsa (found here when available). 

Mindy was first labeled an area of investigation, 91L, on August 31 by the National Hurricane Center while is was in the southwest Caribbean, well north of Panama. Over the next five to seven days, the area disturbed weather would move northwest and eventually cross the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Throughout its path towards the southern Gulf, 91L would remain disorganized with development odds not climbing above 30%. By September 7th, it would be located across the southern Gulf Mexico. At this point, development odds began to increase as the area of disturbed weather became better organized. By Wednesday morning, 91L continued to improve in appearance, but it struggled to gain a semblance of a lower level circulation. Eventually it developed enough of a lower level circulation in the afternoon to be labeled a tropical storm. Also supporting this determination were sustained tropical storm force winds (1 min averaged) at NOAA buoy 42309. The storm would make landfall as a 40 knot tropical storm on September 8 at St Vincent Island, Florida. Mindy would parallel the Florida coast through the overnight hours and depart the forecast area before sunrise Thursday September 9. The primary impacts from Mindy across the forecast area were strong wind gusts, especially along our coastal communities, and very heavy rainfall in the vicinity of the center.  

The afternoon of September 5th. This area of disturbed weather, initially called 91L, slowly meanders northwest in this water vapor imagery.	September 7th. 2021 2PM Tropical Weather Outlook as the area of disturbed weather moved into the southern Gulf of Mexico.
The path history of Mindy once it was named.

National Hurricane Center's Tropical Cyclone Report (This link won't work until report is published).

Reports from neighboring offices will be included here when available.

Wind and Rainfall Reports

Information These wind reports are considered preliminary, a final listing of maximum winds will be listed in NHC's final tropical report after the end of the season.

Radar estimated rainfall from Mindy. As Mindy was developing early Wednesday, heavy rain spread over the Panhandle counties. When Mindy became a tropical storm Wednesday afternoon, and moved inland, the heaviest rain was mostly along the center and transitioned northeast.	For the limited time Mindy had to develop, tropical storm force wind gusts spread surprisingly far inland. Thankfully, the limited time for development kept also meant the wind field was quite small. Aside from Leon county, the strongest winds remained offshore and along our coastal counties.

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
825 AM EDT Thu Sep 9 2021

...HIGHEST WIND GUST REPORTS...

Location               Speed     Time/Date       Lat/Lon


...Franklin County...
Alligator Point              58 MPH    1115 PM 09/08   29.90N/84.40W
St. George Island            54 MPH    0934 PM 09/08   29.67N/84.86W
Apalachicola, FL             45 MPH    0918 PM 09/08   29.73N/84.98W
Apalachicola                 42 MPH    0914 PM 09/08   29.73N/85.03W

...Leon County...
Tallahassee International Ai 40 MPH    1257 AM 09/09   30.40N/84.35W

...Wakulla County...
Shell Point                  53 MPH    1154 PM 09/08   30.06N/84.29W
Panacea                      46 MPH    1146 PM 09/08   29.97N/84.36W
St. Marks                    41 MPH    0214 AM 09/09   30.14N/84.14W

...Maritime Stations...
2.9 S Eastpoint              57 MPH    0940 PM 09/08   29.71N/84.89W
Apalachee Bay - Panacea Chan 56 MPH    1144 PM 09/08   30.01N/84.34W
17 S Saint George Island     49 MPH    0900 PM 09/08   29.41N/84.86W

...24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS...

Location               Amount    Time/Date       Lat/Lon

...Florida...

...Bay County...
Panama City 1.9 SE           3.00 in   0700 AM 09/09   30.15N/85.65W
Panama City Beach 5.9 WNW    2.67 in   0621 AM 09/09   30.25N/85.94W
Tyndall AFB                  2.28 in   0804 AM 09/09   30.07N/85.57W
Lower Grand Lagoon 2.2 NW    2.17 in   0800 AM 09/09   30.16N/85.78W
Panama City                  2.09 in   0801 AM 09/09   30.15N/85.63W
4 SE Tyndall Afb             2.06 in   0756 AM 09/09   30.03N/85.53W

...Franklin County...
Apalachicola                 2.10 in   0753 AM 09/09   29.73N/85.03W

...Gulf County...
2.3 N Honeyville             2.74 in   0800 AM 09/09   30.09N/85.18W
White City                   2.67 in   0800 AM 09/09   29.88N/85.22W

...Jackson County...
Marianna                     3.91 in   0807 AM 09/09   30.77N/85.17W

...Jefferson County...
Monticello 9.8 SW            3.14 in   0700 AM 09/09   30.44N/83.99W
Monticello 1 NNE             3.14 in   0700 AM 09/09   30.56N/83.86W
Monticello 2.9 WSW           2.05 in   0700 AM 09/09   30.53N/83.92W

...Leon County...
Midway 6.9 SW                4.45 in   0700 AM 09/09   30.42N/84.54W
Tallahassee 5.1 NE           4.20 in   0700 AM 09/09   30.51N/84.22W
Tallahassee Forestry Cntr    3.88 in   0759 AM 09/09   30.46N/84.40W
Tallahassee                  3.81 in   0810 AM 09/09   30.59N/84.24W
Tallahassee 4.9 E            3.74 in   0700 AM 09/09   30.47N/84.20W
Tallahassee 5.5 ENE          3.73 in   0700 AM 09/09   30.48N/84.19W
Tallahassee 4.7 ENE          3.68 in   0700 AM 09/09   30.48N/84.21W
Bloxham                      3.67 in   0715 AM 09/09   30.36N/84.61W
Tallahassee 1.3 SW           3.56 in   0800 AM 09/09   30.45N/84.30W
Tallahassee                  3.52 in   0800 AM 09/09   30.47N/84.26W
Tallahassee 5.2 E            3.43 in   0700 AM 09/09   30.44N/84.19W
Tallahassee 5.7 SE           3.29 in   0700 AM 09/09   30.39N/84.22W
Tallahassee International Ai 3.13 in   0753 AM 09/09   30.40N/84.35W
Tallahassee 4.2 N            3.08 in   0700 AM 09/09   30.52N/84.28W
Tallahassee 5.0 SE           3.00 in   0600 AM 09/09   30.41N/84.22W
Tallahassee 5.6 SE           2.98 in   0800 AM 09/09   30.39N/84.23W
Tallahassee                  2.74 in   0805 AM 09/09   30.43N/84.28W
Tallahassee 0.6 ENE          2.60 in   0530 AM 09/09   30.44N/84.27W
Tallahassee - PineyZ         2.46 in   0808 AM 09/09   30.44N/84.19W
2.7 E Lake Iamonia           2.39 in   0800 AM 09/09   30.64N/84.21W
        

...Liberty County...
Wilma                        2.52 in   0747 AM 09/09   30.18N/84.94W

...Taylor County...
2.0 NE Fenholloway           2.03 in   0700 AM 09/09   30.10N/83.47W

...Georgia...

...Cook County...
Adel                         3.00 in   0804 AM 09/09   31.11N/83.43W
2 WNW Sparks                 2.81 in   0805 AM 09/09   31.18N/83.47W
Adel 1.9 SSE                 2.52 in   0700 AM 09/09   31.11N/83.41W

...Thomas County...
Thomasville 5.1 ESE          4.31 in   0600 AM 09/09   30.82N/83.90W
Thomasville 2.8 E            4.02 in   0700 AM 09/09   30.84N/83.93W
Thomasville                  3.32 in   0800 AM 09/09   30.83N/83.98W

Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures.
 We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.