Hurricane EASY

September 5, 1950 at landfall: near Homosassa springs
Category 3 at landfall

Winds: 105
Storm surge:
Damage description:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Easy_(1950)

· Easy produced severe rainfall and strong waves, resulting in heavy damage in the Cedar Key area.

· which downed trees and power lines, littering local streets with debris.

· The tide in Tampa Bay rose 6.5 ft (2.0 m), the highest since 1921.[8] While looping twice along its path, the hurricane dropped heavy amounts of rainfall of 10 in (250 mm) to 20 in (510 mm) in large portions of northwestern Florida. Rainfall totals include 24.5 in (620 mm) in Cedar Key in 3 days[5] and 38.70 in (983 mm) in Yankeetown, Florida, in 24 hours

· After the storm's passage throughout central and northern Florida, "blisters" developed on hundreds of cars