At a Glance

Michael was the first Category 5 hurricane on record to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle.Michael's highest storm surge was from Mexico Beach to Apalachee Bay.Michael produced damaging winds that knocked out power to over 1 million customers.Michael's heavy rain triggered flash flooding from the Carolinas to New Jersey.

Michael made landfall as a catastrophic, unprecedented Florida Panhandle Category 5 hurricane on October 10, 2018.

Hurricane Michael intensified right up to its landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, around 12:30 p.m. CDT Oct. 10 as a Category 5, with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph and a minimum central pressure of 919 millibars.

(MORE: Images Show the Fierce Power of Michael)

Infrared satellite loop of Hurricane Michael making a Category 5 landfall along the Florida Panhandle Gulf Coast on October 10, 2018.

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Michael was the and fourth-strongest by maximum sustained winds on record. Michael was also the most-intense Florida Panhandle landfall in records dating to the mid-19th century.

Storm Surge

The National Hurricane Center's Storm Surge Unit estimated peak storm surge inundation of occurred in Bay and Gulf Counties from near Tyndall Air Force Base to Port St. Joe, including Mexico Beach.

Michael's storm surge produced a peak inundation of 7.7 feet above ground level at Apalachicola, Florida, during the afternoon of Oct. 10, of 6.43 feet above ground set during Hurricane Dennis in July 2005.

Peak inundation of 5.31 feet above ground at Panama City, Florida, was . Cedar Key, Florida, saw peak inundation of 4.1 feet.

Damaging Winds

An observing site near Tyndall Air Force Base, east of Panama City, measured a wind gust to 139 mph early on the afternoon of Oct. 10, and a gust to 107 mph was reported 1 mile south of Panama City.

At one time, it was estimated by fallen trees.

A weather reporting station deployed by Weatherflow and the University of Florida , an extraordinarily low pressure to measure on U.S. soil, before it was toppled, according to Shea Gibson, WeatherFlow, Inc., meteorologist.

Michael also , which had stood from Hurricane Kate in 1985.

Here are some other notable peak measured wind gusts over land by state:

Florida: 139 mph at Tyndall AFB; 102 mph in Mariana; 71 mph in TallahasseeAlabama: 64 mph in AshfordGeorgia: 115 mph in Donalsonville; 70 mph in Albany; 51 mph in SavannahSouth Carolina: 60 mph in Little River; 55 mph in North Myrtle BeachNorth Carolina: 68 mph at Oregon Inlet; 61 mph at Rocky MountVirginia: 75 mph near Meadowville; 65 mph in Portsmouth; 56 mph in RichmondMaryland: 62 mph near Point LookoutDelaware: 62 mph at Lewes BeachNew Jersey: 54 mph at Atlantic City (airport)

Storm reports from Hurricane Michael

Wind gusts over 50 mph were clocked as far north as southern New Jersey, with reports of trees or power lines downed from the Florida Panhandle to the Washington D.C. metro area. Up to 1.6 million customers were without power at one time.

Ground saturated from previous heavy rain earlier in the fall and summer made it easier for trees to be toppled by Michael's winds.

Rainfall/Flash Flooding

Michael spread a swath of heavy rain from the Florida Panhandle to the mid-Atlantic and southeastern New England.

There were 204 reports of flash flooding in the 48-hour period ending 8 a.m. EDT Oct. 12, associated with Michael from Georgia to New Jersey. The majority of these were in Virginia (114 reports) and North Carolina (46 reports), where the heaviest of Michael's rain pounded areas already saturated from previous heavy rain events.

Major flash flooding occurred in Danville, Farmville, Richmond and Roanoke, among other locations in Virginia, prompting flash flood emergencies from the National Weather Service. Water rescues were performed in Danville, and water entered homes, businesses and government buildings in Farmville and Prince Edward County.

At least 20 roads were closed in Watauga County in the high country of northwestern North Carolina, including the town of Boone. Widespread flooding was also reported in Forsyth County, including Winston-Salem, and in parts of the Raleigh metro area.

At least 10 homes were flooded in Irmo, South Carolina, requiring some evacuations.

As Michael became a post-tropical cyclone on Oct. 12, heavy rain triggered some . Over 3 inches of rain was reported on , Massachusetts, according to the National Weather Service.

At least one location in seven different states reported at least 5 inches of rain from Michael. Here are some notable rainfall totals by state:

Florida: 5.26 inches at Sumatra; 3.17 inches in Tallahassee; 2.61 inches in Panama CityAlabama: 5.33 inches near Rehobeth; 4.92 inches in Dothan; 1.60 inches in MontgomeryGeorgia: 6.48 inches near Powder Springs; 3.37 inches in MaconSouth Carolina: 7.39 inches near Jefferson; 4.98 inches in Columbia; 4.75 inches in Greenville/SpartanburgNorth Carolina: 9.62 inches near Black Mountain; 6.75 inches near Boone; 2.95 inches in AshevilleVirginia: 8.04 inches in Bowling Green; 5.40 inches in Farmville; 5.05 inches in DanvilleMaryland: 7.10 inches in Salisbury; 2.43 inches in AnnapolisDelaware: 3.83 inches in Georgetown; 1.85 inches in DoverNew Jersey: 3.03 inches in Millville; 2.58 inches in Atlantic City (airport)New York: 2.29 inches in Islip; 1.43 inches at JFK Airport

Tornadoes

Michael spawned 16 tornadoes from Florida to Virginia, all rated EF0 or EF1.

Three tornadoes were confirmed in Georgia, one of which snapped trees just southwest of downtown Atlanta on the evening of Oct. 10.

Another tornado was sighted in Lake Brooklyn, Florida, northeast of Gainesville, on Oct. 10.

The following day, damage in southern Virginia near Burkeville, Jamaica, Achilles, Lanexa, Mannboro and Danville was suspected to be from tornadoes, as was damage near Reidsville, North Carolina.

Track History

Michael first developed as Tropical Depression Fourteen on Oct. 7 east of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

Michael rapidly intensified from a tropical depression to Category 1 hurricane in just 24 hours ending 11 a.m. EDT Oct. 8.

Michael continued to intensify right up to landfall, exhibiting eyewall lightning as it pushed to Category 5 status slamming ashore in the Florida Panhandle.

Michael arrived in southwestern Georgia early on the evening of Oct. 10 as a major hurricane, the first hurricane of that strength to track into Georgia , according to Dr. Phil Klotzbach, tropical scientist at Colorado State University.

In total, Michael spent five days as a tropical cyclone.