Storm prep for Andrea ‘good trial run’ for residents

Posted on June 14, 2013

Tropical Storm Andrea, the first named storm of the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season, made landfall Thursday, June 6, along the Dixie County coast about 10 miles south of Steinhatchee bringing with it rain and wind, but sparing Taylor County much of its punch.

Only hours before Andrea hit the coast, forecasters were calling for the storm to hit much further west, in the vicinity of St. Marks. Such a landfall would have put Taylor County on the eastern and more powerful side of the storm.

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