I was just in Ft. Walton Beach (Miramar beach) two weeks ago. Had some serious rain storms - enough to move everyone facing West to the other side of the hotel (Embassy Suites). Tornado warnings on the 98 as I was heading to the meeting
The wind was driving the rain into the West side of the building and got all the rooms (mine included) full of water. We got something like 6" of rain in 12 hrs... crazy to a SoCal guy...