From the NHC Preliminary Report Hurricane Opal 27 September - 6 October 1995
Hurricane Opal made landfall near Pensacola Beach, Florida as
a marginal Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir/Simpson Hurricane
Scale, causing extensive storm surge damage to the immediate
coastal areas of the Florida panhandle. It was the first major
hurricane to strike the Florida panhandle since Eloise in 1975.
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