Winds destroyed a restaurant after toppling its entire western wall. The gymnasium at Pace High School lost a large section of its roof and suffered water damage after rain entered the building. Throughout the county, the storm inflicted some degree of damage upon 448 homes. Escambia County experienced the worst impacts from Erin. The storm spawned one tornado in the county, an F0 twister that damaged a home in Pensacola Beach. Additionally, a waterspout inflicted between $25,000 and $30,000 in damage to boats at a marina along Pensacola Bay. Impacts of Erin severely damaged 38 dwellings and destroyed 9 others in Pensacola Beach. Some buildings at the Fort Pickens area of the Gulf Islands National Seashore suffered minor roof damage. Several piers along the bayside of Pensacola Beach sustained partial destruction. At the Port of Pensacola, peeled back the roof from a loading dock warehouse and mangled a sprinkler system, leaving more than $200,000 in damage at the deep-water port. The three campuses of Pensacola State College (then Pensacola Junior College) collectively experienced about $100,000 in damage. The University of West Florida reported damage to windows and roofs, which caused water damage after rains entered the building. Additionally, winds downed over 300 trees. Extensive roof and water damage occurred inside the Pensacola Civic Center. Out of 68 traffic lights in the city, 60 suffered damage. Sections of the Naval Air Station Pensacola lost electricity, but little impact occurred otherwise except at the Naval Air Technical Training Command (NATTC). The NATTC buildings suffered at least hundreds of thousands in damage, primarily due to water intrusion and broken windows. At the Ferguson Airport, winds destroyed a hangar, damaging several airplanes. Preliminary damage estimates at the airport approached $400,000. Erin destroyed 40 homes in Pensacola and damaged 93 others. The hurricane also damaged 416 homes in unincorporated areas of Escambia County and the town of Century. Damage to Escambia County schools totaled approximately $13 million, with $8.5 million to Workman Middle School alone. A total of 2,268 homes were damaged to some extent in Escambia County, with 547 suffering major impact and 49 other experiencing destruction. After making landfall in the Florida Panhandle, the storm soon entered Alabama, bringing sustained wind speeds up to and gusts as high as , both recorded in Fairhope.