Hurricane Michael will continue to intensify and is forecast to strike the Florida Panhandle as a Category 3 with dangerous storm surge flooding, destructive winds and flooding rainfall on Wednesday.

Published 6 years ago, updated 5 years ago

Hurricane Michael Bulletin by the National Hurricane Centre.

BULLETIN

Hurricane Michael Advisory Number  11

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL142018

400 AM CDT Tue Oct 09 2018

…MICHAEL MOVING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GULF

OF MEXICO…

…STORM SURGE AND HURRICANE WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEASTERN

GULF COAST…

SUMMARY OF 400 AM CDT…0900 UTC…INFORMATION

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LOCATION…24.1N 85.9W

ABOUT 420 MI…680 KM S OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA

ABOUT 390 MI…630 KM S OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…90 MPH…150 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT…NNW OR 345 DEGREES AT 12 MPH…19 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…973 MB…28.74 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

A Tropical Storm Watch is now in effect along the southeastern

the coast of the United States from Fernandina Beach, Florida to South

Santee River, South Carolina.

The Government of Cuba has changed the Hurricane Warning for the

province of Pinar del Rio to a Tropical Storm Warning and has

discontinued the Tropical Storm Warning for the Isle of Youth.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for…

* Okaloosa/Walton County Line Florida to Anclote River Florida

A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for…

* Anclote River Florida to Anna Maria Island Florida, including

Tampa Bay

* Alabama/Florida border to Okaloosa/Walton County Line Florida

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for…

* Alabama/Florida border to Suwannee River Florida

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for…

* Alabama/Florida border to the Mississippi/Alabama border

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for…

* Alabama/Florida border to the Mississippi/Alabama border

* Suwanee River Florida to Chassahowitzka Florida

* The Cuban province of Pinar del Rio

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for…

* Chassahowitzka to Anna Maria Island Florida, including Tampa Bay

* Mississippi/Alabama border to the Mouth of the Pearl River

* Fernandina Beach, Florida to South Santee River, South Carolina