Tropical storm Hermine intensified into a category one hurricane this afternoon.
As of the special 4:00PM CDT advisory hurricane Hermine was moving to the north-northeast at 14mph , had maximum sustained winds of 75mph, and a minimum central pressure of 988 millibars.
Watches and warnings
- A hurricane waring remains in effect from Suwanne River, Florida to Mexico Beach Florida.
- A hurricane watch also remains in effect from Antclote River, Florida to Suwanne River, Florida and from Mexico Beach, Florida to Destin, Florida.
- A tropical storm warning also remains in effect from Englewood, Florida to Suwannee River, Florida and from Mexico Beach, Florida to Destin, Florida.
Forecast track/intensity
Nothing has changed since our update this morning.
Hermine will continue to intesify over the next 6 – 10 hours, making landfall in or just East of Apalachicola, Florida tonight around 1:00 or 2:00AM CDT as a category one hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 – 85mph.
Impacts
The expected impacts from Hermine have not changed since our update this morning.
Life threatening storm surge of 6 – 8 feet, flash flooding from 6 – 12″ of rainfall, tornadoes, and downed trees and power lines from damaging wind gusts in between 80 – 90mph will occur in areas under the hurricane warning.
Storm surge of 3 – 6 feet, downed power lines and trees from wind gusts of 50 – 70mph, flash flooding from 3 – 6″ of rainfall, and tornadoes could also occur in the areas under the tropical storm warning and hurricane watch.
NOTE: The worst weather will be to the north, northeast, and east side of Hermine.
Hermine should weaken to a tropical storm over the Florida Panhandle or Southern Georgia after landfall tonight.
We will have continuing updates on Facebook and Twitter this evening and tonight.
