A strong cold front will bring strong to severe thunderstorms across southeast Georgia and northeast Florida on Sunday. The main hazards are damaging wind gusts of 50-70mph, hail, and isolated tornadoes.
Identify your safe place BEFORE you need it (tonight) so you can act quickly when you receive a weather warning.
Be sure to have multiple ways to receive weather alerts!
This is the flooding people in St. Augustine were preparing for. Now, the question will be: how bad is it? This is at Castillo de San Marco, along the riverfront. Waves from the Matanzas River are crashing over the wall and pouring out on the streets @wjxt4
🌀 Cat 1 Milton tracking offshore of FL Space Coast at 5 am
⚠️ Damaging Winds & Storm Surge Impacts continue today for NE FL & coastal SE GA
🙏 Please remain sheltered & follow the guidance of local officials
#jaxwx#flwx#gawx
Wow! My cousin sent this to me by a neighbor of his of the tornado that struck Wellington, FL from earlier today. Incredible speed & power that tornado possessed. #HurricaneMilton#flwx
Inside Hurricane Milton, @saildrone reported wave height of 28.12 feet and wind gusts as strong as 75.95 mph while 40 nautical miles from the center of the storm. This research represents a collaborative endeavor to better understand the role of the ocean in hurricanes.
#Hurricane#Milton has made landfall near Siesta Key, FL - the 5th US Gulf Coast hurricane landfall this year (Beryl, Debby, Francine and Helene are other 4). This ties 2005 and 2020 for 2nd most Gulf hurricane landfalls on record, trailing only 1886 (6 Gulf hurricane landfalls).
Hurricane #Milton has made landfall near Siesta Key, #Florida. Wind gusts up to 100 mph are being reported. Dangerous flash flooding is occurring or likely soon in several areas, especially north of the eye in the Tampa Bay region. Storm surge flooding at the coastline will continue to rise in some areas, with max inundation not occurring until *after* landfall in some places. Be aware and be careful tonight.
Just like NHC had forecasted, Hurricane #Milton will be making landfall likely in the next hour in Sarasota, FL Dangerous life threatening hurricane force winds and storm surge is expected for the portions of the Florida West Coast. #FLwx#HurricanMilton
🌀12pm Milton Update 🌀
⚠️ Tropical Storm & Hurricane Warnings now in effect for almost all of NE FL
⚠️ Hurricane Watch for Nassau, Duval, Clay Counties
⚠️ Tropical Storm Watch for Hamilton County FL & portions of SE GA
📷 Finish Storm Preparations TODAY!
155mph category 4 Hurricane #Milton is undergoing some changes at the moment, as the eye of the storm is clearing again since it "closed" Monday night.
Milton is forecast to remain an extremely dangerous hurricane when it reaches Florida Wednesday night. This is a very serious threat and residents in Florida are urged to listen to local officials. https://t.co/e2VkdavDM2
Bumpy ride into Hurricane #Milton on @NOAA WP-3D Orion #NOAA43 "Miss Piggy" to collect data to help improve the forecast and support hurricane research.
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Visit https://t.co/YJcjym2smS for information that you can use before, during, and after the storm
🎥Credit: Nick Underwood, NOAA
With #HurricaneMilton on it's way to #Florida it's important to understand the storm will grow in size. Don’t focus on the category. The storm will cross the state as a hurricane. https://t.co/dv1LkCViaN #FL#hurricane#cat5#NOAA#hurricanecenter#NHC
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#Milton is a Category 5 Hurricane with SUSTAINED winds of 175mph as of 2 PM. Milton will likely cross the FL peninsula as a hurricane.
NOW is the time to make preparations to your home, make sure your hurricane kit is stocked & review your emergency plan.
#flwx#gawx
This remote Project MesoVort pack captured storm surge racing onshore at Steinhatchee, FL. THIS IS NOT A TIMELAPSE. This is how fast the storm surge is moving. #FLwx
POWER OUTAGES: Over 1.2 million are now without power in Florida, almost one million in Georgia as a result of Hurricane Helene.
In Alabama, about 5,400 are without power near the Georgia line.