World·Hurricane Isaias
Update: Category 3 Isaias, 115 mph, closes in on the western Florida Panhandle with landfall expected this evening
At 4 p.m. CDT the National Hurricane Center placed Hurricane Isaias about 90 miles south of Pensacola with 115 mph winds, moving north at 17 mph, and said it is expected to make landfall on the western Florida Panhandle coast this evening with little change in strength. Forecasters warned of storm surge of 6 to 9 feet from the Alabama-Florida border to Grayton Beach, and said hurricane-force winds could reach as far as 100 miles inland into southern Alabama. A gust to 56 mph was already reported at Pensacola Naval Air Station, and 4 to 8 inches of rain, locally up to 15, is expected.
Sources
- National Hurricane CenterHurricane Isaias Advisory Number 13 (4 p.m. CDT Oct. 9)