national hurricane center wrote:
Key Messages:
1. Life-threatening storm surge is occurring along portions of the
Florida Panhandle, Big Bend, and Nature Coast. The worst storm surge
is expected later today and tonight between Tyndall Air Force Base
and Keaton Beach, where 9 to 14 feet of inundation is possible.
2. Michael will produce potentially catastrophic wind damage
where the core of the hurricane moves onshore later today in the
Florida Panhandle, with the highest risk between Apalachicola and
Panama City.
3. Life-threatening hurricane-force winds will occur well inland
across portions of the Florida Panhandle, southeast Alabama, and
southwestern Georgia as the core of the hurricane moves inland
later today and this evening.
4. Heavy rainfall from Michael could produce life-threatening flash
flooding from the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend region into
portions of Georgia, the Carolinas, and southeast Virginia.
5. Tropical storm conditions will affect portions of the southeast
U.S. coast from northeast Florida through North Carolina, and
tropical storm warnings are in effect for these areas.
Bryon Norcross veteran hurricane expert wrote:
HURRICANE MICHAEL’S final assault on the Florida Panhandle is imminent. The storm’s relentless strengthening has continued. There is a chance it could get even stronger in the last few hours before landfall.
People in the path of the eye of Hurricane Michael should expect tornado-like conditions.
As of 11:00 AM ET/10:00 AM CT, the center of Hurricane Michael was located 60 miles south-southwest of Panama City, moving north at 15 mph. Top winds were 145 mph. The pressure is dropping indicating that it could get stronger.
Everyone in the storm’s path must take every precaution possible, including getting mattresses off the beds and turning an interior closet or hallway into a bunker with as much shelter as possible. Take everything you need into the bunker including chairs, blankets, rain gear, flashlights, batteries, phones and chargers, food, water, etc. There will come a time this afternoon that it will not be safe to leave the bunker. Use the mattresses to block doorways to exterior rooms.
Michael will make landfall over or near Panama City this afternoon. Destructive winds will impact most of the Panama City area, and only slowly wind down as it heads across the Panhandle into southern Georgia. Hurricane force winds will extend more than 100 miles inland. Winds will continue to be strong enough to damage buildings, bring down trees, and knock out power as Michael speeds across the Georgia into the Carolinas.
Water is rising and covering coastal roads in Apalachicola and areas east of Panama City. Near total destruction is anticipated on the coast east of Panama City Beach around the Big Bend in the Florida coastline as the water is pushed 10 to 15 feet over normally dry land and 10 to 20 miles inland. On Panama City Beach and west to about Destin, Gulf water 6-9 feet above the normal high-tide level will push in. The storm surge along this entire coastline will be unsurvivable. It is critical to get away from any body of water. Even inland bays.
The wind will be strong enough to challenge even the strongest building in the corridor of strongest winds. Interior hallways, small bathrooms, closets, and under stairwells are normally the safest places in homes. Stairwells and interior hallways on low floors, but above the water, are normally safest in high rises.
Flash flooding and tornadoes will also be a threat along the storm track.
We can only hope everyone is ready. This will likely be the worst storm people in its path will ever experience.
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10 Oct 2018, 8:13 am
