BULLETIN
Tropical Storm Michael Intermediate Advisory Number 7A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL142018
700 AM CDT Mon Oct 08 2018
...Michael expected to become a hurricane very soon...
...Heavy rainfall and strong winds spreading across western Cuba...
Summary OF 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...
FL Governor Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency and he has temporarily suspended his campaign for U.S. Senate due to the storm threatening Florida.
Joe B. just posted his Monday morning update, and he’s concurring with the assessment above: major hurricane strike near Appalachicola in the Wed/Thursday time period - possibly overnight.
Mike could reach a Cat 4 strength... but sounds like he’s leaning toward a Cat 3 at landfall.
AFTER THAT... while the strength gets reduced, the remnants may cross over toward Macon and then to the Eastern parts of North and South Carolina. It should be faster, but this is still the same region that Florence flooded out a month ago.
Thread bumped to Breaking News with threat of U.S. landfall, please post any subsequent update threads there as well.