Hurricane Idalia - Gulf of Mexico

NHC/NOAA ^ | 26 August 2023 | NHC/NOAA

[NautiNurse]

Tropical Depression 10 has formed between the Yucatan Peninsula and the Western Tip of Cuba. Governor DeSantis issued a state of emergency for 33 Florida counties in advance of the system.

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[Guenevere]

Watch out Ron

[numberonepal]

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Hurricane Idalia Advisory Number 14
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102023
1100 PM EDT Tue Aug 29 2023

...IDALIA STILL STRENGTHENING...
...FORECAST TO BE AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 INTENSITY AT
LANDFALL...

SUMMARY OF 1100 PM EDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...27.7N 84.5W
ABOUT 125 MI...200 KM W OF TAMPA FLORIDA
ABOUT 185 MI...300 KM S OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH...175 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 10 DEGREES AT 18 MPH...30 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...958 MB...28.29 INCHES

[NautiNurse]

Idalia still strengthening...

Forecast to be an extremely dangerous Category 4 at landfall...

1100 PM EDT Update
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About 125 MI W of Tampa FL
About 185 MI S of Tahallassee FL
Max Sustained Winds...110 MPH
Movement...N at 18 MPH
Minimum Pressure...958 MB

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 25 miles from the storm center.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 160 miles from the center.

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[CatHerd]

“Forecasters are now predicting Hurricane Idalia to make landfall as a category 4 with 130 mph winds.”

https://twitter.com/WCTV/status/1696719277133381939

New track looks like it may make landfall just east of St. Marks.

[little jeremiah]

Are you going to be okay?

[NautiNurse]

Per NHC Discussion:

Catastrophic impacts from storm surge inundation of 12 to 16 feet
above ground level and destructive waves are expected somewhere
between the Wakulla/Jefferson County line and Yankeetown, Florida.

[CatHerd]

This is heartbreaking. It is good that it is sparsely populated there, but I do love St Marks. I hope the lighthouse survives.

[madison10]

That is not what I heard earlier today.

[NautiNurse]

[CJ Wolf]

🙏s-up

[NautiNurse]

Tallahassee is very much in the danger zone. At least it should avoid the dirty side of the storm. The inland wind damage will be substantial into GA.

[NautiNurse]

Uh oh...Lights flickering...

[NautiNurse]

Hourly Updates

Hurricane Idalia Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102023
1200 AM EDT Wed Aug 30 2023

...CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS EXPECTED IN THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION THIS MORNING WHEN IDALIA MOVES INLAND...
...12 AM POSITION UPDATE...

NOAA buoy 42036 recently reported sustained winds of 49 mph (79
km/h) and a gust to 60 mph (97 km/h) in the northern rainbands of
Idalia

SUMMARY OF 1200 AM EDT...0400 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...27.9N 84.6W
ABOUT 120 MI...195 KM SW OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA
ABOUT 175 MI...280 KM S OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH...175 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 360 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...27 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...958 MB...28.29 INCHES

$$
Forecaster D. Zelinsky

[CatHerd]

Yes, it is. St. Marks is really in for it. Wakulla and Franklin Counties will be hit hard. So very sad. I hope everyone in St. Marks, Shell Point, Bald Point, Alligator Point, Panacea, Crawfordville, Sopchoppy, etc., got out.

Thank you again for this thread and keeping us updated!

[dayglored]

> Uh oh...Lights flickering...

Time to fire up the backup genny?

[rdl6989]

I was just looking at some of those towns on Google Earth.
St Marks is 4 ft above sea level and right on a river that will surely back up for miles. Panacea is 5 ft above sea level.

[NautiNurse]

Major Hurricane Idalia is forecast to make landfall along the Northern FL Gulf Coast, travel through Eastern GA and SC, emerging into the Atlantic around the NC/SC state line.

Major Hurricane Franklin is in the Atlantic. It will be a fish storm for the duration, with minimal impact on Bermuda.

[NautiNurse]

All good. Power intact. It was a nasty feeder band as the eye passed by our latitude. Est 60mph gust.

No genny during a storm. Only after the rain/winds subside. House rules.

[CatHerd]

St Marks is very flood prone (river) anyway, and the folks there surely knew to get out. Hurricane Dennis did huge damage there in 2005, and wiped out Poseys Oyster Bar (great eats!), which had been there since the 1920s.

Michael did damage to all those places in 2018. Now it’s Idalia. So much for the “No Hurricane Coast” lately.

[rodguy911]

great graphics hot water,not good as far as intensification goes.
Im done gotta work tomorrow.