Making landfall hasn’t taken much out of this storm... although it’s inevitable. In the latest NOAA update, a warning of 25’ surges is possible (in the shallow bays mainly). Hurricane winds out to 125 miles (x 2) covers a 250 mile swath. Tropical storm winds cover over 500 miles in all directions. Inland, Port Arthur, reported a 96 mile an hour gust.
Here in central IL, we should see the remnants of Ike Sunday.
Ha... you are near me.
This will come directly over me at about 2pm Sunday.
Expecting up to 40mph winds, 6”+ of rain, and flash flooding.
I am on the Mississippi River in SW Illinois up high on a bluff. (about 80 miles down river from STL)