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The NHC reported early Wednesday that Milton is 250 miles southwest of Tampa and is a Category 4 storm. Forecasters originally predicted the storm would be a Category 3, but it quickly intensified ...
With Debby flexing to Category 1 intensity prior to landfall, wind impacts in northern Florida will be locally significant in the areas that receive the hurricane’s eyewall, and less severe but ...
Less than 10 days after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, the state is bracing for another potentially devastating blow from a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, this one a potential ...
Category 3 Hurricane Matthew's close passage of Brevard County, Florida on the morning of October 7, 2016 prompted the issuance of the first Extreme Wind Warning.. An extreme wind warning (SAME code EWW) is an alert issued by the National Weather Service for areas on land that will experience sustained surface winds 100 knots (115 mph, 185 km/h, 51 m/s) or greater within one hour.
The storm's large wind field resulted in strong winds across the entire state except for the western Panhandle. The strongest reported sustained wind speed was 112 mph (180 km/h) on Marco Island, while the highest observed wind gust was 142 mph (229 km/h), recorded near Naples, though stronger winds likely occurred in the Middle Florida Keys.
Along Florida's west coast, Wilma produced hurricane-force wind gusts as far north as Lee County, with the storm's eyewall moving across the Collier-Lee county line. [32] Page Field near Fort Myers observed a sustained wind speed of 62 mph (100 km/h), while Southwest Florida International Airport recorded a
The storm is expected to careen into the Big Bend packing as much as 75mph winds. Coastal Big Bend counties are under a Hurricane Warning and the threat of 74-110 mph winds.
The first recorded tropical cyclone to affect the area that is now the state of Florida occurred in 1523, when two ships and their crews were lost along the western coastline. [6] A total 159 hurricanes are known to have affected the state prior to 1900 , which collectively resulted in at least 6,504 fatalities and monetary damage of over $102 ...