Hurricane Milton: Landfall and Wind Impacts Update

Hurricane Milton's landfall is imminent, bringing extreme winds and flood warnings to the coast.

### Hurricane Milton Approaches Land: Wind Reports and Warnings
* 🌪 ️ Hurricane Milton's northern eye wall is currently brushing the coast, with the center of the eye about **40 miles offshore from Sarasota**, indicating **imminent landfall**.
* 💨 Wind reports are being updated every five minutes, showing a **significant increase in wind speeds**, with gusts reaching **77 MPH** near Sarasota and Egmont Channel.
* ⚠ An extreme wind warning is anticipated, with sustained winds expected to reach between **100 to 115 MPH**, necessitating precautions similar to those taken during a **tornado warning**.
* 🏠 Residents are advised to stay indoors, away from windows, as **flying debris poses a serious injury risk** during such strong wind events.
* 🌊 Flood warnings have been extended into Pasco and Hernando County, with the storm expected to cause **severe wind damage** across the region.
* 📈 As the storm moves onshore, it may weaken, but winds of **111 MPH or more** are still possible, particularly in areas **closest to landfall**.
* 🌀 The latest advisory reports winds around the storm at **120 MPH** and a slight weakening in pressure, with the storm moving northeast at **15 MPH**, signaling that **landfall could occur within the next few hours**.
* ⏳ Residents should remain vigilant as impacts will **persist for several hours after landfall**, and the situation continues to **evolve**.

Yes. Yes. So, Courtney, Dave, everybody at home. Uh, we do have that northern eye wall that's starting to get onto the coast. It's brushing the coast right now. Uh, the center of the eye is about 40 miles offshore from Sarasota. So, we're getting pretty close to landfall here. Now, these stats will be up. It's being updated every hour, but I wanted to show you some, uh, wind reports that we're receiving. First, let me show you where that, where we're talking about here. So, all the maroon boxes that you see, those are our flood warnings, which, by the way, they also have been extended northward into Pasco and Hernando County. But here it is, here's the center of the storm. The winds will continue to get stronger here as the eye wall moves onshore, which we're seeing happening right now. These wind reports, I've been updating them basically every five minutes. As I

uh, refresh the page. I'm starting to see winds jump up more and more. Sarasota and brain had a great example here closest again, 40 miles offshore the center of the eye of the storm. I had winds about 5, 10 minutes ago that were 66 MPH, jumped up to 77 MPH. So again, we have to have those gusts that are, um, sustained for a certain amount of time to actually clock in and they, they just keep rolling in. We also had Egmont channel. That was one of the earlier, uh, stronger gusts that we saw at 77 MPH. Albert Whitted 66 mile per hour gusts, Saint Pete Clearwater, 61 which is even be higher than that because I grabbed that one about 10 minutes ago, Venice 68 mile per hour gusts. So we're talking tropical storm force winds, hurricane force winds are anticipated soon. Uh And again, we were talking about that uh,

extreme wind warning that the National Weather Service said that they likely will be issuing for parts of the area as Milton continues to make its way on sh sh. So what that means is there's extreme hurricane winds that are imminent or happening, and they're expecting sustained winds of 50, 100, and 15 MPH or greater. And that's when they will issue that warning. Of course, once we get those warnings, we will, uh, provide them to you, and what you need to treat this as is you need to treat this as it would be a tornado warning. Although it's not a rotating wind, these winds will be just as strong as a tornado, if not stronger. And you need to get inside and room away from windows because, again, the uh number one way that people are injured during strong wind events is flying objects, projectiles, glass breaking, window shattering, whatever it may be. So, again, if you are under the extreme wind warning, what's your non-issued right now?

But we're getting pretty close with the 77-mile-per-hour gusts that we're receiving. Once we reach that threshold of 100 to 115-mile-per-hour gusts, that are sustained, sustained winds, I should say, that's when we could expect that extreme wind warning to be issued. Now, as far as the wind impacts, the highest impact will be stretching from coast to coast here as Milton continues to move onshore. Because don't forget, even as the storm does weaken past that category three status, once it moves on land, these systems, we can very quickly because they are warm water storms, they love that warm basin, right? But once they move onto land, they quickly weaken. Well, that still means that we will have winds that are 111-mile-per-hour winds in excess in some spots in this area right here. Of course, the area impacted the most with that landfall. But this red area right here, we have winds 95 to 110 possible.

So again, if you have that wind report coming into your region, you need to treat it seriously as far as the watches and warnings. The rest of the area, not much change for our hurricane warning, still taking up a large portion of the peninsula here. Um, our surge numbers have started to change a little bit, but they are still very high and comparable to what we had for Helene as far as uh forecast winds. This is our model here. Our in-house model, let's go forward a little bit more as this eye continues to make its way onto the coast. Again. Usually when we have the eye that moves on shore and it's considered landfall when we have that perpendicular uh center point, that's when we will see some calming. Usually, people say, oh man, uh it's, it was calm, it was beautiful. It's really around the eye wall that we really have to be concerned. And of course, the diameter of that eye, right.

So we have the front or eye wall, we have the back eye wall, and the center of the storm usually does have calmer conditions, but it doesn't last long. It depends on how wide that diameter of the storm is. So as the storm continues to push off to the east, those winds will follow it and the threats of wind damage along with it. So again, here's a closer look at the radar. I wanted to see if we could get our flood warnings up here. So here's all those weather alerts, the flood warnings again, in that maroon color. I know there's a lot to look at have been extended. Originally, we had it for De Soto, Hardy, High Hillsboro, Manatee, and Polk. So it did get extended into Pasco and portions of Hernando County. We also have that tornado watch, but again, the tornado threat hasn't been as large. Now, we're just concerned with the winds associated with the hurricane.

So, latest on hurricane Milton. Here again, this is the 6 p.m. advisory. We are waiting for the seven o'clock advisory coming out every hour. Winds 120 MPH around the storm and pressure is greater than it was earlier. So that indicates some slight weakening and the storm is moving northeast at 15 MPH. So we're not too far away from landfall. I would say within the next few hours here, we will be talking about landfall and seeing the impacts from there. And don't forget, once we get landfall, the impacts will follow for a few hours after that. That doesn't mean we're necessarily in the clear, guys.

Tracking Hurricane Milton: Wind reports, potential impacts

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The northern eye wall of the hurricane is brushing the coast, with the center of the eye 40 miles offshore from Sarasota.

Flood warnings have been extended northward into Pasco and Hernando County.

Wind reports show increasing gusts, with Sarasota experiencing winds jumping from 66 MPH to 77 MPH, and other areas reporting similar strong gusts.

The National Weather Service is likely to issue an extreme wind warning as Milton approaches, with sustained winds of 50 to 115 MPH expected.

These winds are as dangerous as a tornado, causing injuries from flying objects and broken glass.

The highest wind impact will be felt from coast to coast, with some areas experiencing winds in excess of 111 MPH.

Serious Wind Report and Hurricane Warnings

The wind report for the region is serious, with high surge numbers and strong forecast winds comparable to Hurricane Helene.

The eye of the storm is moving onshore, causing temporary calm conditions, but the real concern is the eye wall and the storm's diameter.

Flood warnings have been extended to additional counties, and while there is a tornado watch, the main concern remains the winds associated with the hurricane.

Hurricane Milton has winds of 120 MPH and is moving northeast at 15 MPH, indicating a slight weakening.

The storm is expected to make landfall within the next few hours, with impacts continuing for several hours after.

The situation remains critical, and the area is not yet in the clear after landfall.