landfall, the actual eye of the storm coming across land within the next few minutes, really for the next, i would say, half an hour or. so tornado watch in effect. we do have the potential for tornadoes as the center of circulation comes on shore. you have counterclockwise motion with those bands moving inland. already the spin in place. look at the latest storm surge, 5.5 feet in cedar key. apalachicola 1.8 feet. we have been stressing that this area of the panhandle of florida has never experienced a storm of this strength in recorded history. that s why this is such a big deal. here is the latest track. again, we are getting the information every hour from the national hurricane center. expecting an imminent landfall. that lowest pressure point moving on shore in the big bend. and then we are dealing with a category 2 hurricane that moves across georgia and the carolinas. so that s part 2 of this storm. it is moving pretty quickly, 17 miles per hour to the north and east. but it s
national weather service, the hurricane center deserves a lot of credit. they ve improved on their forecast every year. and i think so far, not just where it s going to hit, but the intensity of it, the ability to predict intensity i think has been excellent. and they deserve that credit. i talked to the sheriff of taylor county, that s where keaton beach is early this morning, shortly after landfall. i was glad to see i could get through cell phone coverage. and at that time, they were dealing with the winds. i think the real concern i have obviously and hearing from the meteorologists and the experts is not so much the eye of the storm, but the sustained winds for some period of time and areas to the east of that storm and up north where you are. i believe you re in tallahassee where you have all of those this huge tree canopy that s vulnerable, that s never been tested by a storm of this magnitude. and you heard a lot about the storm surge. it s like a historic fishing village typ