expect remnants to move up into the tennessee and ohio valleys by midweek and become a rainfall threat. the big threat today to is going to be storm surge. this area from cape coral to cape sable has a risk of seeing 5-10 feet of storm surge as the winds from irma pile water into this very sensitive area along the southwest coast of florida. we could see 5-8 feet of storm surge inundation farther north, in the tampa bay area. everybody along the west coast of florida should be evacuating if you ve been told to do so by your local officials. once you get north of lake okeechobee, you still have some time today up here in the west central part of the florida coast to evacuate if you have not yet done so. please heed any advice you get from your very dangerous day ung for the florida keys, florida, the west coast of florida. so everybody, please, pay attention to updates on hurricane irma throughout the day.
10 to 15 feet is a pretty sizable variance. what makes the difference between five which may not be deadly in five to 15. type can be deadly. you don t want to be floating around in water up to your shoulders. in the southwest part of florida between captiva in senate bill island, the gulf of mexico is really shallow water so that piles up in these regions. as irma goes by on the westside, the winds are coming from the northwest to push the gulf of mexico onto the land here and pile the water up in at the very for storm surge. you can see out the warning goes to fort myers in cape coral. that is where we can see the peak surge. in the tampa bay we can look at five to eight feet and there s millions of people that live in the tampa bay area along the oceanfront. everyone here a little further