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ATLANTA — While some farmers are breathing a sigh of relief after Hurricane Idalia’s pass through the state, others in deep South Georgia were left with fields of mangled cotton, ....
Up in levy county. from north to south, the national weather service office has got to be a couple hundred miles you re forecasting, sarasota, you ve got a much lower surge but for the northern counties, this is practically a worst-case scenario for surge. oh, absolutely. you couldn t have said it be better. worst-case scenario for surge across the big bend area, leavy, citrus and dixie counties as well. in fact, i got a report from one of our forecasters, sarasota is still getting wind, gusts up to 60 or 70 miles per hour. that s the highest wind gusts we ve seen from a land-based site so far. so the wind is there as well. like you said, a low-end or category 4 hurricane now is forecast to make landfall across the big bend, nature coast area early this morning. that s what we re looking at and the impacts of what we ll be ....
Population in the shelters are actually sitting very low, which tells me a lot of citizens decided to stay in their homes. and if these tornados do hit, i m hoping that we don t have people injured, i hope we don t have any deaths, but that s one of my major concerns. and then as we go into the morning is, you know, you mentioned the flooding. i m hoping, especially in the glen ellen area and the river, the rainbow river and everything else will come out fine and flooding, but glen ellen s going to be hit heart. and then i focus not only our county but our focus will have to turn to our neighboring counties, levy gilchrist and dixie that we re going to have to go and help respond to. jane: sheriff you talk about how the shelters are looking low as far as how many people are riding out the storm at home. for those of us listening, what advice do you have for them? what about 911 operations as they go through the night. what s the best practice if they find themselves in a dangerous ....
Myers, they had a 10 to 15-foot storm surge. very capable to that. wind gusts 81 miles per hour at hoarse shoe beach. sarasota 70 miles per hour. looking at the satellite imagery and put a marker on here a few minutes ago, probably about 20 minutes ago. we are 7 miles from the center of the storm. so that is just an historical point. the lowest pressure point that comes on shore. national hurricane center deems the place where it comes on shore and the time. it s just for historic purposes. we are seeing the worst of the winds right now, that core of hurricane force winds is going to last for a duration of hours here. and we actually have an extreme wind warning. it doesn t happen very often but because of how strong this storm is, and winds in excess of 100 miles per hour, you can see the really strong core of winds, you know, right there. so extreme wind warning until 9:15 for the counties of dixie and taylor. so the core. strongest winds making landfall now. we will get the immine ....
Seeing inundation of more than four feet aboveground level now and those water levels are rising now. in this purple area we ve issued an extreme wind warning, eye wall winds of a major hurricane are imminent in these areas, dixie and taylor counties. take cover and treat it like a tornado, take cover in a safe place, get under a mattress, in a safe, you know, sheltered room in your home. you know, i consumed hourly updates, seems like the federal reserve, any change in any wording i try and pick up on. the idea in the latest update that there s a possibility it could strengthen, even more than it already has, walk people through what you re seeing there. well, we ve actually seen the central pressure come up a millibar or two in the last hour, that suggests the intensification has leveled off for the time being but it doesn t really matter. we re at a category 4 hurricane that s going to prous ....