BULLETIN
Hurricane Helene Advisory Number  13
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL092024
1000 AM CDT Thu Sep 26 2024

...HELENE STRENGTHENING AND EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL IN THE 
FLORIDA BIG BEND THIS EVENING AS A MAJOR HURRICANE...
...PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO
COMPLETION...

At 1000 AM CDT (1500 UTC), the center of Hurricane Helene was 
located near latitude 25.5 North, longitude 85.5 West. Helene is 
moving toward the north-northeast near 14 mph (22 km/h).  A 
significant increase in forward speed is expected during the next 24 
hours.  On the forecast track, Helene will make landfall in the 
Florida Big Bend region this evening. After landfall, Helene is 
expected to turn northwestward and slow down over the Tennessee 
Valley on Friday and Saturday.

Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 105 mph (165 km/h) 
with higher gusts.  Additional strengthening is forecast, and Helene
is expected to be a major hurricane when it reaches the Florida Big
Bend coast this evening.  Weakening is expected after landfall, but
Helene's fast forward speed will allow strong, damaging winds,
especially in gusts, to penetrate well inland across the
southeastern United States, including over the higher terrain of the
southern Appalachians.

Helene is a very large hurricane. Hurricane-force winds extend 
outward up to 60 miles (95 km) from the center and 
tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 345 miles
(555 km).

The minimum central pressure based on data from the Air Force 
Hurricane Hunters is 960 mb (28.35 inches).

 

The enormous storm surge this thing is supposed to have is just wild. 

2 hours ago, sportsfan41 said:

The enormous storm surge this thing is supposed to have is just wild. 

Family is about 10 miles inland, forecast is for 4 feet of surge at their place. They are directly in the path of the center of the storm.

Helene is now a cat 3 hurricane and could become a cat 4 before landfall. This is the very latest data from the National Hurricane Center-Miami.

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BULLETIN
Hurricane Helene Advisory Number  14
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL092024
500 PM EDT Thu Sep 26 2024

...HELENE IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LARGE MAJOR HURRICANE...
...DAMAGING HURRICANE WINDS AND CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE 
EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND THIS EVENING...


SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...27.9N 84.6W
ABOUT 130 MI...205 KM W OF TAMPA FLORIDA
ABOUT 175 MI...280 KM S OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH...205 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 23 MPH...37 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...951 MB...28.09 INCHES

 

At 500 PM EDT (2100 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Helene was located
near latitude 27.9 North, longitude 84.6 West. Helene is moving
toward the north-northeast near 23 mph (37 km/h).  A continued fast 
motion to the north-northeast is expected through landfall in the 
Florida Big Bend this evening. After landfall, Helene is expected to 
turn northwestward and slow down over the Tennessee Valley on 
Friday and Saturday.

Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 125 mph (205 km/h) 
with higher gusts.  Helene is a category 3 hurricane on the 
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.  Additional strengthening is 
expected, and Helene will likely be an extremely dangerous category 
4 hurricane at landfall. Weakening is expected after Helene moves 
inland, but the fast forward speed will allow strong, damaging 
winds, especially in gusts, to penetrate well inland across the 
southeastern United States, including over the higher terrain of the
southern Appalachians.

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 60 miles (95 km) from the
center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 310 miles
(500 km).  A weather station at Venice Municipal Airport recently 
reported a sustained wind of 46 mph (74 km/h) with a gust of 69 mph 
(111 km/h).  Another observation near Venice Beach reported a 
sustained wind of 51 mph (82 km/h) with a gust to 66 mph (106 
km/h). 

The estimated minimum central pressure based on data from the Air 
Force Hurricane Hunters is 951 mb (28.09 inches).

 

 

 

 

The wind gusts have been measured at 155 mph. 

Blue dot right on the centerline of the path is my cousin's home, with aunt and uncle's home a few miles south. Big prayers for them today.

1 hour ago, Jumper_Dad said:

Blue dot right on the centerline of the path is my cousin's home, with aunt and uncle's home a few miles south. Big prayers for them today.

Latest data now show max winds of 130 mph that now makes it a cat 4 hurricane.

1 hour ago, Jumper_Dad said:

Blue dot right on the centerline of the path is my cousin's home, with aunt and uncle's home a few miles south. Big prayers for them today.

I'm assuming they didn't stick around right?

1 hour ago, nWo said:

The wind gusts have been measured at 155 mph. 

Unreal.

40 minutes ago, sportsfan41 said:

I'm assuming they didn't stick around right?

Last I heard several hours ago they had boarded up the house, I'm hoping they evacuated after that.

I’ll be tuned into The Weather Channel for the rest of the night.

Just now, TheDeuce said:

I’ll be tuned into The Weather Channel for the rest of the night.

No Thursday night football on Prime?

Looks like the track has shifted east just a bit.

Moving north, northeast at 23 mph.  Not many humans can outrun it.  And none of us for long!

From Google.com:

To date, the fastest a human has been recorded running is Usain Bolt's 2009 record-smashing 100-meter dash. There, he briefly reached a top running speed of 27.78 mph.