• Milton Makes Landfall

    From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to All on Wed Oct 9 19:50:00 2024
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    Hurricane Milton Tropical Cyclone Update
    NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL142024
    830 PM EDT Wed Oct 09 2024

    ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE MILTON MAKES LANDFALL
    NEAR SIESTA KEY FLORIDA....

    ...LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE, EXTREME WINDS, AND FLASH FLOODING
    OCCURRING OVER THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA...

    NWS Doppler radar data indicate the eye of Hurricane Milton has
    made landfall near Siesta Key in Sarasota County along the west
    coast of Florida.

    A sustained wind of 78 mph (126 km/h) and a gust of 97 mph (156
    km/h) was recently reported at a NOAA C-MAN station in Venice. A
    sustained wind of 77 mph (124 km/h) and a gust of 100 mph (161 km/h)
    was recently reported at a WeatherFlow station at Egmont Channel. A
    sustained wind of 67 mph (107 km/h) and a gust of 83 mph (133 km/h)
    was recently reported at a WeatherFlow station at Skyway Fishing
    Pier. A sustained wind of 40 mph (64 km/h) and a gust of 73 mph (117
    km/h) was recently reported at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

    The next update will be at 900 PM EDT (0100 UTC).

    SUMMARY OF 830 PM EDT...0030 UTC...INFORMATION -----------------------------------------------
    LOCATION...27.3N 82.6W
    ABOUT 5 MI...10 KM W OF SARASOTA FLORIDA
    ABOUT 115 MI...185 KM SW OF ORLANDO FLORIDA
    MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH...205 KM/H
    PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 60 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H
    MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...954 MB...28.17 INCHES

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    Forecaster Reinhart/Papin/Brown/Mahoney/Camposano
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