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Hurricane MICHAEL


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Hurricane Michael Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL142018
600 PM EDT Wed Oct 10 2018

...6 PM EDT POSITION UPDATE...
...EYE OF MICHAEL MOVING THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
...LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE AND DAMAGING WINDS CONTINUE...

NOAA Doppler radar data indicate that the eye of Michael is now
moving over Seminole County in extreme southwestern Georgia.
Everyone in this county should not venture out into the relative
calm of the eye, as hazardous winds will increase very quickly as
the eye passes!

Recently reported wind gusts include:

Tallahassee International Airport: 64 mph (104 km/h)
Dothan Alabama airport: 62 mph (100 km/h)
University of Florida/Weatherflow Mexico Beach: 58 mph (93 km/h)
Albany Georgia airport: 51 mph (81 km/h)

Dangerous storm surge continues along the coast of the Florida
Panhandle.  A National Ocean Service water level station at
Apalachicola is still reporting nearly 5 feet of inundation above
ground level.


SUMMARY OF 600 PM EDT...2200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...31.1N 84.9W
ABOUT 20 MI...30 KM WNW OF BAINBRIDGE GEORGIA
ABOUT 50 MI...85 KM SW OF ALBANY GEORGIA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH...185 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 30 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...940 MB...27.56 INCHES

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Forecaster Stewart

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