As of 4:00 p.m., the National Hurricane Center has released the most recent information regarding Hurricane Isaias.
The storm is no longer shifting toward the East but is now tracking North at 17 mph. Landfall is expected on the Western Florida Panhandle later this evening. The center of the storm is expected to move across Alabama and into the Tennessee Valley Saturday and Sunday.
Isaias has sustained max winds of 115 mph with little change in strength before landfall. Sustained winds of 46 mph with gusts of 58 mph were recently measured in Gulf Breeze. Hurricane-force winds are expected to spread inland as far as 100 miles from the coast to southern Alabama.
Four to eight inches of rainfall will spread across southern Alabama, the Florida Panhandle, and Big Bend. Localized totals up to 15 inches are possible, particularly within banding across the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend.
