Sep 25, 2024
Okaloosa County inland areas added to wind advisory as Helene makes its way through Gulf
Okaloosa County has been added to a wind advisory by the National Weather Service. On Wednesday morning, only the coastal areas of Okaloosa County were put under the wind advisory, but now the entire county has been added. The path of Hurricane Helene, updated at 4 p.m. CT, still remains far to Okaloosa County’s east, […]
Sep 25, 2024
1 p.m. update: Okaloosa County schools are out Thursday; wind advisory for coastal areas of Okaloosa County
The National Hurricane Center released its 1 p.m. CT update on Hurricane Helene, providing the latest track for the storm, which remains relatively unchanged.
Sep 25, 2024
Florida braces for powerful Helene
Tallahassee – Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that “time is running out” for Gulf Coast residents, particularly in North Florida’s Big Bend region, to finalize preparations as powerful Hurricane Helene is poised to slam into the state Thursday.
Sep 25, 2024
10 a.m. Helene update: Tropical storm warning extended to Okaloosa/Walton County line
The National Hurricane Center provided its latest update on now Hurricane Helene on Wednesday morning at 10 a.m.
Sep 24, 2024
Helene expected to become hurricane by Wednesday evening
Sept. 24, 2024 | 10:22 p.m. The National Hurricane Center published its final update of the day at 10 p.m., with little change in the projected path for Tropical Storm Helene. Here’s the quick notes, for anyone playing catch up at this point: The storm is still just southeast of the Yucatan Peninsula, but it […]
Sep 24, 2024
4 p.m. update: Helene’s path remains relatively unchanged as hurricane warnings issued to our east
Sept. 24, 2024 | 4 p.m. The 4 p.m. update from the National Hurricane Center on Tropical Storm Helene showed little change in the expected path of the storm, which is still trending toward Florida’s “big bend.” The storm’s eye remains east of Santa Rosa County. The storm is expected to make landfall Thursday night, […]
Sep 24, 2024
Tropical Storm Helene forms in the Caribbean Sea
The Gulf Coast storm now officially has a name.
Sep 24, 2024
Florida readies for ‘dangerous storm’
Tallahassee – Hurricane and storm-surge watches were in effect Tuesday for much of Florida’s Gulf Coast as a weather system is expected to rapidly grow into “a potentially very dangerous storm” and hit the state as a hurricane this week.
Sep 24, 2024
Early morning update shrinks cone of uncertainty, storm still east of Okaloosa County
The early morning update on Potential Cyclone Nine, expected to form into Hurricane Ilene in the days ahead, shrunk the cone of uncertainty, leaving the center of the storm far east of Okaloosa County.
Sep 23, 2024
7 p.m. update: Latest advisory provides latest track of Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine
The 7 p.m. advisory on Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine, soon-to-be-Hurricane Helene, provided little change in the projected path of the storm.