Florida and Alabama emergency declarations drive mandatory and voluntary evacuations; Kilauea and Great Sitkin stay at WATCH
We report that Hurricane Isaias is a Category 1 hurricane in the Gulf and is expected to make landfall late Friday into early Saturday, bringing significant storm surge and wind risk. I confirm Hurricane and Storm Surge Warnings from Ocean Springs, Mississippi east into the Florida Panhandle, with peak inundation of 5 to 7 feet forecast for Mobile Bay and from Ocean Springs to Indian Pass. We advise that 3 to 7 inches of rain are expected, with localized totals to 10 inches, and that isolated tornadoes are possible Friday night in coastal Alabama and the Panhandle. I note that state and local…
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