Sep. 23: Major Hurricane To Strike Gulf Coast

People in the Florida Panhandle, Big Bend region and much of the central and eastern Gulf coast need to complete preparations for major hurricane impacts by Wednesday night before hazardous conditions arrive by Thursday. A tropical rainstorm in the Gulf will likely develop into Hurricane Helene early this week. #tropical #update #tropicalupdate #helene #hurricane #tropicalstorm

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[southernbelladonna]

These guys did awesome getting the word out early on this! We werent completely prepared for Ida and I actually got stuck at home and had to go through it. By the time we knew where it was going and how bad it was going to be there were no hotel rooms available for several states in each direction. It was 5 weeks with no power. We had enough supplies for about a week. All gas stations were shut down for about a 5 hour drive! Eventually we found gas and purchased a generator and more supplies. Things got bearable after that but still pretty crummy. We don't usually get that much damage in our area so it was really unexpected. They did awesome with this storm!❤

[Jeffrey_L]

Consensus of models show Cat4+. Surprised Accuweather isn’t warning that a 4 is likely. Some models are showing a 5 just the same as a 3. This one is gonna be devastating. People should start evacuation tonight or tomorrow and plan for the possibility of displacement for quite some time.

[DDee-oikn]

Not good. Praying for everyone in it's path.

[bribay]

I guess my insurance about to price me out of my home. Might have to leave this state.

[tonycollazorappo]

Being a senior, I hate this time of year 😕

[RDC_po]

Tallahassee really needs to watch out here! Even though Tallahassee is a bit inland, a major hurricane could still be really bad news!

[jessegar]

I am in Tampa Bay. We are going to have impact somewhat for sure. Stay safe everyone and get ready.

[AngelaGBellamy]

Iam here..Sarasota Florida..THANK YOU SO MUCH..

[i_dont_live_here]

Batten the hatches folks, this looks to be one of the more devastating hurricanes.

[edmclendon]

Mississippi Gulf Coast is keeping a close eye on this one.

[edwardharrison]

Sitting here in Panama City Beach 🏖️. Waiting and praying 🙏

[susiekim]

good luck Pensacola!! wishing yall safety from nyc!

[davida]

Seems the Panhandle cant catch a break with these hurricane paths the last few years. I-10 won't have any trees left soon

[Alma_in_Florida]

Destin, FL here 😢 thank you for the update

[brianmoore]

You can tell where the channels are based by the differences in where they put the cones.

[leslie]

Thursday of this week? Dang that storm is hauling butt. I’m in Central FL and this is the first I’ve heard.

[TheJazzyRedTalkShow]

I’m in Mobile Alabama get those Generators ready and get water please! Be safe out there!

[SunnySunShine]

NE Florida here looking like were screwed .

[markzamitalo]

Not sure how they can predict a path with absolutely no visible center of spin.

[paulk]

About time saying something about it the models have been saying this for the last 2 days