Storm

New eyewall formed just before landfall and briefly got to cat 4.

Storm surge is a big deal because of elevated sea level due to "super moon" plus the storm approached the coast right after high tide and then did not allow low tide to occur and another high tide is coming.

Some places that normally don't get surge have had to be emergency evacuated/rescued.

A couple reporters just North and West of Tampa saw 5 to 6 feet rise in about an hour.

One is showing 10 feet right now in Cedar Key.

Hurricane warning for Valdosta Georgia. That doesn't happen too often.

We're getting the back side bands and are currently in a tornado warning.

...but don't have the usual back yard pooling........yet.


I will respectfully disagree with the post above.
If you were paying attention to local news, they adjusted the track pretty well and it pretty much went where they said. Storm surge estimates I saw before going to bed turned out to be accurate as of this morning.