Isaias a Category 3. Landfall tonight near Pensacola.

The season was dead for months. The one storm that formed is aimed at the same coast that boards up every August.

  • Winds 120 mph. First Atlantic hurricane of the year. Latest first since 1914.
  • Landfall late Friday or early Saturday, most likely just east of Pensacola.
  • Surge 6 to 9 feet. Isolated rain to 15 inches in north Florida.
  • Warnings on parts of Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle.
  • Gulf Shores and Orange Beach told visitors to leave.

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