Hurricane Isaias continues to churn northward through the Gulf of Mexico as a powerful Category 3 hurricane, bringing increasing threats of storm surge, destructive winds, and flooding rain to the northern Gulf Coast.
At the latest position update, the center of Isaias was located near 29.0° North, 87.1° West, moving north at 17 mph. Maximum sustained winds at 115 mph, with a minimum central pressure of 959 millibars.
Forecasters say conditions are rapidly deteriorating along portions of the Florida Panhandle and Alabama coast as tropical-storm-force winds push onshore ahead of the storm's center.
LOCATION...29.2N 87.0W
ABOUT 90 MI...145 KM S OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA
ABOUT 125 MI...195 KM SSE OF MOBILE ALABAMA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH...185 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 10 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...28 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...959 MB...28.32 INCHES
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:
A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for...
* Mouth of the Mississippi River to the Suwannee River
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...
* Ocean Springs, MS to the Bay/Gulf County Line, FL
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* Jefferson/Plaquemines Parish Line, LA to west of Ocean Springs, MS
* East of Bay/Gulf County Line to Aucilla River, FL
A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for...
* Suwannee River to Yankeetown, FL