Hurricane Dennis

[dusty]

CNN ... just in... the eye wall (outer wall) is making landfall...tornado warnings for Escambia, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa Counties...Ft Walton Beach to Gulf Breeze area is where Dennis is coming in and they expect landfall at 2:30 CST (when the eye of the storm is over the area).

3pm advisory max winds now down from 130-135 to 120 mph, now a cat 3 hurricane.

WPKA lost its transmitter...Ft Walton looks to be getting some brunt of the storm.

Still saying it is the strongest storm to hit the area...could be on par with Ivan if it weakens some more. Commenting that a lot of the stuff that would be usually flying around was stripped out by Ivan and ts Arlene...so not as much stuff flying around as they would expect.

 

[Everytime]

You may want to try wmbb.com as their streaming feed is staying online, only a few buffering delays. They are citing the landlfall between 2-2:30 on Santa Rosa Island, between Oriole Beach and Woodlawn Beach, which appears to be around Navarre and the Gulf Islands National Seashore (correct me if I'm off).

 

[JB]

Looks like the eyewall is coming ashore right now in almost the identical spot as Opal. Navarre, Milton, etc are in for a really rough go of it.

 

[dusty]

Fort Walton Beach/Santa Rosa Island...estimate is around 12 minutes to landfall.

The Weather Channel is going commercial free for the next hour to cover the landfall.

Hurricane expert just said FWB/Santa Rosa beach but I think he meant Santa Rosa Island...said the surge drops as the winds drop...so good that it is now a midrange Cat 3 and not a strong Cat 4.

CNN says landfall 20 mi east of Pensacola. I think FWB is 30-40 mi from Pensacola.

 

[dusty]

National Hurricane Center: Dennis had made landfall. Fox says it is hitting between Navarre and Pensacola on Santa Rosa Island. Landfall was estimated to be 2:25 CST.

 

[RiverOtter]

National Hurricane Center: Dennis had made landfall. Fox says it is hitting between Navarre and Pensacola.

You gotta wonder if this will be the end of Navarre?

 

[Kurt]

You gotta wonder if this will be the end of Navarre?

Might be a new pass there.

 

[PrincessKel]

I hope everyone and everything is safe. I can't wait to be there on the 16th!

 

[phdphay]

A reporter on CNN just reported 84 mph gusts in PCB.

 

[chrisv]

Well, the winds are slowly dying down, but the storm surge is starting to come up, looks to be two feet in the past hour or so, with more to come. Haven't lost power, my home and neighbors look to be intact- only a few branches down.