🚨 CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE ISAIAS: Landfall Tonight Near Pensacola — 9 Ft Surge for Navarre & Destin

🚨 Isaias is now a Category 3 major hurricane with 120 mph winds — and the National Hurricane Center expects landfall THIS EVENING on the far western Florida Panhandle, near Pensacola. The highest storm surge, 6 to 9 feet, is forecast from the Alabama–Florida border to Grayton Beach: Perdido Key, Pensacola Beach, Navarre, Fort Walton Beach and Destin. What changed overnight: Hurricane Hunters measured 138 mph flight-level winds in the eyewall, the hurricane center upgraded Isaias to a major hurricane, and the track shifted east. Mobile Bay's surge forecast dropped to 3–5 ft, while the Panhandle's rose. Tropical-storm-force winds now reach 205 miles from the center. Hurricane-force winds could push 100 miles inland into southern Alabama. Rain: 4–8 inches, locally up to 15. Tornadoes possible this afternoon and all night, mainly east of the center. ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 Isaias is now a Category 3 0:38 What changed overnight 1:19 One piece of good news 1:41 Why it didn't weaken 2:25 Where exactly it comes ashore 3:05 Storm surge: up to 9 feet 4:34 Ivan 2004 and Sally 2020 5:09 The wind: 205 miles wide 6:22 Rain: up to 15 inches 7:14 Tornadoes tonight 7:44 The next 24 hours 8:51 State of emergency 9:05 What to do right now 9:47 If the eye passes over you 10:23 Where things stand