WATCH: Sheriff Wayne Ivey, Brevard Emergency Officials Provide Hurricane Helene Update
By Space Coast Daily // September 24, 2024
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WATCH: Sheriff Wayne Ivey and Brevard County Emergency Management officials provide a Hurricane Helene update on potential impacts of the storm on the Space Coast.
ABOVE VIDEO: Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference on Tallahassee ahead of storm impacts expected in Florida.
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a a State of Emergency for 61 counties in the state of Florida, including Brevard County, due to the potential impact of Hurricane Helene that is likely to strike Florida later this week.
As of Tuesday morning, the system is labeled a potential tropical cyclone by the National Hurricane Center.
However, the system is expected to rapidly intensify over the next few days in the Gulf of Mexico.
National Hurricane Center is expecting this system to become a Category 1 hurricane by Wednesday and could likely strengthen to a major hurricane (category 3) by Thursday before it makes landfall on the Florida Gulf Coast in the evening.
A northwestward motion is expected on Tuesday and Tuesday night, followed by a faster northward or north-northeastward motion on Wednesday and Thursday.
On the forecast track, the center of the system is forecast to move across the northwestern Caribbean Sea and into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico during the next couple of days.
Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph with higher gusts.
Strengthening is expected during the next few days, and the system is forecast to become a hurricane on Wednesday and continue strengthening as it moves across the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Stay tuned to Space Coast Daily for updates!
