Article first published: Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, 4 a.m. ET

Article last updated: Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

The National Hurricane Center’s 1 pm Thursday advisory reported that Milton left Florida and headed to the Atlantic Ocean. The Category 1 hurricane Milton has weakened into a post-tropical cyclone. Post Tropical Cyclone Milton is 200 miles east-northeast of Cape Canaveral Florida and 200 miles north of Great Abaco Island, with maximum sustained wind of 75 mph. It’s moving at 21 mph to the east-northeast.

“… the center of Milton will continue to move away from the east coast of Florida and pass north of the northwestern Bahamas this afternoon.” forecasters wrote. “Gradual weakening is expected during the next several days.”

Milton left Florida and headed to the Atlantic Ocean.

YESTERDAY (Wednesday):

Yesterday, there were several developments, particularly at night: first, Milton started out as a Category 4 hurricane, a Category 3 hurricane and a Category 2 hurricane but eventually became a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 90 mph. Milton approached Florida’s coastline from the Gulf of Mexico

CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

Storm Surge and Tropical Storm Warnings have been discontinued south of the Flagler/Volusia County Line. The government of the Bahamas has discontinued the Tropical Storm Warning for the extreme northwestern Bahamas.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for:

– Flagler/Volusia County Line northward to Altamaha Sound Georgia,

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for:

– Flagler/Volusia County Line northward to Edisto Beach South Carolina

Including the St. Johns River

A Storm Surge Warning means there is a danger of life-threatening inundation, from rising water moving inland from the coastline in the indicated locations. For a depiction of areas at risk, please see the National Weather Service Storm Surge Watch/Warning Graphic, available at hurricanes.gov.

A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area.

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND:

STORM SURGE: The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline. The water could reach the following heights above ground somewhere in the indicated areas if the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide…

Flagler/Volusia County Line, FL to Altamaha Sound, GA…3-5 ft St. Johns River…2-4 ft

The deepest water will occur along the immediate coast in areas of onshore winds, where the surge will be accompanied by large and dangerous waves. Surge-related flooding depends on the relative timing of the surge and the tidal cycle, and can vary greatly over short distances.

For a complete depiction of areas at risk of storm surge inundation, please see the National Weather Service Peak Storm Surge Graphic, available at hurricanes.gov/graphics_at4.shtml? PeakSurge.

RAINFALL: Additional rainfall amounts around an inch are possible along the northeastern coast of Florida through today. In the wake of heavy rainfall from Milton, the risk of considerable urban flooding will linger through this morning across east central Florida. Moderate to major river flooding is ongoing and forecast throughout central Florida.

For a complete depiction of forecast rainfall associated with Post-Tropical Cyclone Milton, please see the National Weather Service Storm Total Rainfall Graphic, available at hurricanes.gov/graphics_at4.shtml? Rainqpf and the Flash Flood Risk graphic at hurricanes.gov/graphics_at4.shtml? Ero.

WIND: Tropical storm conditions will continue within the tropical storm warning areas in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina for the next few hours.

SURF: Swells generated by Milton are expected to continue to affect portions of the southeast U.S. and the Bahamas during the next couple of days. These swells could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.

Source: National Hurricane Center