{"id":423743,"date":"2026-10-09T23:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T23:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/423743\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T23:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T23:06:18","slug":"hurricane-isaias-strengthens-into-major-category-3-storm-near-florida-panhandle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/423743\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Isaias strengthens into major Category 3 storm near Florida Panhandle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 Hurricane Isaias maintains Category 3 status as it nears landfall near the Florida panhandle, packing maximum sustained winds of 115 mph and higher gusts, according to the National Hurricane Center.<\/p>\n<p>As of 5:00 p.m. EDT Friday, Isaias was about 100 miles south of Pensacola and moving north-northeast at 17 mph. The hurricane\u2019s minimum central pressure was 959 millibars.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Isaias still remains a major Category 3 hurricane with 115 mile per hour winds as of 5 p.m. on Friday. (WPEC)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/9590d72e-6b2a-4f9d-8931-0c3fd6ccafe1-TROPICALTRACKISAIAS.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Isaias still remains a major Category 3 hurricane with 115 mile per hour winds as of 5 p.m. on Friday. (WPEC)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Isaias will weaken as it moves inland. (WPEC)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a025d56b-0dba-47dd-979c-930a5262a00c-TROPICALTRACKISAIAS.png2.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Isaias will weaken as it moves inland. (WPEC)<\/p>\n<p>Isaias could see a slight decrease in winds before landfall, but it will still have impacts not only on the coast where it makes landfall, but also very far inland.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Tropical alerts go far inland even past where Isaias makes landfall. (WPEC)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1421c3d2-9e67-4f81-bb11-5ea4b4312901-ISAIASTROPICALALERTS.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tropical alerts go far inland even past where Isaias makes landfall. (WPEC)<\/p>\n<p>A Tornado Watch has now been issued for most of the Florida panhandle, and portions of south Alabama and Georgia that side on the &#8220;dirty&#8221; side of the storm.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A Tornado Watch has been issued for most of the Florida panhandle, and portions of south Alabama and Georgia. (WPEC)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a6c553a8-f68d-4bc6-b1c5-8bf803afbfd7-TornadoWatch.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Tornado Watch has been issued for most of the Florida panhandle, and portions of south Alabama and Georgia. (WPEC)<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane warnings, shown in red, are in effect along a large section of the northern Gulf Coast. Tropical storm warnings, shown in orange, extend farther from the storm\u2019s projected path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Hurricane Isaias maintains Category 3 status as it nears landfall near the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-423743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}