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Update # 2 at 2 PM: Milton’s Outer Bands Just Off the Southwest Gulf Coast

Tornado Watches and Warnings

Tropical storm force winds from Hurricane Milton are just off the Ft. Myers area at 1 pm on Wednesday.   At that time, Milton was 145 miles west of Ft. Myers and 160 miles southwest of Tampa.

Milton was moving north-northeast at 17 miles per hour at 1 pm.  A turn to the northeast is forecast before landfall late Wednesday night or very early Thursday morning.

Milton’s maximum sustained winds were 145 miles per hour.

It’s time for people along the Gulf Coast to take shelter in a safe place.

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Donna Thomas has studied hurricanes for two decades. She holds a PhD in history when her experience with Hurricane Andrew ultimately led her to earn a degree in broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State University. Donna spent 15 years at WFOR-TV (CBS4 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale), where she worked as a weather producer with hurricane experts Bryan Norcross and David Bernard. She also produced hurricane specials and weather-related features and news coverage, as well as serving as pool TV producer at the National Hurricane Center during the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Donna also served as a researcher on NOAA's Atlantic Hurricane Database Reanalysis Project. Donna specializes in Florida's hurricane history.