TESTS WENT WRONG.
WE HAVE NEW INSIGHT FROM OUR
EXPERTS IN MOMENTS, BUT FIRST,
JUST HOURS AFTER LANDFALL AND
NOW A HURRICANE, ALL EYES ARE ON
HERMINE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M LISA BELL.
>> Matt: GLAD YOU'RE WITH US.
I'M MATT AUSTIN.
OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE SPANS
ACROSS OUR LOCAL COUNTIES, MANY
OF THEM, AND ENDS WHERE THE EYE
OF THE STORM WILL MOVE ON SHORE
TONIGHT NEAR THE BIG BEND FROM
THE HOUR-BY-HOUR FORECAST TO THE
DAMAGE HERMINE HAS ALREADY DONE,
NEWS 6 HAS YOU COVERED, STARTING
WITH OUR CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TOM
SORRELLS AND AN UPDATE ON THE
LATEST PATH.
>> Tom: LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
WHAT THE STORM LOOKS LIKE
TONIHT.
WE'VE HAD A LOT GOING ON.
TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR
ALL OF US.
IF YOU CAN HEAR MY VOICE, YOU
HAVE A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT.
HERMINE, WHAT A NASTY LOOKING
RIGHT-HANDED SIDED STORM THIS
HAS TURNED OUT TO BE.
THE CENTRAL PART OF THE ROTATION
IS MOVING FROM HERE TO THE NORTH
RIGHT NOW.
SEE HOW RIGHT-HANDED IT IS WITH
THE CONVECTION ON THE RIGHT-HAND
SIDE.
IT'S GOOD NEWS FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE STORM BUT BAD
NEWS FOR ALL OF US BECAUSE A LOT
OF THAT IS GOING TO FILTER INTO
THE HEART OF CENTRAL FLORIDA.
THIS IS THE PATH OF PROJECTED
MOVEMENT.
YOUR HEART OFTEN LIES IN
TALLAHASSEE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A GOOD
NIGHT IN TALLAHASSEE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE POWER
OUTAGES AND CANOPY DAMAGE.
TREES ARE GOING TO COME DOWN.
FOLKS UP HERE ARE GOING TO BE IN
A WORLD OF HURT.
THE WIND SPEEDS ARE ALREADY 75
MILES PER HOUR.
WE'VE NOT HAD A HURRICANE MAKE
LANDFALL ANYWHERE IN THE STATE
OF FLORIDA SINCE HURRICANE
WILMA.
SO IT'S PRIME FOR HURRICANE
DAMAGE.
SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA
ARE THE PATH OF PROJECTED
MOVEMENT.
>> Tom: THIS AREA COULD COMING
UP WITH A WARNING AT ANY TIME.
THE AREAS TO THE NORTH ALSO
COULD, TOO.
IF YOU GO FROM THE VILLAGES TO
SANFORD TO ORLANDO, ALL THE WAY
WESTERN SIDE OF KISSIMMEE INTO
POLK COUNTY, IT'S BREATHER TIME
HERE, TIME TO RELAX AND REALIZE
ALL OF THIS MAY COME ROARING
BACK.
THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS FROM NEW
SMYRNA BEACH ARE STARTING TO
ALLEVIATE.
DAYTONA BEACH MISSED THE BRUNT
OF THIS PARTICULAR CELL AS IT
WORKED IN THE OPEN WATERS.
THIS IS THE ZONE THAT HAD THE
TORNADO WARNING.
THAT WARNING IS OVER.
WE'RE GOING TO STAY HERE INTO
THE NIGHT TONIGHT IN THE WEATHER
CENTER AND WE'LL TRACK THE BANDS
AS THEY COME THROUGH.
I'LL BE BACK WITH THE FULL
FORECAST COMING UP IN A LITTLE
BIT.
>> Matt: PARENTS, JUST MINUTES
AGO BREVARD COUNTY SCHOOLS
ANNOUNCED IT HAS CANCELLED
AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES TODAY.
THIS IS BIG HERE TOMORROW, BOTH
FLAGLER AND MARION COUNTY PUBLIC
SCHOOLS HAVE DECIDED TO CANCEL
SCHOOL AND AFTER-SCHOOL EVENTS
SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT.
LET'S TAKE A LIVE PICTURE NOW IN
FLAGLER COUNTY, CURRENTLY UNDER
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AS
HERMINE CONTINUES ITS PATH
NORTH, AND WE CONTINUE OUR TEAM
COVERAGE IN THE BIG BEND AREA
WITH NADEEN YANES WHO JOINS US
LIVE FROM SHELL POINT BEACH.
THE BIG BEND IS ALREADY SEEING A
LOT OF WIND AND RAIN, RIGHT?
>> Reporter: OH, YEAH, WE'RE
FEELING IT.
THE MOMENT WE HIT ALACHUA COUNTY
NEAR GAINESVILLE, WE STARTED
SEEING THE RAIN AND THE EFFECTS
OF NOW HURRICANE HERMINE.
THE MOMENT WE GOT TO SHELL POINT
BEACH AT THE VERY TIP OF THE
STATE HERE ON THE APALACHEE BAY,
THE WINDS AND WAVES ARE PICKING
UP AND THE PROBLEM WE'RE FEARING
IS STORM SURGE FLOODING AND THE
STORM SURGE IS GOING TO BE A
PROBLEM.
LOOK AT THE BENCH.
IT'S ALREADY UNDER WATER.
WE'RE ALREADY FEELING THE FIRST
BAND OF HURRICANE HERMINE.
THIS IS THE FIRST HURRICANE TO
HIT THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN 11
YEARS, SINCE 2005.
THIS AREA IS UNDER A HURRICANE
WARNING.
THE REAL CONCERN IS FOR THE
FLOODING IN THIS AREA.
THAT'S WHY THEY HAD A MANDATORY
EVACUATION.
THEY'RE NOT LETTING ANYBODY COME
DOWN INTO THIS AREA.
THEY'RE MAKING EVERYONE LEAVE.
WE RAN INTO SOME DEPUTIES WHO
HAD THE ROADS BLOCKED.
HERE'S WHAT THEY TOLD US ABOUT
THEIR PREPARATIONS.
>> Y'ALL BE SAFE.
THE WATER IS ALREADY STARTING TO
RISE AND THEY'VE GOT THE POWER
CUT OFF.
>> THE POWER IS SHUT OFF TO THE
WHOLE TOWN THEN?
>> YES.
ALL THE HOUSES.
>> Reporter: IS EVERYONE ALREADY
EVACUATED FROM THERE?
>> A LOT HAVE.
A LOT HAVE.
>> WE SAW THE CARS PARKED UP
THERE.
>> WE GOT THEM PARKED HERE, THE
BOATS.
A FEW RESIDENTS ARE STILL COMING
IN AND OUT.
>> HAVE YOU BEEN HERE FOR ANY
HURRICANES TO SEE HOW HIGH THE
WATER GETS?
>> DOWN HERE THE LAST TIME IT
GOT ALL THE WAY PAST THE CUTOFF
ROAD AND NOT FAR FROM RIGHT DOWN
THE ROAD HERE.
THEN WE HAD ALL OF SPRING CREEK
HIGHWAY, A LOT OF THAT CLOSED
OFF.
>> Reporter: THERE'S A GOOD
CHANCE WE MIGHT GET STUCK OUT
THERE?
>> I HOPE NO
>> Reporter: WE HOPE WE DON'T
GET FLOODED OUT HERE EITHER WAY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT HERE ALL
NIGHT.
THE EYE OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED
TO MAKE LANDFALL WHERE I'M
STANDING IN THE BIG BEND AREA AT
2:00 THIS MORNING.
SOME HOMEOWNERS ARE BRAVING OUT
THE STORM.
I'LL TALK TO THEM AND WE'LL HEAR
THEIR STORY AT 5:00.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Matt: THANK YOU, NADEEN.
DON'T GET STUCK.
HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK AT FLAGLER
BEACH TONIGHT WHERE THE AREA IS
BRACING FOR POSSIBLE TORNADOES
AND HEAVY RAIN.
>> Lisa: NEWS 6 REPORTER LOREN
KORN IS ON SCENE KEEPING A CLOSE
EYE ON ANY DAMAGE OR STORM
DEVELOPMENTS THERE.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE
DAMAGE ALREADY DONE, TAKE A LOOK
AT THESE AERIALS, JUST IN FROM
ST. PETERSBURG.
YOU CAN SEE STREETS AND HOMES
UNDER WATER.
GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT SAID THIS
TYPE OF FLOODING IS INEVITABLE.
>> IT'S LIFE-THREATENING, WE'RE
GOING TO SEE A BIG STORM SURGE,
A LOT OF RAIN AND FLOODING AND
DOWNED POWER LINES.
>> Matt: WE'LL BE FOLLOWING
HERMINE'S PATH CLOSELY
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, BRINGING
YOU UPDATES AS SOON AS WE GET
THEM.
YOU CAN SEE THE LATEST MODELS