At 5am this morning, Hurricane Ian was on track to come uncomfortably close to St. Augustine Wednesday morning after a slight eastward tilt to its expected path mid-week.

Tropical force, and potentially even hurricane force winds, will be begin to be felt Wednesday morning here in Marsh Creek, and even as far west as Mississippi by Wednesday evening.

Hurricane Ian will cross over the western end of Cuba Tuesday morning and is then expected to energize into a major hurricane, with winds above 115 mph, and churn north through the Gulf impacting the west coast of Florida with dangerous winds, heavy rains and flooding.

Landfall in the Florida elbow is expected around 2am Friday morning, with the center of the storm forecasted to still be in the vicinity of south central Georgia at 2am Saturday morning.

St. Johns County has a 20% chance to experience hurricane force winds on Ian’s current projected path which can change as the storm continues it progress.

At this writing, the most likely scenario for St. Johns County are sustained tropical force winds, potentially gusting to 60 mph.

The latest rainfall projections for Hurricane Ian show the potential for between 4-10 inches of rain in St. Johns County. Low lying areas are likely to flood.

Make your hurricane preparations now.

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