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Arthur Now a Hurricane, Significant Threat to the Mid-Atlantic States

July 3, 2014 | WMFE, Orlando - Arthur became the first hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season as of the 8am advisory from the National Hurricane Center.

Winds were reported to be 80 mph and the storm was located 150 miles Cape Fear, North Carolina, moving NNE at 15 mph. Hurricane Hunters continued to fly through the storm this morning and were reporting wind gusts near 100 mph in the eastern quadrant of the storm. Arthur is a very small, compact storm, with hurricane force winds only extending 25 miles from the center.

Even though Arthur is no longer a direct threat to Florida, the rip current risk along the First Coast beaches will remain moderate to high thanks to large ocean swells and an off-shore wind. Elsewhere across the state, conditions will return to normal today with only typical afternoon scattered showers or thunderstorms. Rain chances will diminish some on Friday across the northern third of the state, but remain elevated elsewhere through Saturday.

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Jeff Huffman is a Meteorologist for the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network. 

 

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