Hurricane Michael: Winds Officially Now 150 mph

Major damage, tornadoes, and storm surge from Pt. St. Joe to Tyndal AFB per Jeff Piotrowski.

10:55am. Mexico Beach has major storm surge. 

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Wind gusts to 175 mph are possible in the stronger mini-swirls. Winds along the coast will increase rapidly to landfall.

Trees are down, there are power flashes and winds are increasing rapidly. At Apalachicola, the storm surge is up to 5'.