Category 5 Hurricane 2024 Florida. A new tornado watch due to hurricane helene has been issued by the storm prediction center for nearly 3.8 million people in florida and georgia until 10 p.m. It could take helene just 48 hours to go from a 45 mph tropical storm to a category 3 major hurricane as it rapidly intensifies over the extremely warm waters of the gulf of mexico.

#helene is forecast to make landfall tomorrow as a major #hurricane in the big bend of florida. Except for two tropical disturbances — one southeast of florida earlier this month and another in.