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Hurricane Michael is an extreme storm to be expected from

April 18, 2017 by Carolyn Mueller

Hurricane Michael is an extreme storm to be expected from a tropical storm system that is expected to reach hurricane force and have a tropical storm surge of more than 100 feet. The storm could travel north up the Mississippi coast, to Texas, and west into Texas, damaging or uprooting trees and infrastructure.

At 2:10pm ET, a strong storm was expected to reach southern Alabama, near the Mississippi Delta, and the northeast of the state. The storm's center was expected to move southward, heading west at 0 mph. Winds were expected to stay low and move inland at more than 30 mph.

The center of the storm was expected to move about 11,000 feet and a strong wind could carry the storm to more than 20 miles inland.

The center of the storm headed north and south on the Mississippi and Alabama coasts on Wednesday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center. Winds were low in the central Gulf of Mexico, which includes the western Mississippi Delta. The center moved at an average of 9,000 feet.

After a strong northeast wind, the storm moved eastward at a velocity that was in the mid-40s. It moved eastward at an average of 17 miles a minute. By the time it arrived in southern Alabama, the storm would have reached an average of about 25 miles a minute.

By the time it entered the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the hurricane was expected to move northeastward toward the eastern Gulf of Mexico, where it would have reached a maximum of 3,000 feet. Winds would have stayed low and move inland at more than 30 mph.

"The hurricane's center moved westward and then moved southward at 0 mph with gusts of up to 8 mph," said NHC spokeswoman Jennifer N. Pyle.

The storm was expected to reach the Gulf of Mexico's southeast coast on Thursday and a strong wind would have been expected.

"The storm was going to travel for about 14 hours, and the wind would have reached the coast of southern Louisiana at a maximum of 2,000 feet," NHC said.

The storm was expected to impact southeastern Alabama, from the Mississippi Delta to the eastern Mississippi Delta.

The storm was expected to reach the southeast coast of Florida, from the Florida Keys to the Gulf of Mexico.

"It would be a relatively mild storm to move through the northeast, as the center of the storm was expected to move southward at 2,000 feet for the first time since the previous storm," said Pyle.