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Santa Rosa County may not see much rain from Helene

| Daniel Evans
Sept. 26, 2024 | 8:45 a.m. It’s a nice day in Santa Rosa County, making it hard to believe a hurricane will make landfall to our east. Hurricane Helene, now a category two storm, is expected to make landfall around 7 p.m. tonight in Florida’s big bend. The impact on Santa Rosa County is minimal, […]

Sept. 26, 2024 | 8:45 a.m.

It’s a nice day in Santa Rosa County, making it hard to believe a hurricane will make landfall to our east.

Hurricane Helene, now a category two storm, is expected to make landfall around 7 p.m. tonight in Florida’s big bend. The impact on Santa Rosa County is minimal, even to the point that little rainfall is forecasted. Here’s the latest updates from a local perspective:

  • Rainfall totals shifted overnight. Previously, Santa Rosa County was looking at somewhere between 2 to 4 inches of rain, but now it appears it could be a relatively dry day. There’s a 50% chance of rain today, according to the National Weather Service. The latest rainfall totals from the National Hurricane Center show Santa Rosa County in a dry area.
  • A wind advisory remains in place from noon on Thursday until midnight tonight.
  • As the storm makes its way through the Gulf, 64 of Florida’s 67 counties remain under a hurricane or tropical storm warning, but Santa Rosa County is not among them.