Storm report, 2026 season, checked 14 October 2026
Hurricane Isaias (2026)
Isaias formed in the Gulf on October 6, 2026, became a hurricane on October 8 and peaked at 120 mph on October 9. It came ashore on the western Florida Panhandle that evening, then crossed Alabama and Tennessee as a post-tropical low, which was expected to dissipate over West Virginia on October 11.
- peak sustained winds, October 9
- 120 mph
- peak sustained winds, October 9
- Source: NHC Advisory 12
- landfall, western Florida Panhandle, evening
- Oct 9
- landfall, western Florida Panhandle, evening
- Source: NHC Advisories 13A and 14
- FEMA emergency declarations: Florida, Alabama, Georgia
- 3
- FEMA emergency declarations: Florida, Alabama, Georgia
- Source: FEMA
- counties and tribal areas in those declarations
- 107
- counties and tribal areas in those declarations
- Source: FEMA
Timeline
- Tue Oct 6, 4 PM CDTTropical Depression Nine forms in the Gulf, 380 miles west of Progreso, Mexico. Winds 35 mph. (NHC Advisory 1)
- Wed Oct 7, 4 AM CDTNamed Tropical Storm Isaias. Winds 40 mph. (NHC Advisory 3)
- Thu Oct 8, 1 AM CDTIsaias becomes a hurricane. Winds 75 mph. (NHC Advisory 6A)
- Fri Oct 9, 10 AM CDTPeak: 120 mph, 195 miles south of Pensacola, Florida. (NHC Advisory 12)
- Fri Oct 9FEMA emergency declarations for Florida, Alabama and Georgia. (FEMA EM-3655, EM-3656, EM-3657)
- Fri Oct 9, eveningLandfall on the western Florida Panhandle. At 7 PM CDT the center was 45 miles southeast of Pensacola at 110 mph; by 10 PM it was inland, 45 miles east-northeast of Pensacola, at 90 mph. (NHC Advisories 13A and 14)
- Sat Oct 10, 1 AM CDTPost-tropical, 80 miles north-northeast of Pensacola. Winds 65 mph. (NHC Advisory 14A)
- Sat Oct 10The low crosses Alabama: near Montgomery by 4 AM and near Birmingham by 4 PM CDT. (Advisories 15 and 17)
- Sun Oct 11, 11 AM EDTFinal advisory: 180 miles northeast of Nashville, 25 mph, expected to dissipate over West Virginia that evening. Flooding still possible in western North Carolina. (NWS Weather Prediction Center, Advisory 20)
NHC watches and warnings
In effect October 8 and 9, NHC Advisories 9 and 12
- Hurricane Warning
- Ocean Springs, MS to the Bay/Gulf County Line, FL
- Tropical Storm Warning
- Jefferson/Plaquemines Parish Line, LA to west of Ocean Springs, MS
- East of the Bay/Gulf County Line to the Aucilla River, FL
- Storm Surge Warning
- Mouth of the Mississippi River to the Suwannee River
- Storm Surge Watch
- Suwannee River to Yankeetown, FL
FEMA declarations
EM-3655, Florida, Emergency declaration
Declared Oct 9, 2026. Incident began Oct 6. Public Assistance. 27 designated areas:
Baker, Bay, Calhoun, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Suwannee, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton, Washington
EM-3656, Alabama, Emergency declaration
Declared Oct 9, 2026. Incident began Oct 7. Public Assistance. 4 designated areas:
Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile, Poarch Band of Creek Indians
EM-3657, Georgia, Emergency declaration
Declared Oct 9, 2026. Incident began Oct 8. Public Assistance. 76 designated areas:
Baker, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Calhoun, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Cobb, Colquitt, Coweta, Dade, Dawson, DeKalb, Decatur, Dougherty, Douglas, Early, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Fulton, Georgetown-Quitman, Gilmer, Gordon, Grady, Gwinnett, Hall, Haralson, Harris, Heard, Henry, Jackson, Lee, Lumpkin, Macon, Madison, Marion, Meriwether, Miller, Mitchell, Murray, Muscogee, Newton, Oconee, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Polk, Randolph, Rockdale, Schley, Seminole, Spalding, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Terrell, Thomas, Towns, Troup, Union, Upson, Walker, Walton, Webster, White, Whitfield, Worth