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-- this storm started an hour and a half ago. the conditions will continue to deteriorate. around midday today, that's when the eye of the storm is tracking toward panama city, florida. panama city, the bull's-eye for the strong category four, hurricane michael. east of panama city, the dirty side of the hurricanes. the northeastern quadrant. they will see the stronger winds, the possible tornadic activity the next several hours. it will certainly deteriorate, get much worse. many people decided to evacuate. some people decided to hide -- to ride it out. a hell of a ride. >> thanks. the sear...

With the possibility of tornadoes. george? >> that's right, karen. as we understand, you pointed out here, we're under a tornado watch. and we're in that dirty side of the storm, that northeastern quadrant where you have the trains of storms and the possibility for tornadoes throughout. we'll have to keep an eye on it. karen, thank you so much. let's now bring in lieutenant mitchell russlander. we understand with swift water rescue, and we know that these are going to be very busy times for you, mr. russlander. tell us about what your expectations are for the work you have to do in the next 12...

Centric eye wall edging closer to where i'm standing. fortunately we are in a safe position, but these -- there is another one of those gusts in you're not ready for it, it will knock you over. there are so many of my senses that get heightened during these storms and it bridges back memories from last year when, george, you and i and so many of our colleagues were covering hurricane irma and maria in south florida. the smell of the generators providing us the electricity. >> right. >> all these things just remind us of those moments. what people are going through who decided not to heed the e...

Who will feel it the worst. let's bring in our meteorologist karen maginnis. we saw sara sidner in these wicked winds having to anchor herself down with the concrete wall and then we see this calm with victor blackwell is in tampa. where are those wicked winds now and where are they headed next? >> jacksonville, that is kind of the -- it hasn't gotten as much attention because we have been so focussed on where it made landfall, which was about just over 12 hours ago, right around marco island. we talked about the storm surge in tampa, but really, this northeastern quadrant where we knew -- whe...

Want everybody to look at this color codes. this is when the tropical storm force winds meet yar area. you do not want to drive through florida with tropical storm forced winds. you want to say the latest if you're considering friday morning. everybody needs to consider this. the path shifting westward. 24 hours ago, shift to the east, now it looks like it's shifting, even 20 miles, it puts miami right in the worst possible position. because when you look at the formidable storm, the strongest winds, the strongest storm surge, the bands of heavy rain are always in that north, northeastern quad...