Santa Rosa County District Schools said that schools will be on a normal schedule Wednesday, as the system continues to monitor Tropical Storm Helene.

The Gulf Coast storm now officially has a name.

Tallahassee – Hurricane and storm-surge watches were in effect Tuesday for much of Florida’s Gulf Coast as a weather system is expected to rapidly grow into “a potentially very dangerous storm” and hit the state as a hurricane this week.

The early morning update on Potential Cyclone Nine, expected to form into Hurricane Ilene in the days ahead, shrunk the cone of uncertainty, leaving the center of the storm far east of Santa Rosa County.

The 7 p.m. advisory on Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine, soon-to-be-Hurricane Helene, provided little change in the projected path of the storm.

September 23, 2024 | 5:18 p.m. Santa Rosa County District Schools provided an update on the weather on Monday afternoon. “Santa Rosa County District Schools District Officials have been in close contact with the Santa Rosa Emergency Management Office and National Weather Service of Mobile,” the statement said. “We are actively monitoring the weather as […]

Tropical Cyclone Nine, likely-soon-to-be Hurricane Helene, took a small shift west in the latest forecast cone from the National Hurricane Center.

Santa Rosa County has announced locations where sand is available in preparation for a possible tropical storm or hurricane later this week.

Tallahassee – Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday declared a state of emergency for 41 counties as a storm system is expected to rapidly grow into a powerful hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico.

The forecast cone is currently east of Santa Rosa County, with projected landfall in the area of Apalachicola, near Florida’s big bend.