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Hurricane Milton Discussion Number  20
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL142024
1100 PM EDT Wed Oct 09 2024

Earlier Hurricane Hunter aircraft observations, WSR-88D radar 
imagery and velocities, and surface synoptic data indicate that 
Milton made landfall along the Florida Gulf coast just south of 
Tampa around 0030 UTC.  The center is now moving over central 
Florida.  While aircraft and Doppler velocity data indicated 
a landfall intensity of near 105 kt, assuming some inland decrease 
in intensity, the maximum winds are now estimated to be around 90 
kt.  There have been a number of surface reports of inland winds 
at damaging velocities.  There have also been several reports of 
extreme rainfall rates, including one measurement of 5.09 inches in 
an hour at St. Petersburg.