--- description: A hurricane warning for Northern Florida remained in effect Thursday as officials warned Tropical Storm Hermine could become a hurricane title: Florida Faces Its First Hurricane in More Than a Decade image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcda36b1f97ba682/6988a47d524fc0995cdf95a4/florida-hurricane-hermine-tropical-storm.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [weather](/tag/weather/) ## weather Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Florida Faces Its First Hurricane in More Than a Decade  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:09 AM CUTPublished: Sep 1, 2016 11:52 AM CUT  A dog wades through the shallow water prior to the arrival of tropical storm Hermine at Shell Point Beach Aug. 31, 2016 near Crawfordville, Fla. A dog wades through the shallow water prior to the arrival of tropical storm Hermine at Shell Point Beach Aug. 31, 2016 near Crawfordville, Fla.Mark Wallheiser—Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:09 AM CUTPublished: Sep 1, 2016 11:52 AM CUT A hurricane warning for a part of Northern Florida remained in effect Thursday as [federal officials warned](http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/010854.shtml "undefined") that a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico had strengthened into a hurricane. Officials said the storm, known as Hurricane Hermine, could make landfall on the Florida coast as early as late Thursday. Hermine—currently moving Northeast with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour—would be the first hurricane to make landfall in Florida since 2005, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) [report](http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/E23.html "undefined"). A tropical storm warning covers other parts of Florida and South Carolina. “This is a life-threatening situation,” Florida Gov. Rick Scott said at a news conference. “It’s going to be a lot of risk. Right now, I want everybody to be safe.” Officials warned that storm surge may be particularly threatening for coastal residents as a result of Hermine. [Storm surge](http://time.com/4013637/climate-change-hurricanes-impact/ "undefined"), a key factor in devastating storms like Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, occurs when storm wind pushes sea water ashore that has already been elevated. Weather [forecasters predicted](http://time.com/4350816/hurricane-season-outlook-2016/ "undefined") earlier this year that 2016 would see an uptick in the number of hurricanes after several years of relative calm. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4475671/florida-hurricane-hermine/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4475671/florida-hurricane-hermine/"},"headline":"Florida Faces Its First Hurricane in More Than a Decade","datePublished":"2016-09-01T11:52:04.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T03:09:07.000Z","description":"“This is a life-threatening situation\"","url":"https://time.com/4475671/florida-hurricane-hermine/","keywords":["weather","Florida"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcda36b1f97ba682/6988a47d524fc0995cdf95a4/florida-hurricane-hermine-tropical-storm.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcda36b1f97ba682/6988a47d524fc0995cdf95a4/florida-hurricane-hermine-tropical-storm.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"florida hurricane hermine tropical storm","caption":"florida hurricane hermine tropical storm","creditText":"Mark Wallheiser—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4475671/florida-hurricane-hermine/","name":"Florida Faces Its First Hurricane in More Than a Decade"}}]}] ```