Marco still a tropical storm at 10am update
August 23, 2020
Hospitalizations drops below 1,000 statewide for first time since July
August 23, 2020
Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that Marco has strengthened into a hurricane with maximum winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) with higher gusts – a category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
Marco is centered as of 11:30 am. CDT over the southern Gulf of Mexico about 300 miles (480 km) south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River, moving toward the north-northwest at 14 mph (22 km/h).
The next complete advisory will be issued by NHC at 4 p.m. CDT with an intermediate advisory at 1 p.m. CDT
