JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Nicole has become a post-tropical cyclone in the mountains of West Virginia and Virginia.
At 4 p.m., Nicole winds were down to 30 mph.
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The National Hurricane Center said Nicole made landfall at 3 a.m. Thursday just south of Vero Beach on North Hutchinson Island with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.
At 4 p.m. Thursday, Nicole was 55 miles south-southwest of Charleston, West Virginia.
The depression is moving toward the north-northeast near 23 mph. A faster north-northeast motion is expected this afternoon.
On the forecast track, the center of Nicole will continue to move over the southern Appalachians during the next few hours.
The cyclone will still bring heavy rainfall to parts of the Southeast and the Mid-Atlantic states. Tornadoes will also be possible east of the center, primarily over the Carolinas and Virginia.
Tidal flooding will again be a concern along the St. Johns River and its tributaries Friday and Friday night.
Nicole is the first hurricane to make landfall on Florida’s east coast in November since the Yankee Hurricane slammed South Florida in 1935.
Hurricane season concludes November 30.