As of 11 a.m. Tuesday morning, Deerfield Beach to the Brevard/Volusia County is under hurricane watch, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Hurricane watches mean that hurricane like conditions are possible within the watch area. A watch is typically issued 48 hours before the first occurrence of tropical storm force winds.
As of 11 a.m. maximum sustained winds remained close to 145 mph which keeps it at a category 4 hurricane.
Hurricane conditions are expected to reach Florida sometime Thursday with tropical storm conditions coming sometime early Thursday morning.
Knight News is checking with UCF to see how this is going to affect classes later this week as well as Friday’s football game against Tulane.
Check back to Knight News for continued updates of Hurricane Matthew.
