As all experts and the NHC are reporting, Idalia should be a hurricane any second. Maybe it already is.

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If you have friends, family, or property in Florida and are concerned, here's the latest update.

*Courtesy of Atlantic Hurricane Tracker/Facebook

Townsquare Media Tuscaloosa Chief Meteorologist James Spann updated conditions in Alabama and in the Gulf of Mexico with the latest on Idalia.

*Video from James Spann/Facebook

More updates will be forthcoming throughout the next 24 hours with the famed "Hurricane Hunters" gathering reports on Idalia in the Gulf.

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