Tropical Storm Helene has formed, the National Hurricane Center reported Tuesday, as it continues to head toward the Gulf of Mexico.
Its maximum sustained winds were 45 mph, and it was located 170 miles south-southeast of the western tip of Cuba.
Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center expect this storm will make landfall Thursday on Florida’s Gulf Coast as a major hurricane, potentially Category 3, with strong wind, heavy rain and storm surge, as well as the possibility of tornadoes.The National Hurricane Center issued a storm surge watch for Indian Pass, Florida, southward to Flamingo, Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor
A tropical storm warning is in effect for Dry Tortugas, Lower Florida Keys west of the Seven Mile Bridge, Grand Cayman, Rio Lagartos to Tulum, Mexico, and locations in Cuba. The cyclone is expected to gradually turn northward on Wednesday and northward to north-northeastward over the eastern Gulf of Mexico to the northeastern Gulf Coast through Thursday,The current trajectory brings the storm on shore at around the Big Bend area of Florida, though it is still too early to tell precisely where the storm will make landfall.“10-15ft of surge is NOT survivable,” The National Weather Service in Tallahassee, Florida wrote on the social media network X.
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