Tropical Storm Elsa is moving northward along the west coast of Florida, bringing heavy rains and winds, the National Hurricane Center reports.
At 5 a.m. Wednesday morning, Elsa was reported to be about 70 miles west northwest of Tampa, with maximum winds of 70 mph.
Yesterday’s hurricane warning for the west coast of Florida was replaced this morning with a tropical storm warning south of Chassahowitzka to Englewood and from north of the Steinhatchee River to Ochlockonee River. A storm surge warning is in effect for the from Bonita Beach to the Aucilla River, including Tampa Bay, as well as west of the Aucilla River to the Ochlockonee River, Florida. The tropical storm warning has been discontinued south of Englewood.
The storm could intensify, making hurricane conditions still possible along a portion of the west coast of Florida. A hurricane warning is still n effect from Chassahowitzka to the Steinhatchee River.
Tropical storm conditions are occurring across portions of the western Florida peninsula and will continue to spread northward along the west coast of the state throughout the day.
Other States
A tropical storm watch is now in effect for the coasts of North Carolina and Virginia from Duck, North Carolina to Chincoteague, Virginia, and for the Chesapeake Bay south of New Point Comfort, as well as the mouth of St. Marys River, Georgia to Little River Inlet, South Carolina.
The NHC said that as Elsa moves across the western and northern Florida Peninsula today, heavy rainfall may result in considerable flash, urban, and isolated moderate river flooding. Heavy rainfall across southeast Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and southeastern Virginia may also result in isolated flash and urban flooding, with considerable flash and urban flooding possible across coastal Georgia and the Lowcountry of South Carolina.
Heavy rainfall across the Northeast and New England Thursday and Friday could lead to isolated flash and urban flooding.
Although the center of Elsa is expected to remain inland of the coastline from Georgia through the Carolinas during the next day or two, tropical storm conditions are expected along much of the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina. Tropical storm conditions are also possible along the coast of the mid-Atlantic states by Thursday night or Friday.
Source: NHC
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