Tropical Storm Elsa has moved over Cuba and is now into the warm waters of the Florida Straits. The system has time to strengthen a bit as it parallels the west coast of Florida in the next 24 hours before making landfall north of Tampa on Wednesday morning. So there is now a hurricane watch issued for Florida’s west central and Big Bend Coast. ELSA MAKES LANDFALL IN CUBATropical storm warnings are still in effect from the Florida Keys to the Big Bend Coast, while tropical storm conditions will likely continue across the Keys through Tuesday night. Once Elsa makes landfall, it will weaken, however, heavy rain and wind and the risk for tropical tornadoes will continue.

Source: Fox News July 06, 2021 11:03 UTC