Tropical Storm Colin lashes parts of Florida, Georgia

Dylan Fagan, who lives in Fleming Island, Florida, near Jacksonville, said the rain came out of nowhere and blew through really quickly. This system is then expected to be somewhere near or off the coast of the Carolinas by later Tuesday. They said they’re just glad the weather is finally starting to improve.

Tropical Storm Colin developed in the Gulf of Mexico late Sunday afternoon.

“Looking at South Florida, we’re mostly out of the way”, said John Cangialosi, a hurricane specialist with the National Weather Service in Miami-Dade.

According to 13News Now meteorologists, the storm will bring heavy rain and gusty winds to the Outer Banks Tuesday as it passes through. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rains.

Flood warnings were issued in many parts of the Tampa Bay area and Tuesday’s commute was a hard one with some roads underwater. Rain fell steadily in the Tampa-St.

Nelson said the county’s Emergency Management division knew Polk’s experience with Colin would be different from that of the coastal counties because of the high tides that put them at a higher risk for flooding.

Colin was the earliest third Atlantic storm on record. It comes less than a week into the official Atlantic hurricane season. Storm clouds move through the area in Onslow County, N.C., ahead of Tropical Storm Colin Monday, June 6, 2016. But if fewer than two named storms form in the same time period, 6.3 hurricanes develop – a negligible difference, he said.

Beven said there’s a chance for 1 to 3 inches of rain in parts of the Carolinas.

The storm picked up speed as it crossed northern Florida and southeast Georgia early Tuesday.

Heavy rain is causing some minor flooding along Crystal Coast roadways already.

No injuries have been reported.

A portion of historic St. Pete High School was closed off to students on their last day of school after part of the building flooded. This would be big turnaround from the past three years that have been rather quiet.

Duke Energy reported only a handful of customers without service.

This north-northeastward movement is due to an upper-level high pressure centered to the east from the Bahamas to the central Caribbean Sea and broad low pressure aloft centered over South Texas.

Colin is moving toward the northeast near 23 miles per hour. “However, Colin is also expected to lose its tropical cyclone characteristics by tonight”.

Colin’s maximum sustained winds Monday morning had increased to near 50 miles per hour.

Next advisory: 5 p.m.