Not long after Tropical Storm Mindy formed off the Florida panhandle Wednesday, it was set to make landfall, with 45-mph winds and a potential for up to 6 inches of rain, forecasters said.
The center of the storm was nearing landfall in panhandle at 7 p.m., the National Hurricane Center said.
It was around 25 miles west-southwest of Apalachicola, Florida, which is southwest of Tallahassee, and moving northeast into the state at 21 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.
Tropical storm warnings were in place for a stretch of Florida coast from Mexico Beach to the Steinhatchee River.
Mindy is the 13th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.
Mindy is forecast to cross the Florida panhandle Wednesday night and sweep across the state and southern Georgia. The center should be in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, forecasters said.
The storm is expected to bring between 2 to 4 inches of rain, but up to 6 inches is possible in spots, the hurricane center said.
Mexico Beach where the tropical storm warnings start is around 300 miles away from Port Fourchon in Louisiana, where Hurricane Ida made landfall as a destructive and deadly Category 4 storm on Aug. 29.
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