• Elsa made landfall as a tropical storm late Wednesday morning along Florida’s Nature Coast in Taylor county with top sustained winds of 65 mph. Its winds are expected to weaken, but flash flooding and isolated tornadoes are possible Wednesday afternoon, especially in North-Central and Northeast Florida.
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• Tropical Storm Watches and Warnings and a Storm Surge Watch are posted a little more than a day prior to the arrival of Tropical Storm Elsa’s effects in Florida.
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• The Tropical Storm Warning has been extended north to Englewood and now includes Fort Myers. Tropical Storm Watches have also been extended northward to include the Nature Coast to the Aucilla River. Storm Surge Watches remain in effect from Bonita Beach northward to the Suwannee River, including Tampa Bay.
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• 5 p.m. update: Tropical Storm Watches have been issued for the Florida Keys from Craig Key westward to the Dry Tortugas.
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• Elsa quickly intensified Thursday night, and by 7:45 am EDT Friday morning became the first hurricane of the 2021 season.
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• The season’s fifth named storm, Tropical Storm Elsa, formed this morning, 865 miles east of the Windward Islands, where Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect this morning.
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• There is an increasing chance of a tropical storm in the Caribbean this upcoming holiday weekend — sooner than what is average in early July.
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