Just to the north, Pasco County Emergency Services Director Kevin Guthrie said the message is to be prepared.
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The National Weather Service said Tuesday that parts of Pinellas County, along Florida’s Gulf Coast, got that much rain.
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.
Farther north at Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge, the storm’s arrival this afternoon was due at the same time as high tide, creating even higher risk of severe flooding, said Andrew Gude, manager of the refuge for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Morris said that to her relief, Tropical Storm Colin had not flooded the inn, a restored 1910 home.
The National Hurricane Center upgraded Invest 93L to a tropical depression and placed a tropical storm warning for the gulf coast.
On Tybee Island, Morris said she’d continue to pay close attention to weather reports for the remainder of this year’s hurricane season, which runs through November 30.
A statement from Scott’s office warned residents to be wary of rip currents and the possibility of 10 foot waves along the Gulf Coast. The National Hurricane Center said that warning was likely to be dropped early Tuesday afternoon. On the forecast track, the center of Colin should move near and parallel to the coast of the southeastern United States today.
Beven said there’s a chance for 1 to 3 inches of rain in parts of the Carolinas.
Tropical Storm Colin kicks up the waters around Davis Island with the Tampa, Fla., skyline in the background Monday, June 6, 2016.
No rain was reported early Tuesday across the state, although earlier rain has brought the usual street flooding in downtown Charleston.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Colin’s center is moving into the Atlantic east of the Georgia coast.
The storm will enter the Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours on Tuesday.
Little change in strength is forecast during the next couple of days.
Colin is moving toward the northeast near 22mph.
Colin is expected to produce rainfall amount of 3-5 inches ~ this includes our area ~ the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry. The eastern part of the county was expected to receive two inches and maybe three in isolated areas. Meanwhile, heavy rain from the system will already be spreading north into the coastal Carolina.
GREENSBORO, NC- Tropical Storm Colin will come ashore in Florida tonight, after that, it will make a close brush with the Carolina coast on Tuesday, bringing wind and rain. Winds are sustained at 40 miles per hour and the storm is moving north at 12 miles per hour.
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ABC News’ Meteorologist Max Golembo said Colin quickly moved northeast through northern Florida between Tallahassee and Jacksonville at more than 20 miles per hour.
