Colin is the third tropical storm to form this year in the Atlantic.
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An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft reported that Colin was maintaining winds of 50 miles per hour with higher gusts.
Colin was expected to make landfall north of Cedar Key and move across the state to the Atlantic near Jacksonville either late Monday or early this morning.
The National Weather Service in Charleston says all Tropical Storm Warnings issued for the SC coast have been canceled. The Tropical Storm was discontinued for the northern part of Florida but it is still in place for parts of Georgia and North Carolina.
Colin will have little to no impact in the Northeast because it will remain far enough off the coast, AccuWeather said.
City officials said they expect the situation to last for most of Tuesday.
The hurricane center said there were no more coastal warnings but some slight strengthening could occur Tuesday night.
Residents on Florida’s Gulf coast filled sandbags, schools planned to close early and Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Colin gained speed and churned toward the state Monday, threatening serious flooding.
The latest forecast for Colin called for the storm to make landfall near the Big Bend area of Florida in the mid-afternoon, move across the Florida peninsula into Georgia and then move along or just off the SC coast before heading out to sea. “Because I have a feeling that we’re going to have a season similar to 2005”, he added.
As Colin shifts northeastward up the coast, the rainfall will slowly shift off the coast with up to 1 inch of additional rain possible.
As of mid-afternoon, the National Weather Service had dropped all tropical storm warnings, although flood watches remained in effect in east-central Florida.
Flood advisories are in place in numerous affected areas, particularly more inland in North Carolina.
Five-day rain totals could reach four inches in North Palm Beach County with the potential of street flooding in areas with poor drainage and where showers concentrate for long periods.
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge remains closed due to high winds.
“Worried, no”, she said.
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The state also has a 250-person team responding to road closures and directing traffic during power outages. Does the early start to the hurricane season worry Morris? Officials there anxious about the surging tide obliterating an erosion control project, while to the north, in Manatee County, coastal homeowners nervously watched docks disappear under a rising canal.
