On its forecast path, Colin would churn across southeastern Georgia early on Tuesday and later in the day menace the North and SC coasts.
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Dare County Emergency Management Director Drew Pearson said Tuesday the Outer Banks is still soggy from last week’s Tropical Storm Bonnie. However, Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter Aircraft found that maximum sustained winds had increased to 50 miles per hour early Monday.
Interestingly he added, three recent examples of June Gulf of Mexico tropical storms affecting Florida all had the same, lopsided appearance this potential “Colin” may possess.
“They aren’t doing very well”, she said.
The National Weather Service reported that about 2.7 of rain fell at McKinnon St. Simons Island Airport as the storm passed over the area.
Flood warnings were issued in many parts of the Tampa Bay area and Tuesday’s commute was a hard one with some roads underwater.
No significant problems were reported in South Carolina, with a handful of roads closed in Charleston and near the Georgia-South Carolina state line.
The National Hurricane Center said Colin marked the earliest that a third named storm has ever formed in the Atlantic basin.
The storm is part of a brisk start to the Atlantic hurricane season that runs through November 30.
“Worried, no”, she said. According to the National Weather Service, on Monday Cayman could be expected to experience cloudy, rainy conditions for the next 24-hours with a gradual clearing expected by Tuesday, with light showers dominating the Cayman area with areas of scattered moderate to strong showers moving towards the west to northwest. High surf and unsafe rip currents were expected to endanger the Southeast coast. On the forecast track, the center of Colin should move near and parallel to the coast of the southeastern United States today.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts the Atlantic will get between 10 and 16 storms this year, and between four and eight could be hurricanes. Some slight strengthening is also possible on Tuesday when Colin is near the Southeast coast.
The National Weather Service says Tropical Storm Colin has made landfall and is bringing high winds and heavy rain to northern Florida. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 230 miles from the center.
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Colin was expected to lose its status as a tropical cyclone quickly as moved across Florida and head out into the Atlantic Ocean later Tuesday morning.
