Tropical Storm Bonnie formed out of Tropical Depression # 3 just south of the Bahamas late Thursday afternoon, July 22. This storm is impacting southern Florida at this hour. This storm will produce heavy rain in places, Tropical Storm force wind gusts to over 50 MPH and will cause localized flooding throughout southern and west central Florida over the next 2 days.
This storm will enter the southeastern Gulf of Mexico this weekend and has limited potential to intensify because it is moving relatively quickly at 18 MPH. Due to the west northwesterly path of this storm, the oil well containment and cleanup vessels have been ordered to port. This storm will create strong wave action along the Gulf Coast from southern Florida to east central Texas. Unfortunately, the winds and wave action associated with Tropical Storm Bonnie will wash some heavier amounts of oil ashore all along the northern Gulf Coast.
Our next unofficial update will be posted as necessary. Please use the link below for up to the minute official updates.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”
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