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| Here we go again! Tropical Storm in Gulf of Mexico, Aims at Florida |
| 2004-10-09 |
| Fri Oct 8, 5:58 PM ET Tropical Storm Matthew formed in the western Gulf of Mexico on Friday and was headed toward Florida, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center (news - web sites) said. But there was some good news for a state hit by four deadly and devastating hurricanes since August: Matthew was not expected to strengthen significantly before crossing ashore over the Florida Panhandle on Monday. Matthew had top sustained winds of 40 mph (64 kph), just barely over the threshold to become a named tropical cyclone. At 5 p.m. EDT, it was in the northern Gulf of Mexico about 260 miles east-southeast of Brownsville, Texas, near latitude 24.2 north and longitude 93.8 west. It was moving east at 10 mph (16 kph) and forecasters expected it to turn to the east-northeast, moving over northwest Florida and into Alabama on Monday. Forecasters said rainfall associated with the storm was already flooding some parts of the Gulf coast. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #1 It's being sheared to pieces.... likely not even a depression now. It could still be a big problem with the large area of rain tho. Oddly it started off life has a warm centre storm. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-09 7:45:09 AM |