Hurricane Warning Issued For Florida’s West Coast as Hurricane Elsa Heads For Landfall Wednesday
(Worthy News) – Elsa has regained hurricane strength and will scrape Florida’s west coast, including parts of the Tampa-St. Petersburg metro, through early Wednesday with storm surge, high winds, flooding rain and isolated tornadoes.
Elsa is centered just over 100 miles south-southwest of Tampa, Florida, and is tracking north at 10-15 mph.
Early Tuesday afternoon, the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters found flight-level winds in Elsa were stronger and its surface pressure lower as Elsa attempted to fight off both dry air and wind shear typically hostile for intensification.
This prompted the NHC to issue hurricane warnings for areas near the west coast of Florida from Tampa Bay northward to Steinhatchee. This warning, meaning hurricane conditions are expected, includes Tampa, St. Petersburg and Cedar Key. [ Source:Weather (Read More…) ]