Tropical Depression #3 upgraded to Tropical Storm Colin, still headed toward Florida

Meteorologist David Tillmans gives an updates on the tropics. (KTRK)

KTRK

Monday, June 06, 2016

Tropical Depression #3 has just become Tropical Storm Colin. The weather system formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico and now has max winds of 40 mph.

The National Hurricane Center has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for parts of Florida's west coast from Indian Pass to Englewood, Florida.

We now have Tropical Storm Colin. It's still headed towards Florida. Really heavy rain there Monday thru Wednesday pic.twitter.com/EBcMIwiYvx
— David Tillman (@TillmanWeather) June 5, 2016

The storm is expected to move north northeast across the eastern Gulf of Mexico and towards Florida's west coast.

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