Tropical Storm Colin Forms in Gulf of Mexico, Heads for Florida
- Storm warnings, watches posted for western Florida, Georgia
- Storm will track away from energy interests in western Gulf
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Tropical Storm Colin, the second in just over a week, has formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico and is on a course to move into western Florida sometime Monday bringing “torrential downpours,” according to the National Weather Service.
The storm formed out of a tropical depression that was about 465 miles (748 kilometers) southwest of Tampa at 4 p.m. Sunday, according to a U.S. National Hurricane Center advisory. It has winds of 40 miles per hour and was moving northward at 12 mph. The storm could dump as much as 8 inches (20 centimeters) of rain as it crosses Florida, the weather service said.