Additional Tropical Storm Notes

*NHC now thinking a slow landfall on NE Florida Panhandle. We will watch for new advisory

* Tornado Watch until 8 pm EDT for West Florida Peninsula and also South Florida. Still several tornado warnings Tampa Bay area.

* Rip currents still very dangerous Central Gulf Coast

* Another water rescue Orange Beach this afternoon

A FEW SPOT REPORTS

…63 miles south of Dauphin Island…14 foot waves, wind NW 36

…67 miles south of Fort Morgan…wind north at 42

…Pascagula…wind NE gusting over 30

…Panama City…heavy rain, wind north, gusts 26

AND THEN THERE IS EXCESSIVE HEAT (Mid-afternoon samples)

101 Muscle Shoals

99 Huntsville and Gadsden

101 Tuscaloosa, heat index 104

96 Birmingham, heat index 98

88 Anniston, heat index 93

88 Mobile

78 cloudy, Dothan

Stay tuned…we will be here all night

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