Here's the latest on Tropical Storm Emily at 2 p.m.
...EMILY LOCATED INLAND OVER WEST-CENTRAL FLORIDA... ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA...
.50 KM SE OF TAMPA FLORIDA ABOUT 35 MI...55 KM SW OF BARTOW
FLORIDA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H PRESENT
MOVEMENT...E OR 85 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...
WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:
The Tropical Storm Warning has been discontinued from Anclote River southward to Englewood.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for... * Englewood to Bonita Beach Florida
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DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ At 200 PM EDT (1800 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Emily was located near latitude 27.6 North, longitude 82.2 West. Emily is moving toward the east near 10 mph (17 km/h), and this general motion is expected to continue this afternoon. A turn toward the northeast with an increase in forward speed are expected by tonight and Tuesday. On the forecast track, the center of Emily will continue to move farther inland over the west-central Florida peninsula this afternoon, and move across central Florida through tonight. Emily is forecast to move offshore of the east-central Florida coast Tuesday morning.
Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 45 mph (75 km/h) with higher gusts. Emily is expected to weaken to a tropical depression while it moves across the Florida peninsula this afternoon and tonight.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 60 miles (95 km), mainly southeast through south of the center. A wind gust to 38 mph was recently observed in Punta Gorda, Florida.
The estimated minimum central pressure based on nearby surface observations is 1006 mb (29.71 inches).