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Tropical Depression Emily: Rick Scott declares state of emergency

By Action News Jax
By Action News Jax

UPDATE, Monday 4:48 p.m.: Tropical Storm Emily has been downgraded to a Tropical Depression.

UPDATE: Monday, 1:30 p.m. From First Alert Meteorologist Mike Buresh:

Tropical Storm Emily will have no direct local impacts on Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia, but there will be a heightened rip current risk.

Onshore winds may be augmented slightly by Emily as the tropical cyclone moves offshore about 155 miles south/southeast of Jacksonville.

Never swim or surf alone and try to stay as close to a lifeguard as possible.

Florida Governor Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency for 31 counties in Florida following landfall of Tropical Storm Emily at 11 a.m.

As of 11 a.m. Monday Tropical Storm Emily is moving east at 9 miles per hour and is making landfall south of Tampa.

Tropical Depression 6 was upgraded to Tropical Storm Emily by the National Hurricane Center at 7:43 a.m. Monday morning nearly two hours after being declared a Tropical Depression around 5:30 a.m.

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Governor Scott sent a press release before the upgrade urging residents on the west coast of Florida to monitor the weather and be prepared for the tropical depression.

Hour-by-hour: Check the weather in your area

A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for the west coast of Florida from Anclote River southward to Bonita Beach.

Tropical Storm Emily is approximately west-southwest of Tampa in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to cross central Florida over the next 24 hours.

Reminder: It's illegal to have your hazard lights on in the rain in Florida

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