Tropical Storm Andrea forms in Gulf

[Bosonic]

Source: USA Today

Tropical Storm Andrea has formed in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center in Miami reported late this afternoon. It is the first named storm of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season.

The hurricane center announced that it will start issuing advisories within the next hour or so. A hurricane hunter aircraft "was able to identify a well-defined circulation" within the storm.

Andrea will bring heavy rain, gusty winds, rough surf and severe thunderstorms to much of Florida on Thursday, according to AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.

It is forecast to cross the Florida peninsula on Thursday before heading up the Eastern Seaboard on Friday and Saturday, delivering heavy rain and thunderstorms from the mid-Atlantic to New England.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2013/06/05/tropical-storm-andrea/2393751/

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[okwmember]

1. That didn''t take long. Day 5.

I guess it will be a very active season.

[darkangel218]

2. Damn..

[RantinRavin]

3. Nothing but a big rain maker

And Florida can sure use the rain.

[JCMach1]

5. Feast, of famine... it was a really wet May (usually our dry season)

This is going to bring flooding.

[L0oniX]

4. Well there goes my Friday afternoon sailboat race.

[sulphurdunn]

6. My yard is becoming a jungle.

I may have to buy a machete, and I live in Virginia.

[OnlinePoker]

7. It's kind of an odd one.

It actually started off as Hurricane Barbara on the Eastern Pacific side of Mexico. It weakened as it crossed over the Yucatan and has been sitting just north of there for a week. It slowly built from being a 10% chance of becoming a named storm to (obviously) making it to "named" category today.