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And it will become even a little bit stronger. but if we go back to the beginning, when this was first named last thursday, the track was released by the national hurricane center. and at that time, the cone of uncertainty did include surfside. so that was always the general concern from the beginning. theyre not included in any of the watches or warnings. this is a hurricane warning, first one weve had since 2018 when hurricane michael moved in, but we have other concerns. and this is where we ...

>> so were taking a listen to the lieutenant governor at the press conference in surfside, florida, basically giving warnings about tropical storm elsa as it heads towards the florida west coast, obviously giving her interpretation in spanish as well to make sure all the residents of the state of florida understand whats going on there and the precautions they need to take ahead of the storm. talking about what weve been hearing from our own meteorologist bill karins, the path of this storm hitt...

To that 65 miles per hour. but going forward, as it lifts northward, the environment is not con do y do you say -- cond to become a hurricane. this cone of uncertainty did include miami early on. it has since moved. we do not have a hurricane watch, so thats good news. we still have some risks here. heavy rainfall the greatest threat in areas of red. along with that going hand in hand, the storm surge has been increased now up to 5 feet. im kind of concerned about the tampa, st. peak, clearwater...

Miami-dade. the miami area and surfside. and for good reason, because this cone of uncertainty did include that, early on. its been shifting westward. also, in blue, the tropical storm warnings, we do not have a hurricane news so thats good news. heavy rainfall in areas of red. along with that, going hand in hand, the storm surge has been increased now up to 5 feet. now, kind of concerned about tampa, st. pete, clearwater area. for those that live in this area, want some sort of a reference. las...

>> we also expect landfall along the west coast tomorrow morning. its important that floridians dont focus necessarily on the cone, as we know impacts are expected well outside the area of the cone. the storm will likely be lopsided with most of the rainfall to the east of the center of the storm. right now, we have tropical storm warnings for 22 counties along floridas west coast and a hurricane watch is now in effect for the florida coast stretching from pinellas to dixie. storm surge continue...

A lot of warnings, or watches, i should say, were upgraded especially to the tampa bay flare that cone of concern. but look over my shoulder right now. you see people strolling along the peer. were a number of hours away from heavy storms and heavy winds. but folks here are kind of carrying on as they were. at the same time in other parts of the state, we have seen sandbags, supplies up to a week. people trying to figure out their plan of action should they lose power. but here inkey west, i tak...

Winds were stronger. i mean, right now, theyre at 60 miles per hour, so it was up 65. so this interaction with cuba, i wouldnt be surprised to see it drop even more, maybe 55 miles per hour, down to 50. the problem is, once it makes its way into the warmer waters of the florida straits, we could see it back up to 65. elsa is the fifth named storm of the year, the earliest weve ever had a fifth name. sound familiar? went through that last year. it was a hurricane at one point through the caribbea...

So lets take a look at our tropical alerts. were looking at lots of alerts up and down the west coast of florida. the were looking at a tropical storm warning for parts of key west. then even stretching up to the big bend of florida. were seeing the tropical alerts. so as youre looking at this cone here, you see overnight were going to see it back into the gulf near key west. then it will make the trajectory to the northeast. its going to make a bend. does it look still that most of the impacts ...

Thank you. so tropical storm watches and warnings have been issued for the florida keys an the west coast as elsa moves across cuba and into the keys as early as tonight. cnns chad meyers is following the storm. he has the brand-new forecast track. chad, what are you seeing? >> just nine minutes ago, the storm is about 20 miles south of the southern cuba border or the beach area there. and as it moves across cuba today, it will likely lose a little bit of strength. because hurricanes want to b...

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