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WEATHER ALERT: TD # 16 Forming

At 11 am Thursday, Potential TD # 16 was located near 22.4 North, 95.7 West, and was moving north at 8 miles per hour.  Maximum sustained winds were 35 miles per hour.  TD # 16 is expected to become a tropical or subtropical storm sometime on Thursday.
Tropical storm warnings are in effect for portions of the Florida panhandle westward to the Alabama/Mississippi border and for portions of coastal Louisiana.  A tropical storm watch is in effect from the eastern portion of the Florida panhandle to the Big Bend area.  And a storm surge watch is in effect as far south as Clearwater, Florida.
TD # 16 will speed up and begin affecting portions of the Gulf coast on Friday.  People there should expect tropical storm conditions, including flooding rains and storm surge.

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Donna Thomas has studied hurricanes for two decades. She holds a PhD in history when her experience with Hurricane Andrew ultimately led her to earn a degree in broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State University. Donna spent 15 years at WFOR-TV (CBS4 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale), where she worked as a weather producer with hurricane experts Bryan Norcross and David Bernard. She also produced hurricane specials and weather-related features and news coverage, as well as serving as pool TV producer at the National Hurricane Center during the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Donna also served as a researcher on NOAA's Atlantic Hurricane Database Reanalysis Project. Donna specializes in Florida's hurricane history.