A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for... * Okaloosa/Walton County line to Yankeetown Florida
A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for... * Indian Pass Florida to Clearwater Beach Florida
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- STORM SURGE: The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline. The water could reach the following heights above ground somewhere in the indicated areas if the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide... Indian Pass FL to Chassahowitzka FL...3 to 5 ft Chassahowitzka to Clearwater Beach FL...2 to 4 ft Tampa Bay...1 to 3 ft Surge-related flooding depends on the relative timing of the surge and the tidal cycle, and can vary greatly over short distances. For information specific to your area, please see products issued by your local National Weather Service forecast office. WIND: Tropical storm conditions are expected to reach or are already reaching the coast within the warning area, and will continue through this afternoon. Gale-force winds are likely to begin along portions of the Atlantic coast of the southeastern United States later today. RAINFALL: Nestor is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 2 to 4 inches this weekend across portions of the southeastern United States, with isolated maximum amounts of 8 inches. TORNADOES: A few tornadoes are possible through midday in the northern and central Florida Peninsula, and later today and tonight over coastal areas of Georgia and the Carolinas.