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Invest 93L is taking its time moving across Florida, and it could still become a tropical depression later this week.
Regardless of development, heavy rainfall is expected over portions of Florida, which could bring localized flash flooding through mid-week.
Tropical Storm Barry formed over the Bay of Campeche on Sunday, making landfall just south of Tampico, ... Florida, southeastern US see heightened chance of tropical development July 4 weekend.
Invest 93L could become a tropical depression as it moves across Florida into the Gulf. See latest spaghetti models.
Barry broke up around 4 a.m. Monday about 100 miles northwest of Tampico, Mexico, near where the storm had made landfall about six hours earlier.
Odds of development are increasing with this disturbance near FL, and a tropical depression or storm could form sometime later in the week. Next name on the list is #Dexter. The good news is, it's headed west—into the Gulf and away from the Carolinas. pic.twitter.com/m3s4KQ6Hqe
The hatched areas on the National Hurricane Center's tropical outlook map indicate "areas where a tropical cyclone — which could be a tropical depression, tropical storm or hurricane — could develop," said National Hurricane Center Deputy Director Jamie Rhome.
If it were to develop into a named storm, it could become Tropical Storm Chantal, the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.