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TAMPA, Fla.<\/strong> – <\/span>The first tropical storm of the 2026 hurricane season formed in the Gulf on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>

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Tropical Storm Arthur likely to form Wednesday<\/h2>

What we know:<\/p>

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Potential Tropical Cyclone One strengthened into Tropical Storm Arthur as an area of low pressure skirts along the coast of Texas.<\/p>

As of 11 a.m. Tropical Storm Arthur was located at 28.6 degree longitude and 95.8 degrees latitude, which is about 190 miles southwest of Lake Charles, Louisiana.\u00a0<\/p>

It had maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour and was moving northeast at nine miles per hour.\u00a0<\/p>

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Tropical Storm Watches and Warnings<\/h2>

Dig deeper:<\/p>

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect from High Island, Texas to Morgan City, Louisiana.<\/p>

A Tropical Storm Watch is up from Sargent, Texas to High Island.<\/p>

Tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area and expected within the warning area later on Wednesday.<\/p>

A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected within the warning area, in this case within 12 to 24 hours.<\/p>

A Tropical Storm Watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area, in this case, within 12 hours.<\/p>

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Tropical Storm Warnings and Watches are issued along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coasts as a tropical disturbance triggers emergency coastal tracking protocols.<\/span> <\/p>

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Rainfall, storm surge and swells<\/h2>

Why you should care:<\/p>

The system is expected to dump five to 10 inches of rain, with isolated higher totals near 20 inches, through early Friday from the Mid and Upper Texas coast east-northeast into southern and central portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, along with western portions of Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.<\/p>

According to the National Hurricane Center, this could cause dangerous to life-threatening flash flooding and a storm surge.<\/p>

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A coastal weather outlook warns of a potential 2-4 foot storm surge above ground level threatening areas from Galveston to Morgan City as a tropical system develops in the Gulf.<\/span> <\/p> <\/div><\/div>

The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will flood normally dry areas near the coast as rising waters move inland from the shoreline.<\/p>

Swells generated by the storm are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions along the northwestern Gulf Coast for the next couple of days.<\/p>

Future storm developments<\/strong><\/h2>

FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg said Tropical Storm Arthur is being sheared apart, which keeps it from rapidly intensifying. \u00a0<\/p>

Osterberg said it will likely fall apart late on Wednesday or early Thursday morning.\u00a0<\/p>

Pensacola is expected to see several inches of rain, but aside from the Panhandle, Florida is not expected to experience the effects of the storm.\u00a0<\/p>

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