Tropical Storm Colin, the third named storm of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida on Monday night.

The storm system is now a post-tropical cyclone, but it will continue to produce scattered rain across Central Florida for much of Tuesday.

  • Location: Latitude 35.3 N, Longitude 74.7 W
    • 45 miles E of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
  • Maximum sustained winds: 60 mph
  • Movement: NE at 38 mph
  • Minimum central pressure: 996 mb (29.42 inches)

Latest Advisory: 2 p.m.

 At 2 p.m. EST, the center of post-tropical cyclone Colin was estimated near latitude 35.3 north, longitude 74.7 west.

The post-tropical cyclone is moving toward the northeast near 38 mph, and this general motion is expected to continue through Wednesday. The center of Colin will move away from the North Carolina coast this afternoon and pass well east of the mid-Atlantic Coast later today. near and parallel to the Outer Banks of North Carolina during the next couple of hours and then offshore well east of the mid-Atlantic Coast later today.

Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph with higher gusts, although the system's strongest winds and heaviest rains are located over water well southeast of the center. Some slight strengthening is possible today and tonight, but gradual weakening is expected to begin on Wednesday.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 230 miles primarily to the southeast of the center. The estimated minimum central pressure is 996 mb (29.42 inches).

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WATCHES AND WARNINGS

All tropical storm warnings have been discontinued.

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND

Rainfall: Colin is expected to produce additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches across far eastern North Carolina and 1 to 3 inches, with isolated maximum amounts of 5 inches, across central Florida through this evening.

Storm surge: Water levels remain elevated along the west coast of the Florida peninsula, but are expected to subside by this evening. Localized coastal flooding and dangerous surf are possible along portions of the Outer Banks of North Carolina this afternoon. For information specific to your area, please see products issued by your local National Weather Service forecast office.