Tropical Storm Tammy Off FL Coast

UPDATE: 11:30 a.m. EDT: AccuWeather meteorologists note that Tammy will cause "very heavy rainfall this afternoon from northeast Florida up through southeastern Georgia to southeast South Carolina. Rain amounts will generally be between 4 and 8 inches, but locally as much as 10 inches could occur."

Real-time updates should be obtained by clicking on the Tammy track in the lower right-hand corner of this page, or visiting AccuWeather.com's front page. Also keep a close eye on the Southeast Doppler-Estimated Precip map.

UPDATE: 7:45 a.m. EDT: Tropical Storm Tammy has been officially declared by the government, and is crawling northwestward along the Florida coast.

BREAKING NEWS: 7:15 a.m. EDT: Our government's National Hurricane Center admitted this morning:

"RADAR DATA AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT A CLOSED SURFACE CIRCULATION HAS FORMED JUST OFF THE COAST OF EAST-CENTRAL FLORIDA... WITHIN THE LARGE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER EXTENDING FROM FLORIDA EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS. A TROPICAL CYCLONE IS FORMING... AND ADVISORIES WILL BE INITIATED SHORTLY WITH
A SPECIAL ADVISORY."

AccuWeather.com Professional's Joe Bastardi has been warning about this formation since last week. This (I suppose) is Tropical Storm Tammy. More news as it becomes available.

Radar shot below from 7:15 a.m. EDT, showing surface circulation, is courtesy AccuWeather.com RadarPlus.