inches. it ll make landfall most likely north of tampa but somewhere along the big bend of florida into the west coast of florida. it ll skirt over the state of florida, impacting portions of the southeast, and then into the ca carolinas. this is going to coincide with a high tide, so we could see flooding even in portions of the carolinas by wednesday into thursday. tropical alerts all up and down the west coast, even in the interior portions of florida. prepare now. you have 48 hours to get this done. get your hurricane plan in place. we have storm surge alerts up and down the west coast of florida, as well. we could see storm surges as high as 11 feet. that is a wall of water moving onto try land, willie. 48 hours to prepare. looks like wednesday morning going to hit the west coast of florida. michelle grossman, thank you for the update. appreciate it. sure. ahead on morning joe, new reporting on three of donald trump s fulton county co-defendants potentially flipping on the