Tropical Storm Elsa began to pull away from the Lower Keys on Tuesday afternoon and headed up the West Coast of Florida, where it is scheduled to make landfall north of Tampa as a Category 1 hurricane on Wednesday morning.
The storm did bring gusts of 70 mph wind gusts in Key West and 30-mph wind gusts in Marathon, according to the National Weather Service.
As of Tuesday morning, the Lower Keys was experiencing about 2 to 3 inches of rain, with the possibility of 8 inches of rain by the time the storm passes, Rizzo said.
A 23-foot wave was recorded southwest of Western Dry Rocks reef, according to Rizzo.
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