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
squadron. good riddance. sandy has been retired from the official list of the atlantic hurricane names because of that severe damage that the storm caused. sandy is the 77th name to be taken out of play by the world meteorological organization. it joins the life of katrina, rita, dennis and irene. that s almost creepy like we are retiring a number in sports but it s the reverse. happening now in the ca carolinas or virginia, severe weather is happening. several tornadoes ripped through the area. where is this headed next? samanthamore is live with these storms and more. good morning. what a nasty morning it is all across the carolina coast. and that line of thunderstorms is stretching into the west coast of florida. they are just about ready to come ashore here. so i think the morning is going to be pretty nasty here along the coast and in the tampa area they expect to see strong rip