A swath of the Florida Panhandle was under a tropical storm warning as Tropical Storm Mindy made landfall Wednesday night.
The National Hurricane Center said about 9:15 p.m. that Mindy made landfall over St. Vincent Island, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph.
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At that time, the storm was moving northeast at 21 mph.
FORECAST: John Gaughan says Mindy will weaken and pass just north of Jacksonville
815 CDT Sep 8th -- The center of Tropical Storm #Mindy has made landfall at St. Vincent Island, Florida with maximum sustained winds at 45 MPH with higher gusts.
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 9, 2021
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Mindy could cause as much as 6 inches of rainfall across the Florida Panhandle and portions of southern Georgia and South Carolina through Thursday morning, forecasters said. The storm is expected to move offshore and into the Atlantic Ocean by Thursday.
Scattered flash, urban, and small-stream floods are possible.
The tropical storm warning is in effect from Mexico Beach, Florida, to the Steinhatchee River to the east.
Mindy is the 13th-named storm of what has been another busy Atlantic hurricane season.