{"id":345412,"date":"2026-07-19T18:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T18:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/345412\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T18:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T18:06:18","slug":"tropical-storm-watch-issued-for-florida-panhandle-as-depression-develops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/345412\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical storm watch issued for Florida Panhandle as depression develops"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Tropical Storm Watch was issued<\/a> for Florida’s Panhandle from Ochlockonee River to the Alabama border after Tropical Depression Two, formerly Invest 91L,<\/a> formed off of the state’s West coast in the Gulf of America.<\/p>\n

“The depression is expected to gradually strengthen<\/a> and could bring tropical storm conditions to portions of the Florida Panhandle, where a Tropical Storm Watch has been issued,” the National Hurricane Center’s 11 a.m. forecast discussion read.<\/p>\n

Additional watches will likely be required over the next day or two, according to the NHC.<\/p>\n

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Florida weather radar for July 19, 2026\"\"Where is Tropical Depression Two?<\/p>\n

At 11 a.m. July 19, the center of Tropical Depression Two was located near latitude 28.0 North, longitude 85.3 West. The depression is moving toward the north-northwest near 2 mph (4 km\/h) and a slow northwestward or north-northwestward motion is expected during the next day or two, followed by a turn toward the west.<\/p>\n

On the forecast track, the depression will move near or along the northern Gulf coast during the next several days.<\/p>\n

Location: 28 N 85.3 W, about 155 miles south of Panama City, Florida<\/p>\n

Maximum sustained winds: 30 mph<\/p>\n

Present movement: NNW OR 340 degrees at 2 mph<\/p>\n

Minimum central pressure: 1011mb…29.86 inches<\/p>\n

Weather watches and warnings issued in Florida<\/p>\n

A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued July 19 for Florida from Ochlockonee River to the Alabama border.<\/p>\n

Additional watches will likely be required over the next day or two.<\/p>\n

What is a tropical storm warning?<\/p>\n

A tropical storm warning is issued when tropical storm conditions, including winds of 39-73 mph, are\u00a0expected\u00a0within 36 hours or less.<\/p>\n

What is a tropical storm watch?<\/p>\n

A tropical storm watch means sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph are\u00a0possible\u00a0within the specified area within 48 hours.<\/p>\n

Stay informed. Get weather alerts via textWhat is a hurricane warning? What should I do?<\/p>\n

A hurricane warning means hurricane conditions are\u00a0expected\u00a0somewhere within the warning area.<\/p>\n

A warning is typically issued 36 hours before the anticipated first occurrence of tropical-storm-force winds, conditions that make outside preparations difficult or dangerous.<\/p>\n

Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion, the National Hurricane Center said.<\/p>\n

What is a hurricane watch? What should I do?<\/p>\n

A hurricane watch means hurricane conditions are\u00a0possible\u00a0within the watch area.<\/p>\n

A watch is typically issued 48 hours before the anticipated first occurrence of tropical-storm-force winds, conditions that make outside preparations difficult or dangerous. Prepare now for possible impacts from a hurricane or tropical storm.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Tropical storm watch issued for Florida Panhandle as depression develops<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Tropical Storm Watch was issued for Florida’s Panhandle from Ochlockonee River to the Alabama border after Tropical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,9712,141520,4527,141521,1852,120760],"class_list":["post-345412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-national-hurricane-center","tag-ochlockonee-river","tag-panhandle","tag-the-depression","tag-tropical-depression","tag-tropical-storm-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}