{"id":420909,"date":"2026-10-07T04:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T04:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420909\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T04:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T04:14:19","slug":"tropical-depression-nine-forms-in-the-gulf-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420909\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Depression Nine forms in the Gulf \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A tropical depression formed over the western Gulf on Tuesday and was forecast to strengthen quickly into a tropical storm and then a hurricane, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.<\/p>\n<p>Tropical Depression Nine had maximum sustained winds near 35 mph and was moving east at 5 mph about 605 miles southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River, the NHC said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/100626-Tropical-Depression-Nine-5-pm.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"Tropical Depression Nine's forecast track.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tNHCNHC<\/p>\n<p>Tropical Depression Nine&#8217;s forecast track.<\/p>\n<p>No watches or warnings were in effect but forecasters said the depression was expected to become a tropical storm by early Wednesday and a hurricane on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The system was expected to continue heading east and east-northeast before an anticipated turn to the northeast on Friday before it approaches the northern Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s expected to be a hurricane when it makes landfall, the NHC said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From Friday through the weekend, the system is expected to produce rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches, with localized totals up to 10 inches, across the central U.S. Gulf Coast extending from southeastern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle,&#8221; the NHC said. &#8220;Flash and urban flooding, along with isolated river flooding, will be possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">4 PM CDT Tue Oct 6 (Advisory 1) Key Messages for Tropical Depression #Nine. Latest info: https:\/\/t.co\/GrztW6mQJV<\/p>\n<p>4 PM CDT martes 6 de octubre (Aviso 1) Mensajes clave sobre la depresi\u00f3n tropical #Nueve. M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n: https:\/\/t.co\/GrztW6mQJV https:\/\/t.co\/drX15GM6Iy<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NHC_Atlantic\/status\/2107575403309101403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next named storm will be &#8220;Isaias.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The system is not currently expected to directly impact South Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A tropical depression formed over the western Gulf on Tuesday and was forecast to strengthen quickly into a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1847,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-420909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-hurricane-season","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420909","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=420909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}