Damage reported in Florida as Tropical Storm Philippe moves into Atlantic

UPDATE @ 10:25 a.m.

Tropical Storm Philippe dropped several inches of rain on Southern Florida and is now moving into the Atlantic Ocean with sustained winds of 50 mph.

The National Hurricane Center has cancelled all watches and warnings for Florida, with the center of the storm nearly 100 miles from the state’s coast.

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Our news partners at the Palm Beach Post report temperatures in Southern Florida will drop as a result of the storm.

Temperatures are expected to drop to around 70 degrees by sunset as lows are forecast to dip near 50 degrees tonight.

Several tornado warnings were issued Saturday night in the tropical state with many homes in Boynton Beach, just south of West Palm Beach, damaged by strong winds.

EARLIER REPORT

Tropical Storm Philippe formed Saturday in the Gulf of Mexico, north of Cuba.

This is the 16th named storm of the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season.

Philippe is expected to affect southern Florida late Saturday and early Sunday. Heavy rain and strong winds are expected.

From there the forecast from the National Hurricane Center indicates the storm will move out into the Atlantic, slowly weakening.

If this storm makes landfall in Florida as anticipated, it would be the first named storm to do so since Mitch in 1998.

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