30 p.m. EDT., and provided by NOAA, shows Tropical Storm Mindy arsenic it makes landfall connected the Florida Panhandle. The tempest touched down implicit St. Vincent Island, astir 10 miles (15 km) westbound southwest of Apalachicola, according to the National Hurricane Center. (NOAA via AP)

This GOES- East GeoColor outer representation taken Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, astatine 10:30 p.m. EDT., and provided by NOAA, shows Tropical Storm Mindy arsenic it makes landfall connected the Florida Panhandle. The tempest touched down implicit St. Vincent Island, astir 10 miles (15 km) westbound southwest of Apalachicola, according to the National Hurricane Center. (NOAA via AP) (NOAA)

MIAMI – Rain was pouring down connected southeast Georgia and coastal South Carolina arsenic Mindy, present a tropical depression, made its mode crossed the authorities state aboriginal Thursday morning.

The tempest made landfall successful St. Vincent Island, Florida, connected Wednesday night. Mindy was expected to origin arsenic overmuch arsenic 6 inches (15 centimeters) of rainfall crossed the Florida Panhandle and portions of confederate Georgia and South Carolina done Thursday morning, the National Hurricane Center said. Scattered flash, urban, and small-stream floods are possible.

The tempest connected Thursday greeting was astir 80 miles (125 kilometers) southbound southeast of Valdosta, Georgia, and moving northeast astatine 20 mph (31 kmh) with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kph), forecasters said.

A slower east-northeastward question is forecast Thursday nighttime done Saturday. The halfway of Mindy is expected to determination crossed southeastern Georgia Thursday morning, and implicit the occidental Atlantic by aboriginal successful the day. Little alteration successful spot is forecast done Thursday night. Gradual weakening is expected connected Friday and Mindy is forecast to go a remnant debased by Saturday.

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The tropical tempest informing is successful effect from Mexico Beach, Florida, to the Steinhatchee River person been cancelled. That country is astir 300 miles (500 kilometers) eastbound of confederate Louisiana, wherever Hurricane Ida made landfall precocious past month. The portion is inactive recovering from the deadly and destructive Category 4 storm.

Mindy is the 13th-named tempest of what has been different engaged Atlantic hurricane season. According to a tweet from Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach, the mean day for the 13th-named tempest from 1991-2020 was Oct. 24.

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