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Tropical Depression 14 formed in the Gulf of Mexico this Saturday and threatens to become a hurricane in the coming days with a possible track toward the coast of West Florida. National Hurricane Center (NHC).
The system was located about 210 miles north-northeast of Veracruz, Mexico, and 350 miles from Progreso, Mexico, and had sustained winds of 35 mph, according to the NHC's 11 a.m. bulletin. It was moving in a north-northeast direction at a speed of 6 mph.
Early next week, Tropical Storm Milton is likely to move quickly and strengthen into a hurricane, the National Weather Service said.
A tropical depression has already begun to produce showers and thunderstorms in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to move slowly by the NHC.
The system's areas of interest are the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, the Florida Peninsula, the Florida Keys and the northwestern Bahamas, the NHC said.
A tornado watch and tropical storm watch may be issued for parts of Florida on Sunday.
“Regardless of development, heavy rain is possible over the next day or two over parts of Mexico and much of Florida this weekend into the middle of next week,” the weather service said.
