Some forecasters at the NHC are anticipating Elsa will move into northern Florida and impact southern Georgia and South Carolina by Tuesday and Wednesday, although this is still uncertain.įlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) issued a statement saying that officials are continuously monitoring atmospheric conditions ahead of Elsa’s predicted arrival. Hurricane Elsa is expected to hit the Florida Keys as early as Monday morning, where heavy wind and rainfall will touch the southernmost part of the state. Wind gusts over 50 mph occurred on the beaches, with over four inches of rain reported from a few locations in coastal South Carolina. Tropical Storm Elsa brought gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall to the eastern portions of South and North Carolina on July 8, 2021. The heavy rainfall will pass over Barbados as well and the outer rain bands are projected to reach Puerto Rico late into Friday and linger into Saturday, spreading to southern Hispaniola and Jamaica over the weekend.įlooding and mudslides are possible given the heavy rainfall, along with a risk of strong winds and storm surge, particularly for Cuba, Turks and Caicos, and the Bahamas over the weekend as Elsa tracks northward to the continental U.S. The track of Tropical Storm Elsa across South and North Carolina on July 8, 2021. So far, sustained wind speeds of up to 74 miles per hour have been recorded by NHC officials, along with a report of 86-mile-per-hour winds in Barbados.Ī hurricane warning was issued for nearby islands, including Haiti, parts of the Dominican Republic and Jamaica, which are also subject to hurricane or tropical storm conditions. New watches and warnings issued for portions of Hispaniola and for Jamaica. Here are the 11 AM AST Key Messages for Hurricane #Elsa, now crossing the southern Leeward Islands.
#Elisa hurricane track update#
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) announced the update on Friday morning, noting that hurricane conditions - strong winds, heavy rainfall and potential flooding - are most likely to form in the Leeward and Windward Islands within the next several hours.
Its current maximum sustained wind speeds are closer to 40 mph as. Hurricane Elsa could hit the Florida panhandle along with parts of Georgia and South Carolina early next week.Īfter being dubbed the fifth tropical storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, Elsa has now been reclassified as a hurricane, taking aim at a slew of Caribbean islands along with Florida and parts of Georgia. As of Wednesday, Elsa has made landfall on north Florida's western coast bringing with it sustained wind speeds of close to 65 mph.
Caribbean islands, including the Windward and Leeward Islands, Haiti, Cuba and Barbados, are all watching the storm closely, preparing for high winds and heavy rainfall.Officials at the National Hurricane Center reclassified Elsa as a hurricane given the storm’s intense wind speeds and rainfall.The storm is expected to pass near or over portions of the Windward Islands or the southern Leeward Islands on Friday bringing heavy rainfall, move into the eastern Caribbean Sea late Friday and Friday night and move near the southern coast of Hispaniola on Saturday.
An even faster motion to the west-northwest is expected over the next 24 to 36 hours.Īccording to the National Hurricane Center advisory, there is “significant uncertainty” in Elsa’s track beyond the next 72 hours, however, it is likely to intensify within the next day or two.Įlsa, the earliest fifth named storm on record, beating out last year’s Eduardo, which formed on July 6, is expected to cause heavy rains that may lead to isolated flash flooding and mudslides in the Caribbean. Tropical-storm-force winds extend up to 90 miles from the center of Elsa, which was moving west-northwest at 26 mph. advisory and forecast track for #Elsa from the National Hurricane Center.
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