Tropical storm watch issued for southern Georgia coast

BRUNSWICK, Ga. - A tropical storm watch is in effect for the southern half of Georgia's 100-mile coast.

The National Hurricane Center issued the watch Tuesday morning for coastal portions of southeast Georgia and northeast Florida. It means tropical storm conditions are possible within 48 hours from south of Darien, Georgia, to St. Augustine, Florida.

The watch area includes the Georgia cities of Brunswick and St. Marys.

A tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico is forecast to strengthen to a tropical storm before making landfall Thursday night or Friday morning along the northwest coast of Florida. The storm is expected to cross northern Florida and southeast Georgia on Friday.

The hurricane center says coastal Georgia could get 4 to 7 inches of rain, with up to 10 inches possible in some areas.

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