The Latest: Tropical storm warning for Florida’s Gulf coast

A surfer gets some air off the crest of a wave near the Surf City Pier in Surf City, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, as incoming tide and light offshore winds create good surfing. Crowds thinned Tuesday on the beaches of North Carolina's Outer Banks ahead of a tropical weather system that threatened to bring strong winds and heavy rains that could flood low-lying areas. (John Althosue/The Daily News via AP) A surfer gets some air off the crest of a wave near the Surf City Pier in Surf City, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, as incoming tide and light offshore winds create good surfing. Crowds thinned Tuesday on the beaches of North Carolina's Outer Banks ahead of a tropical weather system that threatened to bring strong winds and heavy rains that could flood low-lying areas. (John Althosue/The Daily News via AP)

By Associated Press August 31, 2016 2 min read

RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) – The Latest on tropical weather systems threatening the Southeast (all times local):

5:20 a.m.

A tropical storm warning has been issued Wednesday morning for a section of Florida’s Gulf coast as a tropical depression approaches.

The tropical storm warning covers an area from Anclote River to the Walton County-Bay County line. That area is also under a hurricane watch.

The depression’s maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph (55 kph). But the U.S. National Hurricane Center says strengthening is forecast and the depression is expected to become a tropical storm later in the day. The Hurricane Center says it also could become a hurricane by the time it makes landfall.