Take a right turn and then make landfall in the Florida peninsula, probably south of Tampa, toward the Fort Myers area Wednesday afternoon. There's going to be flooding rain. There's going to be damaging winds, and a life-threatening storm surge."

The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Sara formed in the Caribbean on Thursday, and long-term forecast models show it could enter the Gulf of Mexico and turn toward Florida’s Gulf Coast. As of the NHC’s 10 a.

According to the National Hurricane Center, there is an 80% chance of a potential storm could form in the Caribbean late this week. Due to unusually warm ocean temperatures, the system may strengthen into a hurricane by the weekend and could reach the Gulf of Mexico by next week.