WVTM 13 LIVE DOPPLER RADAR | HOW TO GET WEATHER ALERTS | UPLOAD YOUR WEATHER PHOTOSTROPICAL STORM HELENE Sign up for our NewslettersTropical Storm Helene formed in the Caribbean Tuesday morning.The system will rapidly strengthen over the warm eastern Gulf and is forecast to be a major,

Model guidance is persistent in suggesting a landfall in Apalachee Bay, right in the heart of Florida's Big Bend region.

Forecasters say they expect Tropical Storm Helene in the Caribbean Sea to strengthen rapidly and become a hurricane as it moves north across the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday toward the U.S. The Nationa

Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 is fighting some shear in the western Caribbean, causing it to struggle to get organized Tuesday morning, but is forecast to strengthen into Tropical Storm Helene later in the day.

Tropical Storm Helene formed over the Caribbean Sea Tuesday and rapid strengthening is forecast as the system moves into the Gulf of Mexico. Helene is expected to quickly intensify. Forecasters are predicting it could be a Category 3 hurricane with 115-mph winds before it makes landfall in Florida Thursday.

Florida residents are already evacuating and filling sandbags days ahead of anticipated flooding from Tropical Storm Helene

Tropical Storm Helene formed over the northwestern Caribbean on Tuesday and triggered a tropical storm warning for the Lower Florida Keys. The storm is forecast to be a major hurricane for the Florida panhandle Thursday.

Tropical Storm Helene has formed in the Caribbean Sea, and forecasters say it will strengthen into a major hurricane.