ORLANDO, Fla. – A rare weather event occurred late Tuesday as Tropical Storm Julia unexpectedly formed over Florida.
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"We are pinpointing the very latest on Julia," News 6 meteorologist Troy Bridges said. "Julia developed as of 11 o'clock Tuesday night as winds reached 40 mph."
Tropical Storm Julia was located just off the coast of South Carolina at 5 p.m., moving northeast at 6 mph
"Tropical Storm Julia may gather more strength in the next 12 hours but will then weaken over cooler water, and encounter shear," said News 6 chief meteorologist Tom Sorrells. "Heavy rain is pouring over most of eastern South Carolina."
Meanwhile, the tropical moisture trailing Julia is producing loads of rain in Central Florida.
The showers were moving to the northeast at about 20 mph and some areas will pick up between 1 to 3 inches of additional rainfall as these showers march through.
Later Wednesday the showers slow and the low in Orlando will drop to 73. Thursday brings a high of 90 and rain chances at 60 percent.
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"Julia developed mainly because it moved along the coast late Tuesday over warmer ocean waters and had time to develop," Bridges said. "Most models kept it over land, which would've kept it from developing."
The last time a storm formed mostly over land was in 1988 as Tropical Storm Beryl moved into Louisiana.
High temperatures will be close to 90 through next week.