Posted: Fri 5:58 PM, Aug 17, 2012
Reporter: Weather Authority Team
Updated: Sat 8:22 AM, Aug 18, 2012
Tropical Storm Helene Forms In Gulf Of Mexico
The eight named tropical system of the season formed late Friday near the Mexican coast in the Bay of Campeche. At 8:00 a.m. Saturday, Tropical Storm Helene was located at 21.9 N, 97.5 W or about 100 miles southeast of Tampico, Mexico. Helene has sustained winds of 40 mph and is moving northwest at 8 mph. The system is expected to hit the Mexican coast by this afternoon as a tropical storm. It will have little or no impact on the United States Gulf Coast.
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