A Tropical Storm Watch is currently in effect from the Mississippi/Alabama border to the Okaloosa/Walton County Line in Florida.

In Lousiana, where the storm is forecast to make landfall, local parishes are making sand bags available in preparation for minor flooding and storm surge. A number of floodgates have already closed and more are scheduled to close on Saturday

Holly Duchmann, from our sister paper —  the Houma (La.) Courier — said precautions are being taken in advance of Nate's arrival.

As Tropical Storm Nate begins to strengthen over the northern Caribbean Sea, a shift east has created storm advisories for the Gulf Coast.

 MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. Moving NNW at 21mph

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According to reports from the National Hurricane Center and the Weather Channel, a tropical depression is expected to develop later today in the western Caribbean Sea, and is becoming an increasingly serious threat to the central and northeastern Gulf Coast as a tropical storm or hurricane by this weekend.

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