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Tropical Storm Elsa is making landfall along the North Florida gulf coast Wednesday, bringing along heavy rainfall and strong winds per the National Hurricane Center. 

State of play: Elsa weakened from a marginal Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm early Wednesday, but hurricane force winds remain a possibility. 

The storm surge watch for the Florida Gulf Coast has been discontinued, per the NHC.

A tropical storm watch extended northward along the mid-Atlantic coast to up through New Jersey. 

What to watch: Elsa is expected to continue northward through this afternoon.

Tropical Storm Elsa makes landfall along Florida Gulf Coast

Elsa weakened from a marginal Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm early Wednesday.

Tropical Storm Elsa makes landfall on July 7, 2021 in Cedar Key, Florida.

Tropical Storm Elsa makes landfall on July 7  in Cedar Key, Fla. Photo: Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images

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Tropical Storm Elsa is making landfall along the North Florida gulf coast Wednesday, bringing along heavy rainfall and strong winds <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="per the National Hurricane Center" data-vars-click-url="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT5+shtml/DDHHMM.shtml" data-vars-content-id="79935146-872e-4a1c-b373-7efc0c44db02" data-vars-headline="Tropical Storm Elsa makes landfall along Florida Gulf Coast" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT5+shtml/DDHHMM.shtml" target="_blank">per the National Hurricane Center</a>. State of play: Elsa weakened from a marginal Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm early Wednesday, but hurricane force winds remain a possibility.

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