Invest 93L could hit Tampa Bay area as strong tropical storm, model shows

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A tropical wave in the Caribbean could make landfall as a strong tropical storm just north of the Tampa Bay area. On Friday, the latest European model projections continued to show the storm coming ashore near the Cedar Key area in Florida’s Big Bend region next week. Invest 93L is currently located near the Yucatan Peninsula and is expected to strengthen and become better organized over warm Caribbean waters this weekend. It could become a tropical storm as early as Sunday. If that happens, it will...