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Atlantic Hurricane Season Officially Begins

Atlantic Hurricane Season Officially Begins
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TALLAHASSEE (WTXL) - Wednesday marks the first day of the Atlantic hurricane season.

This year we have already seen hurricane Alex and tropical storm Bonnie so if another storm does form, the next name on the list is Colin.

This year NOAA is forecasting that between 10 and 16 named storms will form.

From that, 4-8 are forecast to become hurricanes with 1-4 becoming major hurricanes, meaning category 3 or higher. 

The Storm Team wants you to be fully prepared if a hurricane were to impact us locally; tune into our Hurricane Special Wednesday night at 7:30pm ET.