Hurricane Helene’s storm surge struck Florida fast and hard when it slammed into Gulf Coast communities near St. Petersburg.

The National Hurricane Center on Saturday forecast the growing system in the Gulf of Mexico to develop into a tropical depression or storm and head to Florida. In the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical advisory, it said showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad area of low pressure in the southwestern Gulf are gradually becoming more organized.

Even as Hurricane Helene was pressing toward the Florida coast, AccuWeather's team of expert meteorologists has been monitoring part of the Gulf of Mexico for yet another round of tropical trouble. Indications point toward a tropical feature that will organize and strike the Florida Peninsula next week with torrential rain and the likelihood of flooding.