Tropical Storm Mindy formed in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday afternoon and is expected to bring enhanced rainfall and localized flood potential to North Florida through Friday. Mindy developed quickly on approach to the Panhandle from a cluster of showers and thunderstorms associated with an area of surface low pressure. The heaviest rainfall from this system will clear the western Panhandle east to Tallahassee by sunrise on Thursday, and push through the remainder of the eastern Big Bend and north central Florida by early Thursday afternoon as the center of Mindy moves east-northeast into the Atlantic. Some modest re-strengthening is possible as it moves away from land into the weekend.