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Invest 99 Has Tropical Storm Force Winds

WGCU | By Jeff Huffman

Published August 24, 2016 at 3:57 PM EDT

Hurricane Hunters found tropical storm force winds in Invest 99 earlier today, but it's still not a named storm. Meterologist Jeff Huffman says we should know much more about where this system is headed by Friday.

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