The third named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season will make landfall today (Sunday, June 7, 2020) along the Gulf Coast after spawning a damaging tornado in Florida and churning up dangerous seas.

Tropical Storm Cristobal brought squalls with tropical storm-force winds to the mouth of the Mississippi River this morning, as conditions are expected to continue to deteriorate before the storm makes landfall somewhere in Louisiana tonight.

Cristobal’s maximum sustained winds remained at 50 mph and it was moving north at 12 mph, centered around 140 miles south-southwest from the mouth of the Mississippi River, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

While the storm has been churning over the Gulf of Mexico since Friday, Cristobal has already made its presence known in the region.

A tornado touched down last night near downtown Orlando, causing some damage and just missing a group of protesters at Lake Eola.

There were no reports of injuries, but the city of Orlando said there was damage in residential areas.

The storms associated with Cristobal that moved through Central Florida spawned multiple tornado warnings last night.