Gov. Ron DeSantis issues state of emergency for Tampa Bay counties ahead of Invest-97L WFLA‘Be ready’: Hurricane forecasters worried about storm heading toward Florida USA TODAYHigh chance for tropical development over eastern Gulf this weekend WLOXGov. DeSantis declares state of emergency as coming heavy rains might cause ‘major disaster’ Yahoo! VoicesOdds increase to 70% for development of Invest 97L. See spaghetti models, Florida impact The Florida Times-Union