TAMPA, Fla. — With Tropical Storm Nicole still on its path to make landfall on Florida's east coast, select Publix locations have modified store hours.
Sixty-five locations, ranging from Titusville all the way down to Jupiter, closed at noon on Wednesday ahead of Nicole, which is expected to make landfall overnight into Thursday morning.
The stores highlighted in yellow on the map, which is published on the company's website, show the modified stores will be reopening at 9 a.m. on Thursday.
Click here to see if a store near you has changed its hours.
In the Tampa Bay area, a tropical storm warning is in effect for much of the west coast of Florida for the likely impacts from gusty winds. Heavy downpours and storm surge is possible, too, especially on the Nature Coast where a storm surge warning is in effect.
The storm is anticipated to become a hurricane before it reaches Florida. In fact, the National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane warning from Boca Raton to the Flagler/Volusia County line.
Regardless of further development or the exact track of the storm, the system will bring heavy rainfall, the risk of coastal flooding, strong winds and rough surf. The southeastern United States coastline, Florida and the Bahamas will all feel the impact of this system during much of this week.