Potential Tropical Cyclone Six has become Tropical Storm Francine with forecasters issuing storm surge and hurricane watches for the Louisiana coast. The disturbance formed Sunday after in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and organized into a tropical storm on Monday morning, the NHC said in its latest advisory. At this time, the system is reportedly located about 245 miles southeast of the mouth of the Rio Grande and about 480 miles south-southwest of Cameron, Louisiana. It's moving at about five miles per hour with the maximum winds reaching 50 miles per hour. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/weather/tropics/tropical-storm-francine-gulf-of-mexico-track/67-4782aefa-3698-408a-888b-2e4c5e50ef67