Infrared satellite imagery of Tropical Storm Elsa near landfall in Florida late Wednesday morning, July 7, 2021. (NOAA)PHILADELPHIA - Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida late Wednesday morning, and it will continue to pose threats of flooding rainfall, storm surge, gusty winds and isolated tornadoes across the Sunshine State and other parts of the East Coast as it moves northward in the days ahead.Now, tropical storm watches have been issued as far north as the Jersey Shore as the mid-Atlantic and Northeast brace for Elsa late this week.As of midday Wednesday, tropical storm and storm surge warnings remained in effect along the North Florida Gulf coast and along the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina..