Katrina may hit Florida as a hurricane (story)

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Tropical Storm Katrina will bring wind and rain to South Florida on Thursday and is forecast to grow into a Category 1 hurricane before making landfall Friday morning, state emergency officials said.

Then, the slow-moving storm will take up to a day to creep across the water-logged Florida peninsula, dumping up to 20 inches of rain, state meteorologist Ben Nelson said.