Melissa Nelson Gabriel

mnelsongab@pnj.com

Tropical Storm Hermine churning in the Gulf of Mexico prompted the Hillary Clinton campaign on Wednesday to call off a planned Pensacola campaign stop by vice presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia.

Kaine was scheduled to visit Pensacola and Panama City on Thursday and head to Jacksonville on Friday.

The campaign did not immediately respond to questions about whether the visit might be rescheduled.

Kaine had planned a round-table meeting with military families in Pensacola.

VP candidate Kaine stumping in Pensacola this week

Hermine was forecast to strengthen over the Gulf on Thursday and head for Florida's Big Bend region. The system was predicted to make landfall late Thursday or early Friday. A hurricane watch stretched from Destin southwest to Bayonet Point in the western Gulf late Friday.