A tropical depression that the National Hurricane Center says may intensify into a tropical storm is currently headed for the Louisiana coast. The tropical weather system may bring as much as 20 inches of rain to southern Louisiana, the NHC said.
A tropical storm warning is in effect for Pascagoula, Miss., westward to Sabine Pass, Texas. It includes the city of New Orleans, Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas. The center of the system is expected to approach the coast of southern Louisiana during the weekend.
The depression is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 10 to 15 inches over southern Louisiana, southern Mississippi and southern Alabama through the weekend, with possible isolated maximum amounts of 20 inches.
A storm surge will raise water levels by as much as two to four feet above ground level in some areas along the northern Gulf Coast.
The Associated Press reported that forecasters say the coming rains could dampen or even extinguish a marsh fire that has at times pushed thick smoke over the New Orleans area.
Topics Louisiana
Was this article valuable?
Here are more articles you may enjoy.
Starr Acquiring IQUW; Starr Managing Agency to Be Among 10 Largest at Lloyd’s 
GEICO Sues Medical Firms in Florida, NY Over Alleged No-Fault Auto Fraud 
Hurricane Melissa Churns Toward Jamaica as Category 5 Storm 
CyberCube: Insured Loss Estimate From AWS Outage Likely About $40M 
