Sally to dump 6-18" of rain over a broad swath of the gulf coast

[gristy]

This sure spun up in a hurry. Click the last link to see the rainfall forecast map.

The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a

* Flash Flood Watch FOR portions of southeast Louisiana and
Mississippi, including the following areas, in southeast
Louisiana, Lower Jefferson, Lower Lafourche, Lower
Plaquemines, Lower St. Bernard, Orleans, St. Charles, St.
Tammany, Upper Jefferson, Upper Lafourche, Upper Plaquemines,
Upper St. Bernard, and Washington. In Mississippi, Hancock,
Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, and Walthall.

* from Sunday evening through late Wednesday night

* Heavy rains associated with Tropical Storm Sally are expected to
spread into the area beginning early Sunday night and will
continue over the watch area through at least Wednesday evening.
Total rainfall amounts in the watch area will be 6 to 12 inches
with locally higher amounts near 18 inches.

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=29.953700000000026&lon=-90.07774999999998#.X11uuD-SmUk
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/215703.shtml?rainqpf#contents

[Deuxcents]

1. Good god

I’m in SW Florida n just light rain today..these folks on the North Gulf coast haven’t even begun to re coup from the hurricanes Laura. Fires raging in our West.. climate change? You bet.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. Too bad all that rain can't be magically transported

to California, Oregon, and Washington State.

[BComplex]

3. Ha! That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the original post.

[WA-03 Democrat]

4. I have complete authority to accept all rain

For the states of:
Washington
Oregon
California
Nevada
Arizona
Utah

Make it so!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Will do my best.

Although since I'm in New Mexico, I think the rain gods won't pay any attention to me. Sigh.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. She didn't even have a name when I checked at 7 am

That's how fast weather can change in this area.

Problem with the tropical storms is hours and hours of rain, they move slowly, some of the rain squalls like monsoon
downpours, an unbelievable amount of water pours down.

When I moved from West Coast to North Fla, I could'nt understand why the street side ditches were so wide, so very deep.
the first storm of summer answered the question.