Tropical Storm Cristobal rain bands arrive in New Orleans: Area under rare high flood risk

[brooklynite]

Source: Times-Picayune

Tropical Storm Cristobal’s outer bands, packing high winds and rain, arrived on the Louisiana coastline early Sunday, with its eye forecast to make landfall south of Houma after 1 p.m., but only with top winds of 50 mph.

The storm’s center should slowly move north to a point just east of St. Francisville by 1 a.m. Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Forecasters continue to warn that, although the storm has not intensified, Cristobal continues to pose a significant threat for heavy rainfall, storm surge of as much as 6 feet above ground level outside of hurricane levees, and for tropical-storm-force winds. The Weather Prediction Center has listed the area east of Interstate 55 in Louisiana, stretching through south Mississippi as being at unusual high risk of flash flooding through Monday.

Read more: https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/article_5ef046ba-a8b1-11ea-9dcb-9f69f6a7a5a0.html

[fleur-de-lisa]

1. We haven't had much rain yet in New Orleans

but the wind kept me awake most of the night. I need a nap.

[Maxheader]

2. May everyone stay safe ,

And may the salt water and sun eliminate corona..

[Lochloosa]

3. It's been raining in Jacksonville FL since yesterday. Nice storm bands this morning.

TS's tend to drop more rain away from the eye

[LuvNewcastle]

4. We've had a lot of rain on the Mississippi coast.

They're saying it might last for days. Glad I don't live in a flood zone because we're getting saturated.

[Baclava]

5. Awesome wave action on normally bathtub smooth waters, surfs up!