Tropical Storm Cindy continues to dump rain on the metro New Orleans area as it slowly makes its way toward land, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center.
Tropical Storm Cindy was forecast to come onshore on Thursday in either Texas or Louisiana. The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP), the largest privately owned crude storage terminal in the United States, suspended vessel offloading operations ahead of the storm, but said it expected no interruptions to deliveries from its hub in Clovelly, Louisiana. Florida Governor Rick Scott warned residents in the northwest part of his state to stay alert for flooding and heavy rain. Bill and Leslie O'Brien of Vancleave, Miss., fill sandbags on Monday, June 19, 2017, at the Harrison County Road Department in Gulfport, Miss., for a friend in preparation for expected heavy rains later this week.
Heavy rain and some flash flooding have been reported along the Gulf Coast and southeastern region since Tuesday but more is on the way.
At least 17 million people are under a tropical storm warning from San Luis Pass, Texas, to the Alabama-Florida border, said CNN meteorologist Michael Guy. That stormy weather is located mainly to the east of the low-pressure center which is just over 300 miles south of the Mouth of the Mississippi River. A storm surge of 1 to 4 feet is possible in portions of the Tropical Storm Warning areas.
The storm's maximum sustained winds are near 60 miles per hour (96 kph).
Potential Tropical Cyclone Three is expected to move north to northwest, toward the Louisiana coast, over the next couple days.
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Cindy is expected to remain at tropical storm strength when it crosses the coastline in the area between Houston and Lake Charles about daybreak on Thursday.
RAINFALL: Cindy is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 6 to 9 inches with isolated maximum amounts of 12 inches over southeastern Louisiana, southern MS, southern Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle through Thursday.
In Mississippi, the city of Biloxi declared a state of emergency saying it's one of the areas in the state with the greatest risk of flooding.
TORNADOES: Isolated tornadoes are possible this evening and tonight from south-central Louisiana to the western Florida Panhandle.
Those in southwest Alabama should be on the lookout for "significant, life-threatening" flash flooding, especially near the coast.
North Alabama could get up to 3 inches of rain, with isolated areas getting even more. Bret had degenerated into a tropical wave by Tuesday afternoon.
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