When asked if there was any chance of Bluefield seeing little to no rain as a result of the tropical storm, Morrow said that too is unlikely. Forecasters issued tornado warnings at various times during the day.
Friday, the FOX 29 Weather Authority is tracking showers moving into the area that are expected to bring rain between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.
While Houston has remained safe, areas like Galveston are experiencing heavy downpours and some flooding.
Morrow said Mercer, Tazewell and Bland counties can still expect to see a lot of rain today through Saturday afternoon. In coastal MS, some areas received up to 9 inches of rain.
The National Weather Service forecasts heavy rain across West Virginia starting late Thursday from Tropical Storm Cindy until a cold front begins pushing through Friday night and early Saturday.
Alabama saw a tornado in Fairfield, a small city in Birmingham's metropolitan area, less than 10 miles west of the city proper.
The National Weather Service says residents in a Tropical Storm Watch should review evacuation routes and review their disaster supply kit.
Cindy weakened to a tropical depression as it came onshore in Cameron Parish early Thursday. A weak tornado or two is also possible, meteorologists said.
Cindy was blamed for one death: Nolan McCabe, 10, of St. Louis, Missouri, was vacationing with family on the Alabama coast when he was hit by a log carried in on a big wave.
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Cindy moved ashore as a tropical storm near the Louisiana-Texas line early Thursday and continued to pull Gulf moisture inland as it moved north toward Arkansas while weakening to a depression by mid-morning.
South winds of 15 to 20 miles per hour are expected to accompany the system today, the forecast states.
"We were saturated before this even started".
"I'm concerned about people all over the state".
Conway firefighters said a trailer load of sandbags had been distributed by 11 a.m. Thursday with more expected to be delivered by the evening.
"It's pretty quiet", Caldemeyer said by phone from Rough Water Bait and Tackle. East Texas rain totals were expected to be from 3 to 6 inches.
Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches, with isolated maximum amounts of 8 inches, over southern MS, southern and central Alabama and extreme western Florida Panhandle are expected through Friday morning.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said several emergency operations teams have been activated or are on standby to prepare for the storm's landfall.
The storm forced Carnival to reroute two of its ships. The Federal Emergency Management Agency moved 125,000 meals and 200,000 liters of water to Louisiana. And workers on Grand Isle, Louisiana's barrier island community south of New Orleans, reinforced a rock levee protecting the island's vulnerable west side.
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