NU Online News Service, Sept. 2, 2:27 p.m. EDT
A tropical storm warning has been issued for areas along the Gulf Coast, including New Orleans as Tropical Storm Lee travels erratically toward the northwest.
According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Lee, which formed today from a system that had developed in the Gulf, is expected to move either northwest or north and possibly approach the southern-Louisiana coast over the weekend.
The NHC says Lee is expected to produce rainfall accumulations of 10 to 15 inches, with isolated maximum amounts of 20 inches, in southern Louisiana, southern Mississippi and southern Alabama through Sunday. “These rains are expected to cause extensive flooding, especially in urban areas,” the NHC says.
Currently, the storm has maximum sustained winds of near 40 miles per hour.
The tropical storm warning, which means tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area over the next 24 hours, is in effect for Pascagoula, Mississippi westward to Sabine Pass, Texas.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Katia, with maximum sustained winds near 75 miles per hour, continues to move slowly west-northwest across the Atlantic. The storm is currently about 705 miles east of the Northern Leeward Islands. The NHC's projected five-day track shows the storm forming into a major hurricane, but not threatening land within that time period.
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