Gulf Coast, Dexter and Tropical cyclone
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A disturbance dubbed Invest 93L could become Tropical Storm Dexter as it tracks west from Florida toward Louisiana.
Invest 93L is expected to move onshore in Louisiana later today. Will it be a depression? Tropical Storm Dexter?
The heaviest rains are expected to instead take aim at the Acadiana area, but flash flooding will be an issue there and in New Orleans and Baton Rouge metros. Here's more.
The storm remains disorganized on Wednesday but still has time to strengthen over the Gulf before making landfall on Thursday.
The Florida Panhandle will see heavy rainfall from Invest 93L after it reaches the Gulf on Wednesday. The greatest threat to the area at the moment is flash flooding in low-lying, poor-drainage areas and urban locations. Invest 93L is currently expected to make landfall near Louisiana's southeastern coast Thursday morning.
There’s growing concern for another significant rain and flooding event this week, this time along the Gulf Coast, from what could become the Atlantic basin’s next tropical system.
It may or may not develop into a tropical depression, but the system will bring rains and the possibility of flooding. Here's the forecast for New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette.
Hurricane center forecasters said the system, designated as Invest 93L, is forecast to continue moving westward and could emerge or redevelop.
New Orleans is preparing for heavy rainfall this week as a tropical disturbance moves through the Gulf of Mexico toward the Louisiana coast.
A wet and rainy Florida could soon see even more precipitation in the coming days, according to the National Weather Service, which has warned the Gulf Coast will face a flood-generating system that could form into Tropical Storm Dexter.
Tropical disturbance no longer a threat to Tampa Bay but brings flooding risk to northern Gulf Coast
TAMPA, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center and the 10 Tampa Bay weather team continue to monitor a system in the Gulf that is no longer a threat to the Tampa Bay area but will continue to bring heavy rain and the potential for flash flooding to parts of the northern Gulf Coast.