Texas, Louisiana doused with rain while Gulf disturbance runs out of time for development
Much like what was previously known as Invest 93L earlier this month, a trough of low pressure at the southern end of a frontal boundary over the Gulf has been producing a broad area of disorganized showers and storms., according to the National Hurricane Center.
Tropical disturbance fueling downpours in Texas and Louisiana
A tropical disturbance in the Gulf is bringing heavy rain to Texas and Louisiana Friday. A small chance of flash flooding is possible.
MIAMI – The window for any development on a tropical disturbance soaking the Gulf Coast with heavy rain and thunderstorms is rapidly closing as it moves closer to land, but the system is still packing a rainy punch.
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Much like what was previously known as Invest 93L earlier this month, a trough of low pressure at the southern end of a frontal boundary over the Gulf has been producing a broad area of disorganized showers and storms.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said that by Friday evening, the system is expected to move into southwest Louisiana or Texas. Hurricane Hunters were expected to fly into the system on Friday, but those flights were scrapped with the diminishing threat.
But even as is, the storm system is still likely to produce locally heavy rainfall for a large swath of the northern Gulf Coast through the weekend.
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Rainfall totals aren’t forecast to be as high as what was seen from what was Invest 93L last week, but some heavy rain could lead to some flash flooding along the Gulf coast over the next few days.
The FOX Forecast Center said rainfall totals of 2-3 inches are possible for much of the northern Gulf Coast, with some locally higher amounts.
Widespread flash flooding isn’t a major concern, but isolated flooding issues could pop up if heavy rain sits over one location over a long period of time.
The heaviest rounds of rain are expected to impact the northern Gulf Coast, across Louisiana and into Texas by Friday and Saturday.
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Impacts felt along Southeast coast
Flooding was seen in parts of the South Carolina Lowcountry earlier this week as the combination of higher tides and heavy rainfall made streets around Charleston look more like ponds.
Downtown Charleston received just over an inch of rainfall on Monday, but with nowhere for the water to go, flooding was reported on several roadways. Minor saltwater flooding was also reported around Charleston Harbor on Tuesday – impacts that will continue until the disturbed area of weather moves over the Gulf.