Soaking Rains to Persist Along the Gulf Coast
The remnant moisture from Tropical Depression 5 has led to locally flooding showers and thunderstorms along parts of the central and eastern Gulf Coast the last couple of days. This threat will continue into Monday.
The low pressure area, which lost depression status on Wednesday afternoon and its moisture have been lingering from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle resulting in local downpours. The heavy showers and thunderstorms have dumped anywhere between 2 and 4 inches of rain over the last 24 hours in parts of southern Alabama and Mississippi as well as parts of the western Florida Panhandle.
Although the torrential downpours will not be widespread, the sudden and heavy bursts can lead to temporary flooding of roadways, especially in low-lying and urban areas.
Remnants of Tropical Depression 5 to Continue to Bring Rain
As the area of low pressure moves back southward over the Gulf of Mexico, the heavy showers and thunderstorms will continue to affect parts of the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama, southern Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana into Monday.
Pensacola, Fla., Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans, La. will be a few of the cities that could have to endure downpours again on Monday, with 1 to 2 inches of rain dousing the area in a short period.
With the low moving back over the Gulf of Mexico near the coast, there is a slight concern that the storm re-intensifies. Even if it were to regain depression status, its biggest threat would still be the flooding rainfall early this week.
The storm system is expected to drift slowly westward along or just inland across the central Gulf Coast on Tuesday and Wednesday with a compact area of flooding rain still a possibility. This threat on Tuesday and Wednesday will probably be highest across Louisiana.
Meteorologist Brian Edwards contributed to the content of this story.
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