Tropical Storm Cindy floods Gulf Coast
UPDATE 6/25/17: A whopping total of 18.74 inches of rain has been reported at Ocean Springs, Mississippi! Florida and Louisiana cities also topped out at over 10 inches of rain from Tropical Storm / Tropical Depression Cindy. Here's a final list:
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Ocean Springs, MS: 18.74"
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Navarre, FL: 10.70"
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New Orleans, LA: 10.49"
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Saraland, AL: 8.97"
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Wiggins, MS: 8.5"
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Stephens, GA: 7.15"
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Albany, IN: 6.40"
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Mahaw Bayou, TX: 5.36"
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De Witt, AR: 4.86"
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Troy, OH: 4.65"
I continued to advise Reed Timmer over the weekend to additional river flooding, and he filed these reports:
Extreme meteorologist Reed Timmer toured with the local emergency manager to survey the town of McLain, Mississippi on June 23. The town is devastated with flooding caused by Tropical Storm Cindy.
The amounts over 10 inches are listed below:
OCEAN SPRINGS, MS: 18.74
GULFPORT, MS: 14.40
OCEAN SPRINGS, MS: 12.30
NEAR VANCLEAVE MS: 11.34
NAVARRE, FL: 10.70
GONZALEZ, FL: 10.68
NEW ORLEANS, LA: 10.49
NEAR BILOXI, MS: 10.02
A lot of the flooding occurred outside of the storm's NHC forecast track. While that is not uncommon in these situations, I don't think the public realizes that fact.
ORIGINAL BLOG ENTRY 6/23/17 3 PM:
Tropical Storm Cindy has already dumped 10 inches of rain on the Gulf Coast, and it's going to get worse. Please follow me on Facebook and Twitter for additional updates.
Above is a map of the rainfall last night and this morning. Here's the forecast for rain from this morning through Friday:
The scale ends at 6 inches, so it's safe to say that some of these areas could get 10 or more, and look at the width of the area that will flood, all the way from Houston to the Florida Panhandle (if this model is correct). Overall, Cindy has brought moderate winds and several tornadoes, waterspouts and funnel clouds, but the flooding is going to be the big story.
Earlier today, I was nowcasting for AccuWeather's Reed Timmer when we noticed a growing velocity couplet (rotation on radar) approaching New Orleans, where he was storm chasing. Reed positioned himself on the Causeway bridge north of town. The NWS issued a tornado warning, but Reed was unable to spy any waterspouts or tornadoes as the circulation (which may have not been reaching the ground) passed over him.
You can see more live and raw videos from Cindy on the AccuWeather Facebook Page.
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