Louisiana, Gulf Coast and The rainstorm
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Invest 93L will move westward over Louisiana on Thursday. The western Florida Panhandle will see minor impacts through Saturday.
The storm remains disorganized on Wednesday but still has time to strengthen over the Gulf before making landfall on Thursday.
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 will bring heavy rainfall to the region, and a flood watch was in effect for southeastern Louisiana through Friday night.
A tropical storm may form this week, bringing risks of flash flooding and strong thunderstorms from Florida to Louisiana.
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Additional rainfall amounts of up to 1"-2" will be possible for much of Southeast Louisiana. Some locally higher totals will still be possible though. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has been monitoring an area of low pressure, Invest 93-L. It now has a 0% of development as it moves through Southeast Louisiana.
A disturbance dubbed Invest 93L could become Tropical Storm Dexter as it tracks west from Florida toward Louisiana, forecasters say.
Six tornadoes were reported from Wisconsin to Indiana on Wednesday, with the Wisconsin ones labeled as “large,” though no major damage or injuries have been reported.
All of southeast Louisiana is under a flood watch as the WDSU First Warning Weather team continues to monitor impacts from Invest 93-L. Below are the latest models and current conditions in Louisiana.
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Governor Jeff Landry and state emergency officials will share how ready the state is for the bad weather as Invest 93 nears Southeast Louisiana.