Posted by Lindsay Milbourne under Daily updates
Isaac is a weaker tropical storm as?of 11 AM, but its impacts across the northern Gulf coast are still?tremendous. The National Weather Service reports the first Isaac fatality?Thursday morning in Picayune, Mississippi, close to the Lousiana state line. A tree fell on a truck. The Bayou Bonfouca that acts as a levee in south Slidell, Lousiana overflowed Thursday morning. This caused water to rush over the railroad tracks and into the city prompting?evacuations. Early Thursday afternoon The National Weather Service?in New Orleans says there is?a small breach in the dam along the Tangipahoa river in Pike County, Mississippi. Emergency Management officials suspect the dam will likely fail. If the dam does fail, the crest forecast would rise to 21.5 feet; this would be a new record. National Weather Service in New Orleans?issued a flash flood warning for southwestern Pike County in southern Mississippi.?
As of 11 AM, sustained winds have died down a bit, but winds are still gusting to near tropical storm force, especially near the coast.
Isaac is still producing dangerous storm surge in coastal Lousiana and Mississippi. Even though the center of Issac as well inland, wave heights are up to 11 feet offshore of?coastal Lousiana and Mississippi. With an onshore flow, and higher than normal high tides coastal flooding is forecasted to continue. As of 11 AM, a storm surge of near 6 feet is occuring on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain. A storm surge near 5 ft is occuring at Waveland, Mississippi. Freshwater flooding from training of showers and storms continues in southern Mississippi and Alabama continues. An unofficial report of over 23 inches was reported in Gretna, Lousiana.
The risk for tornadoes continues for much of south and central Mississippi, south and central Alabama, extreme southeast Lousiana, and?the western Florida Panhandle. A tornado watch is up for this area until 4 PM CDT. A tornado was reported on the ground in Pascagoula, Mississippi before 8 AM CDT. Pascagoula Police confirm a tornado?damaged a home, but no injuries were reported.
Isaac is forecasted to be downgraded to a tropical depression Thursday night. As it remants spill northward, Isaac wil bring soaking rains to to much of the southeast and eventually the Midwest by the weekend. Many of these areas in Isaac?s path are drought stricken, but localized flooding is possible in spots. Below are rainfall estimates from the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center.
The 12th depression of the Atlantic season was upgraded to tropical storm Leslie in the Central Atlantic at 2 pm. Leslie is the second earliest 12th named storm to form in the Atlantic Basin.?It is forecasted to curve north and stay out to sea. As of 11 AM, Kirk is the fifth hurricane of the Atlantic season. Hurricane force winds only extend out 10 miles from the center. Kirk will also track north out to sea.
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