Ed Dunham
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Tropical Storm Lee located about 150 miles southeast of Cameron, Louisiana, Friday evening with sustained winds of 40 knots. Movement is to the north at a snail's pace and Lee should continue to crawl toward the central Louisiana coast this weekend. The following Warnings and Watches are in effect:
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER WESTWARD TO SABINE PASS TEXAS...INCLUDING
THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS...LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...AND LAKE MAUREPAS
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER EASTWARD TO DESTIN FLORIDA
Heavy rains and winds gusting to 40mph are already occurring along the Louisiana coast. Flooding rains are likely this weekend over eastern Louisiana, southern Mississippi and Alabama - and possibly even eastward to the west Florida panhandle.
Louisiana Hourly Weather Reports
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Ed Dunham
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Loc: Melbourne, FL
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Although Lee is now history as a tropical system, it will still be a headache for portions of the eastern U.S. At 05/20Z, the remnants of Lee were located north of Mobile, Alabama, moving off to the northeast. Areas of heavy rain have now moved into eastern Mississippi, western Alabama and western Tennessee.
At 05/18Z, Mobile, Alabama had a pressure of 29.44 and Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida, had winds out of the South gusting to 48mph.
At 05/19Z, Pascagoula, Mississippi, had winds that were Variable at 6 knots and a pressure of 29.44, and Greenville, Mississippi, had winds out of the North gusting to 45mph.
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