She is no longer a hurricane.
Rita is now a tropical storm.
LOCATION: Near Latitude 31.6 North, Longitude 92.4 West. Translation: Between Lufkin, Texas and Shreveport. Sustained winds down to 65 mph. It is important to note that tropical storm force winds extend outhward an amazing 140 miles from the center! Trees continue to fall in East Texas and Louisiana.
Rita continues to move north. Because of her, it is windy all the way from Alabama into Central Texas.
Rita's slow movement will allow 10 to 15 inch rainfall amounts over:
.....East Texas
.....West Louisiana
.....South Arkansas
Indeed, some spots may get 25 inch amounts! Even a 4th grader knows what happens then.
Even New Orleans could get an additional 3 to 5 inches.
TORNADO WATCH
It goes until 9 pm, CDT and covers:
.....SE Arkansas
.....East half of Louisiana
.....Almost all of Mississippi
RECENT DAMAGE REPORTS
.....Trees down just before noon in Jefferson County, Mississippi
.....Tress and power lines down all across the city of Shreveport
THE ALABAMA STORY AT 1:35 PM CDT
Showers and some thunderstorms continue to march toward the north and NW from South and SW Alabama. Some locally heavy showers now as far north as the SW part of Marengo County and south of Livingston in Sumter County.
Rita is now a tropical storm.
LOCATION: Near Latitude 31.6 North, Longitude 92.4 West. Translation: Between Lufkin, Texas and Shreveport. Sustained winds down to 65 mph. It is important to note that tropical storm force winds extend outhward an amazing 140 miles from the center! Trees continue to fall in East Texas and Louisiana.
Rita continues to move north. Because of her, it is windy all the way from Alabama into Central Texas.
Rita's slow movement will allow 10 to 15 inch rainfall amounts over:
.....East Texas
.....West Louisiana
.....South Arkansas
Indeed, some spots may get 25 inch amounts! Even a 4th grader knows what happens then.
Even New Orleans could get an additional 3 to 5 inches.
TORNADO WATCH
It goes until 9 pm, CDT and covers:
.....SE Arkansas
.....East half of Louisiana
.....Almost all of Mississippi
RECENT DAMAGE REPORTS
.....Trees down just before noon in Jefferson County, Mississippi
.....Tress and power lines down all across the city of Shreveport
THE ALABAMA STORY AT 1:35 PM CDT
Showers and some thunderstorms continue to march toward the north and NW from South and SW Alabama. Some locally heavy showers now as far north as the SW part of Marengo County and south of Livingston in Sumter County.
on September 24, 2005, 1:14 pm
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