Live Blog: Mandatory evacuations underway in Louisiana due to Tropical Storm Barry

Live Blog: Mandatory evacuations underway in Louisiana due to Tropical Storm Barry

NEW ORLEANS — Here is a live blog with the latest updates on the tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico. Thursday, July 11: – 10:26 a.m. – Tropical Storm Barry is expected to make landfall late Friday. Meteorologists do not know when the storm will turn into a hurricane but expect it will do so sometime before it hits Louisiana. – 10:20 a.m. – East Jefferson Hospital will operate normally Thursday and Friday. Jefferson…

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Tropical Storm Barry forms in Gulf of Mexico

Tropical Storm Barry forms in Gulf of Mexico

TAMPA, Fla. (FOX 13) – The second named storm has formed with the potential to become a weak hurricane before making landfall in Louisiana this weekend. Tropical Storm Barry continues to swirl in the Gulf of Mexico, and could become a Category 1 hurricane by Saturday. Regardless of whether or not this stays a tropical storm or becomes a weak hurricane, the result is going to be the same. There will be some big flooding issues for most…

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Tropical Storm Barry forms in Gulf, could become hurricane

Tropical Storm Barry forms in Gulf, could become hurricane

A flooded street in New Orleans on July 10, 2019. (Photo: New Orleans Fire Department) By KEVIN McGILL and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Storm Barry formed off the coast of Louisiana on Thursday and threatened to blow ashore as a hurricane with drenching rains that could test the flood-control improvements made in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina 14 years ago. – Advertisement – Forecasters said the first hurricane of the…

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Tropical Storm Barry forms, hurricane landfall expected Saturday in Louisana

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tropical Storm Barry has formed in the Gulf of Mexico with sustained winds of 40 mph, the National Hurricane Center announced Thursday morning. The system is expected to strengthen to a category one hurricane, with winds of at least 74 mph, by the time it makes a forecasted landfall west of New Orleans, Louisiana Saturday morning. A Hurricane Watch has been issued for most of the Louisiana gulf coast. The Grand Isle…

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Tropical Storm Barry Forms In Gulf; Louisiana Goes Into State Of Emergency

Tropical Storm Barry Forms In Gulf; Louisiana Goes Into State Of Emergency

Updated at 2 p.m. ET Tropical Storm Barry formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, and it could become a hurricane by late Friday, the National Hurricane Center says. Forecasters say the storm could bring a storm surge and heavy rains to Louisiana. Barry is now predicted to become a Category 1 hurricane shortly before making landfall Saturday morning. Its maximum winds are expected to reach 75 mph — but officials are warning of…

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The Latest: Tropical Storm Barry forms in the Gulf

The Latest: Tropical Storm Barry forms in the Gulf

NEW ORLEANS — The Latest on a tropical weather system in the Gulf of Mexico (all times local): 10:05 a.m. Tropical Storm Barry has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and forecasters say it could become a hurricane as it threatens Louisiana’s coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm’s maximum sustained winds Thursday morning are near 40 mph (64 kph) with additional strengthening expected during the next day or two. A tropical storm…

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Tropical Storm Barry heads for Louisiana

Tropical Storm Barry heads for Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Tropical Storm Barry has formed in the Gulf of Mexico, and presents twin troubles for coastal Louisiana and Mississippi – the possibility that the flooded Mississippi River will be lapping at the tops of levees this weekend, and a danger of flash floods like the one that unexpectedly walloped New Orleans on Wednesday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm’s maximum sustained winds Thursday morning are near 40 mph with…

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Storm in Gulf of Mexico strengthens into tropical storm; expected to turn into Hurricane Barry this weekend

Storm in Gulf of Mexico strengthens into tropical storm; expected to turn into Hurricane Barry this weekend

Tropical Storm Barry forms in the Gulf of Mexico; could become a hurricane as it threatens Louisiana. Areas in the southern United States are bracing for a possible hurricane that could strike the Gulf Coast and raise the Mississippi River to the brim of the city’s protective levees. Just before 11 a.m. Wednesday, the storm officially became Tropical Storm Barry. Forecasters said was on track to strengthen into a hurricane by the weekend. RELATED: 9-15…

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Tropical Storm Barry forms in Gulf: Expected to become hurricane before landfall

Tropical Storm Barry forms in Gulf: Expected to become hurricane before landfall

HOUSTON — The KHOU 11 Weather Team continues to monitor the tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico. In its 10 a.m. update The National Hurricane Center just upgraded the system to Tropical Storm Barry, but it will likely strengthen to a Cat. 1 hurricane by the time it makes landfall.  RELATED: Houston Forecast: Increasing rain chance Thursday and Friday LIVE BLOG: State of emergency in Louisiana with hurricane watch in effect Here is the latest cone…

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Tropical storm Barry forms in Gulf: Expected to become hurricane before landfall

Tropical storm Barry forms in Gulf: Expected to become hurricane before landfall

HOUSTON — The KHOU 11 Weather Team continues to monitor the tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico. In its 10 a.m. update The National Hurricane Center just upgraded the system to a tropical storm, but it will likely strengthen to a tropical storm and then a Cat. 1 hurricane by the time it makes landfall.  RELATED: Houston Forecast: Increasing rain chance Thursday and Friday Here is the latest cone of uncertainty for Tropical Storm Barry, which…

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Soon-to-Be Tropical Storm Barry on a Path for Louisiana

Soon-to-Be Tropical Storm Barry on a Path for Louisiana

The disturbance labeled Potential Tropical Cyclone Two (eventually Tropical Storm, perhaps Hurricane, Barry) spent overnight Wednesday stumbling around the north central Gulf of Mexico remaining a rather disorganized blob. Forecast models, which had begun trending eastward in forecast tracks yesterday continued that overnight, some even putting a bulls-eye on the New Orleans area, which has already seen more than 10 inches of rain from the broad mess of rain and storms surrounding the surface low…

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Hurricane evacuation: After Hurricane Harvey here's what could happen with the next storm

Hurricane evacuation: After Hurricane Harvey here's what could happen with the next storm

CLOSE Storm surge and flooding are the greatest threats to Corpus Christi in a hurricane. Kirsten Crow/Caller-Times, Kirsten Crow/Caller-Times It’s always the big question when a hurricane approaches: hunker down or get out of dodge? That’s exactly what academics and local officials want to know about a post-Harvey Coastal Bend — who left before the storm, who didn’t, why and if they would make the same decision again. Earlier this month, Texas A&M University researchers sent…

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