The 7 p.m. coordinates from the National Hurricane Center for Tropical Storm Cindy, located about 250 miles south-southeast of Morgan City, LA, and 350 miles southeast of Galveston, TX, Cindy is stationary, packing winds of 45 mph with a minimum pressure of 997 mb.

A tropical storm warning is in effect for San Luis Pass to the mouth of the Pearl River. A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area, in this case within the next 24 to 36 hours.

Interests elsewhere along the U.S. Gulf Coast from the central Texas coast to the western Florida Panhandle should monitor the progress of this system.

At 7 p.m., the center of Tropical Storm Cindy was located near latitude 26.2 North, longitude 90.3 West. Cindy has been nearly stationary for the past several hours, but a northwestward motion is expected to resume tonight and continue through Wednesday. A turn toward the north-northwest and then toward the north is expected Wednesday night and early Thursday.

On the forecast track, the center of Cindy will approach the coast of southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas late Wednesday and Wednesday night, and move inland over southeastern Texas on Thursday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph (75 km/h) with higher gusts. Some slight strengthening is expected during the next 24 hours.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 205 miles (335 km) from the center, mainly to the north and east of the center.

The next update is at 10 p.m.

Get the FOX 8 Weather app here. </s> A disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico is getting better organized and will likely become Tropical Storm Cindy at some point Tuesday. Locally, we will see an enhanced risk of showers and storms through midweek with occasionally heavy downpours as the storm funnels tropical moisture in our direction. However, a direct impact is not expected for the Coastal Empire or Lowcountry with the center expected to track near the Texas/Louisiana border.

Maximum winds were 40 mph early Tuesday morning, which does meet tropical storm strength criteria. However, with thunderstorms disorganized around the center of the storm and the area of maximum winds spread out from the center, the storm has not quite developed the structure more typical of a tropical storm. Despite that, Tropical Storm Watches and Warnings have already been issued along the Gulf Coast for parts of Louisiana to Alabama. </s> Forecasters expanded a Tropical Storm Warning Tuesday to include part of the upper Texas coast as Tropical Storm Cindy churns in the Gulf of Mexico.

The tropical storm formed Tuesday afternoon. The Warning now covers an area from High Island in Texas to the mouth of the Pearl River between Louisiana and Mississippi.

A tropical storm watch is also in effect on the upper Texas coast from west of High Island to San Luis Pass.

The National Weather Service also says the biggest threat from the disturbance is the likely rain over vast areas of the northern rim of the Gulf of Mexico.

The storm was centered about 265 miles south of Morgan City, La., or about 355 miles southeast of Galveston.

Cindy has top sustained winds of 45 mph, and the storm was stationary in the Gulf Tuesday afternoon. Forecasters say Cindy acquired a well-defined center on Tuesday afternoon and became the third tropical storm of 2017.

Forecasters say Cindy is expected to reach the Louisiana coast sometime late Wednesday and then move inland to western Louisiana and eastern Texas on Thursday.

Forecasters say rain totaling 6 to 9 inches in areas and as much as 12 inches in some spots pose a threat to southern portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle through Thursday.

Coastal residents were already feeling the effects of the system Tuesday. Police say residents reported flooding on Dauphin Island south of Mobile, Ala. Water partially covered the main road leading to the island’s narrow western end, and the city is moving vehicles and equipment to higher ground.

Red flags were flying on the main public beach in Gulf Shores, Ala., as a warning for people to stay out of the water. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey issued a state of emergency Tuesday morning because of the flooding threat. Bands of heavy rain are coming through as far east as the Florida Panhandle.

Meanwhile Tuesday, Tropical Storm Bret was moving along South America’s northern coast with maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph with weakening expected to begin later in the day. </s> Lower Jefferson Parish is taking precautions Tuesday as tropical weather moves into the area. There are concerns in Grand Isle as officials worked through the night to put rocks along the beach to protect the community.

Lower Jefferson Parish is taking precautions Tuesday as tropical weather moves into the area. There are concerns in Grand Isle as officials worked through the night to put rocks along the beach to protect the community.

Local parish leaders already taking steps to prepare for the potential of flooding from Tropical Storm Cindy

Local parish leaders already taking steps to prepare for the potential of flooding from Tropical Storm Cindy

Landrieu: New Orleanians should 'expect the unexpected'

Landrieu: New Orleanians should 'expect the unexpected'

Residents and officials along a stretch of the Gulf Coast from the Florida panhandle to eastern Texas are keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Cindy.

Residents and officials along a stretch of the Gulf Coast from the Florida panhandle to eastern Texas are keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Cindy.

20th Street in Gulfport, MS, is flooded because of heavy rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Cindy. (Source: WLOX)

Cindy is forecast to leave a large rain footprint across several states, with the heaviest precipitation in south Alabama, northwest Florida and south Mississippi. (Source: NWS/NCEP Weather Prediction Center)

Tropical Storm Cindy is expected to make landfall in Louisiana or Texas. (Source: NHC)

(RNN) - People along the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida are coping with weather associated with Tropical Storm Cindy.

The storm claimed a Wednesday. A 10-year-old boy died in Fort Morgan, AL, when strong wind blew an object on him, causing facial injuries, WKRG reported.

The storm, located 170 miles south-southwest of Morgan City, LA, packs maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. It had reached sustained winds of 60 mph overnight.Cindy is moving northwest at 10 mph.

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center have issued Tropical Storm Warnings for San Luis Pass, TX, to the Alabama-Florida border.

Warnings for areas north and east of the Mississippi River, including metropolitan New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain, have been cancelled.

Even though the tropical storm is expected to make landfall Wednesday night or Thursday morning along the southwest Louisiana or southeast Texas coast, its effects will be felt along a long swath of the coast because the storm is disorganized.

Indeed, spots from Louisiana west to the Florida Panhandle have experienced flooding Wednesday as bands of storms make their way onshore.

Cindy is expected to produce rainfall totals of 6 to 9 inches from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle with some spots getting as much as 12 inches of rain. Life-threatening flash flooding may occur.

The storm also will likely bring strong wind over the eastern part of the warning area, storm surge of 1 to 3 feet and some tornadoes.

A waterspout also came ashore in Biloxi. Areas of Biloxi, MS, are reporting flooding, leading to about 300 road closures, WLOX reported.

A potential tornado was reported in Fort Walton Beach in southern Okaloosa County. FL, which is not under a Tropical Storm Warning. The city experienced downed trees and power lines. Tornado warnings were also issued for Hancock County, MS.

Forecasters expect the storm to turn north-northwest before turning north before landfall and not change much in strength. </s> × Tropical Storm Cindy blamed in 10-year-old’s death

FORT MORGAN, Al. — Strong winds from Tropical Storm Cindy are reportedly to blame in the death of a 10-year-old child in Fort Morgan, Alabama.

According to WKRG, the little boy suffered severe facial trauma after possibly being injured by debris from the storm.

It’s the first death believed to be related to the storm system that is expected to make landfall Thursday morning.

At least 17 million people are under a tropical storm warning from San Luis Pass, Texas, to the Alabama-Florida border, said CNN meteorologist Michael Guy.

From East Texas to southern Mississippi, Cindy is expected to drop 3-6 inches of rain and some isolated areas could see up to 12 inches of rain.

Between Wednesday and Thursday morning, the storm could bring up to 12 inches of rain to some areas between Texas and Louisiana.

Coastal flooding has shut down roads and very well could be life-threatening, the National Weather Service said.

In Mississippi, the city of Biloxi declared a state of emergency saying it’s one of the areas in the state with the greatest risk of flooding. Residents in nearby counties were also offered sandbags.

“It’s kind of like a slow-motion disaster for us now. It’s not wind, it’s rain we’re concerned about,” said Greg Flynn with the Mississippi Emergency Management Service. </s> The 4 p.m. coordinates from the National Hurricane Center for Tropical Storm Cindy, located about 280 miles south of Morgan City, LA, and 360 miles southeast of Galveston, TX, Cindy is stationary, packing winds of 45 mph with a minimum pressure of 999 mb.

Watch FOX 8 New now for live regional coverage of Tropical Storm Cindy.

A tropical storm warning is in effect for the entire SE Louisiana coastline. This means we are expecting sustained winds around 40 mph or greater in 36 hours or less.

The biggest threat to our region is the potential for heavy rain. A flash flood watch is in effect until Thursday. Widespread rain totals of 4 to 8 inches are possible with some areas receiving in excess of 10 inches.

Coastal flooding from high tides and storm surge will also be possible outside the risk reduction system.

Get the FOX 8 Weather app here. </s> The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Cindy is heading toward the northern Gulf coast, where it is expected to make landfall in the coming hours.

The center said in an update at 1 p.m. CDT Wednesday that the storm was centered about 170 miles (270 kilometers) southwest of Morgan City, Louisiana — or roughly the same distance southeast of Galveston, Texas. Its sustained winds continue to top out at 50 mph (85 kph) and it’s moving closer to the coast at a rate of 9 mph (14 kph).

Forecasters say the storm is nearing the coast along a stretch between southeast Texas and southwestern Louisiana. They add that little change in strength is expected before landfall but that it will weekend once it moves inland on Thursday.

Heavy rains associated with the storm are raising the possibility of life-threatening flash floods over a wide area of the coast.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is urging his state’s residents to take Tropical Storm Cindy seriously.

As of midday Wednesday, there were no reports of serious home or business flooding in Louisiana. But, at a news conference, Edwards noted that two unnamed storms slammed Louisiana last year with heavy flood devastation.

Strong rain bands from Cindy continued to sweep across the Gulf Coast. And authorities said dangers from flash floods, severe storms and possible tornadoes remained a danger. Edwards declared a state of emergency early Wednesday. And Plaquemines Parish on the southeast Louisiana coast declared an emergency at midday.

Cindy was expected to make landfall near the Louisiana-Texas state line Thursday.

Tropical Storm Cindy is pumping seawater into an area of the Mississippi-Louisiana coast that’s vulnerable to storm tide flooding.

Tides on Wednesday morning were 4 feet (1.2 meters) above normal in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi and 5 feet (1.5 meters) above normal farther southwest, at Shell Beach, on Louisiana’s coast.

Bay St. Louis is in Hancock County, where Emergency Management Director Brian Adam says officials counted 355 roads with standing water early Wednesday. The low-lying southern half of the county is interlaced with inlets, bayous, rivers and canals. The county faces frequent tidal flooding. Adam says it happens five to 10 times a year.

Adam says he’s received no reports of flooded homes. Many homes in the county are elevated on stilts.

Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Cindy have caused flooding in low-lying areas along the Alabama coast.

Some roads were covered with water in the seafood village of Bayou La Batre, but Becca Caldemeyer still managed to get to her bait shop at the city dock. If only there were more customers, she said.

“It’s pretty quiet,” Caldemeyer said in a telephone interview from Rough Water Bait and Tackle. “Nobody can cast a shrimp out in this kind of wind.”

Police said streets were flooded on the barrier island of Dauphin Island, and the city closed beaches because of dangerously rough surf. Double red flags flew in Gulf Shores to warn people to stay out of the waves, yet live video feeds showed a few people still on the beach despite rain showers and high winds.

Baldwin and Mobile counties canceled summer classes because of the storm. Heavy rains fell as far north as central Alabama, and forecasters said the area could receive as much as 5 inches (120 millimeters) of rain.

Rain has slackened along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast after an overnight drenching, but not before a waterspout came ashore in Biloxi, causing minor damage.

Harrison County Emergency Management Director Rupert Lacy says the waterspout made landfall around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, causing damage to fences, trees and power lines. No one was hurt. One large live oak branch was downed on the grounds of Beauvoir, the historic home that once belonged to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

The Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport has reported more than 7 inches (180 mms) of rain since Tuesday morning.

Mississippi officials reported standing water on hundreds of roads after heavy rains, but Lacy says some flash flooding is receding for now, and no buildings have yet been reported as flooding. Coastal rivers are expected to leap their banks, though, as water runs off.

Forecasters say a slightly weakened Tropical Storm Cindy is threatening heavy rains and life-threatening flash flooding over a wide area of the northern Gulf Coast.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Cindy was located at 10 a.m. CDT Wednesday about 170 miles (270 kilometers) south-southwest of Morgan City, Louisiana — or about 180 miles (285 kilometers) southeast of Galveston, Texas. The storm has top sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph) and is moving toward the northwest at 10 mph (17 kph).

Forecasters say a tropical storm warning has been discontinued for the greater New Orleans area and other areas north and east of the mouth of the Mississippi River. But the tropical storm warning remains in effect from the mouth of the Mississippi to San Luis Pass, Texas. Forecasters say the storm is expected to reach the coast of southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas later Wednesday before moving inland.

Heavy rains are expected in southeast Texas, Louisiana, and southern areas of Mississippi, Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle through Thursday.

John Rickmon, a real estate broker in Pensacola, Florida, said he has been touring properties in the Panhandle area to see if they’ve been affected by rains from the tropical storm in the Gulf. He says some streets had water bubbling up from manhole covers.

“There’s nowhere for the water to go, so we’re seeing lots of ponding and lots of retention ponds that are right on the tipping point,” d Rickmon said. “We were saturated before this even started … I’m a bit concerned about what the next 24 hours will bring.”

Rickmon said he keeps a rain gauge at his house and it had already registered 8.5 inches (22 centimeters) before the most intense rains began.

Nearby, the National Park Service reported the bridge between Navarre Beach and Pensacola Beach was closed because of flooding.

Elsewhere in the Florida Panhandle, an emergency official reported downed trees and other damage — but no injuries — from severe weather caused by a passing storm cell. Okaloosa County Emergency Management spokesman Rob Brown said the damage was reported at several points in and around Fort Walton Beach in the county — but none of it was major structural damage.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency ahead of Tropical Storm Cindy’s landfall.

The governor’s spokesman Richard Carbo said Edwards signed the statewide declaration Wednesday morning.

The storm is moving closer to the Gulf Coast, where it threatens to bring a storm surge of up to 3 feet (0.91 meters).

Wednesday morning, the storm was centered about 165 miles (265 kilometers) south-southwest of Morgan City, Louisiana, and is moving northwest near 8 mph (13 kph).

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Cindy is expected to approach the coast of southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas late Wednesday or Wednesday night and move inland Thursday.

Much of Florida’s Panhandle remains under a tornado watch as Tropical Storm Cindy looms in the Gulf of Mexico.

Officials in Santa Rosa County, which is just east of Pensacola, tweeted that some roads were under water early Wednesday. They urged motorists to use caution if they are driving in the southern end of the county.

News outlets also reported several roads in neighboring Escambia County have been closed due to flooding.

The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for much of the region until 10 a.m. Wednesday. Forecasters say the area can expect heavy rain through Thursday as the tropical storm moves through Louisiana and Texas.

Tropical Storm Cindy is creating the threat of tornadoes along the northern Gulf Coast.

The National Weather Service says flash flooding from torrential rain is the main problem associated with the storm, but twisters are also possible.

Forecasters issued tornado warnings for the areas around Fort Walton Beach and Indian Pass in Florida after radar indicated possible tornadoes Wednesday morning.

A tornado watch covered the entire coast from southwestern Louisiana to near the Big Bend region of Florida.

Alabama’s main beaches are mostly empty as Cindy blows offshore, and Baldwin and Mobile counties canceled summer classes because of the storm.

Tropical Storm Cindy is moving closer to the Gulf Coast, where it threatens to bring a storm surge of up to 3 feet (0.91 meters).

As of 7 a.m. CDT Wednesday, the storm was centered about 165 miles (265 kilometers) south-southwest of Morgan City, Louisiana, and is moving northwest near 8 mph (13 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Cindy is expected to approach the coast of southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas late Wednesday or Wednesday night and move inland Thursday.

The storm’s maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph (96 kph).

The National Weather Service said early Wednesday that flash flood watches covered parts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.

Forecasters in Louisiana say Tropical Storm Cindy will bring the potential for a storm surge of up to 3 feet (0.91 meters) along the Gulf Coast.

The National Weather Service said early Wednesday that flash flood watches covered parts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia as the storm trudged closer to the U.S. mainland.

The weather service has warned that the storm brings the threat of “life-threatening flash flooding.”

Rain bands began pushing ashore Tuesday even before the system reached tropical storm strength. It was stationary much of the day Tuesday but was on a lumbering track that would take its center toward southwestern Louisiana and eastern Texas by Wednesday morning.

But the heavy rains were on its east side, meaning the major rain threat stretched from southeastern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.

Residents and officials along a stretch of the Gulf Coast from the Florida panhandle to eastern Texas are keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Cindy.

The storm formed Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s expected to move slowly toward the Louisiana-Texas line. But the heaviest rain bands were to the east. And the National Weather Service says it poses a threat of dangerous flash flooding.

Forecasters say some areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida could see a foot of rain.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey issued a state of emergency Tuesday because of the threat of torrential dangerous high tides and rip currents. Other state and local officials along the coast were mulling similar declarations.

Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. </s> MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Potential Tropical Cyclone #3 in the Gulf of Mexico will likely become Tropical Storm Cindy.

At 5 a.m., the center of the disturbance was about 305 miles south-southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River. The storm’s maximum sustained winds were 40 mph as it moved to the northwest at 8 mph.

On the forecast track, the disturbance is expected to be near the Louisiana coast late Wednesday or Wednesday night. Some slight strengthening is possible before the system reaches the coast.

A Tropical Storm Warning is now in effect from Cameron, Louisiana to Intracoastal City.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for west of Cameron to High Island.

Residents along the U.S. Gulf Coast from the central Texas coast to the western Florida Panhandle are being urged to keep an eye on this storm.

Tropical storm conditions are expected to first reach the coast within the warning area by this afternoon. Tropical storm conditions are possible in the watch area on Wednesday.

The disturbance is expected to produce up to 8 inches of rain, with isolated maximum amounts of

 10 inches, over southeastern Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southern Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle through Thursday morning. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches with isolated maximum amounts of 6 inches can be expected farther west across southwest Louisiana into southeast Texas through Thursday morning.

A tornado or two is possible this afternoon and tonight from south-central Louisiana to the western Florida Panhandle.
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• Click here to download the CBS4 2017 Hurricane Guide (English) </s> MIAMI — Forecasters say a tropical storm warning has now been extended further westward for a disturbance in the central Gulf. It now covers an area from High Island, Texas, to the mouth of the Pearl River between Louisiana and Mississippi.

According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the biggest threat from the disturbance is the likely heavy rainfall over wide areas of the northern rim of the Gulf of Mexico.

CBS Miami reports the storm will likely be upgraded to Tropical Storm Cindy before it makes landfall.

Forecasters say the Alabama and Mississippi coasts could be inundated with as much as 15 inches of rain from the tropical storm. The heaviest rains are expected in an area that includes the port city of Mobile, Alabama, and the cities of Pascagoula and Biloxi in Mississippi.

On Tuesday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey declared a statewide State of Emergency in anticipation of severe weather moving through the area.

The NWS says disturbance No. 3 is centered about 265 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiana – or about 355 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas. It’s maximum sustained winds are at 40 mph and the storm is moving toward the northwest at 10 mph.

The tropical storm warning means tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere in the warning area in the next 24 to 36 hours.

A tropical storm watch is also in effect on the upper Texas coast from west of High Island to San Luis Pass.
Tropical Storm Cindy makes its way towards the eastern coasts of the Southern United States.