Storms Bring More Rain to New Orleans and Across the South

A slow storm line continues to deliver repeated rounds of heavy rains through the land already saturated by Southast this week, renewing flood risks.

In New Orleans, where at the end of last month, the storms fell one month of rain in one day, the forecasts tired in the local office of the National Meteorological Service warned that the “tolerance of the area for another round of heavy rains is quite low.”

Throughout the region on Wednesday, the rain to at the end of the afternoon varied between one and three inches in most southern Louisiana. Metairie, on the outskirts of New Orleans, was an atypical case, which received 4.56 inches, according to the National Meteorological Service in New Orleans.

The climate prediction center placed a wide area from southeast Texas to southwest Alabama under a high risk of sudden floods, and a slightly larger risk warning was in force in southern Louisiana and Mississippi. The highest warning of the day was in place in southeast Louisiana, including New Orleans.

“There will still be some showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and until tonight,” said Peter Mullinax, a meteorologist at the Meteorarate Prediction Center. “But the heaviest action is happening this morning.”

An flood clock remained in force in New Orleans during Thorsday, according to the National Meteorological Service. There were only a few smaller reports or floods on Wednesday afternoon in the city.

Repeated downpours are the result of storms that explode along an almost parked front, sitting north of the Gulf coast. The warm and humid air of the Gulf of Mexico is accumulating along this forehead, and a weather system that is approaching from the west is injecting additional energy into the atmosphere. As a result, storms are lowering large amounts of rain in a short time to the same areas.

The slow motion storms have already been affecting the region since the beginning of the week, offering significant rains and floods in parts of Texas and Louisiana. On Monday and Tuesday, the areas in Louisiana received two or four inches of rain, with some places in the west surfing of eight inches during the 48 -hour period.

In Texas, some areas have already exceeded their average monthly rain for May in just the first week. In yellow, 2.46 inches of rain, registered on Wednesday morning, surfing with great the average of the city of 2.27 inches.

“A good part of the beginning has been quite wet,” Mullinax said. “Some of this is welcome, as special as we approach summer, but to be the child or levels, or the course, it will cause some flood problems, and unfortunately that is the case the case the last days, especially.”

In Brenham, Texas, between Austin and Houston, a search operation recovered the body of Devah Woods, 10, Tuesday. I had seen the last stretch on Monday when the storms moved through the area.

“Everyone’s response was a round,” said Atwood Kenjura, mayor of Brenham, during a press conference, expressing their gratitude to rescue workers. The Brenham Fire Department reported that the search effort had included drones, Swift water rescue equipment and canine units.

The severe climate was an additional threat in the southeast during Thorsday, especially in parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The storm prediction center warned about hail and harmful winds such as the main threats, along with a low risk of tornadoes. Southwest Texas, including cities such as Victoria and the city of Missouri, had a slightly higher risk of severe weather, especially Wednesday afternoon and night.

Southeast will continue to face a severe climate and high rains in the next few days. The Meteorarate Prediction Center warned about the risks of sudden flooding for parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and, at the end of this week, South Carolina. Southeast Louisiana southwest Alabama, including New Orleans and Mobile, remain under a slightly higher risk.

“We have rain in the forecast for the next seven days,” said Mullinax. “It’s just a hard stretch of unstable climate in the southeast during the next week.”

There were sporadic power cuts in the region. Around 16,000 homes in Louisiana, 8,000 in Mississippi and 6,000 in Texas had no power, starting Wednesday night, according to Poweroutage.us.

Apute Hassan Contributed reports.