1 p.m. Update: Cristobal Slows as it Approaches the Louisiana Coast

| June 7, 2020 @ 1:01 pm

During the past few hours, an oil rig located about 80 miles south of Mobile, Alabama, measured a sustained wind of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a gust to 64 mph (103 km/h) an elevation of 53 ft. A Weatherflow site at Ship Island, Mississippi, recently reported a sustained wind of 45 mph (72 km/h)
and a gust to 59 mph (95 km/h).

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 24A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032020
100 PM CDT SUN JUN 07 2020

…CRISTOBAL SLOWS DOWN AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST OF LOUISIANA…
…HEAVY RAINFALL AND STORM SURGE EXPECTED FROM SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE…

SUMMARY OF 100 PM CDT…1800 UTC…INFORMATION
———————————————-
LOCATION…28.8N 89.9W
ABOUT 30 MI…45 KM SSE OF GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA
ABOUT 90 MI…145 KM S OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…50 MPH…85 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…N OR 360 DEGREES AT 5 MPH…8 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…994 MB…29.36 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

NONE.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A STORM SURGE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR…
* MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO OCEAN SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI
* LAKE BORGNE

A STORM SURGE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR…
* EAST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR…
* INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA TO THE OKALOOSA/WALTON COUNTY
FLORIDA LINE
* LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS

Category: Alabama's Weather, ALL POSTS, Tropical

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