4 p.m. Update on Cristobal: Center Nearing Landfall Near the Mouth of the Mississippi River

| June 7, 2020 @ 4:07 pm

The broad center of Tropical Storm Cristobal is very near the Mouth of the Mississipi River between Grand Isle, Pilotown, Buras, and Venice.

We are waiting of the NHC to call landfall of the storm.

But it is a moot point because the large size of the storm is causing widespread wind, surge, heavy rain, tornadoes, and rip currents along a large area of the Gulf Coast.

Winds just gusted to 48 mph at Gulfport in that main feeder band that is pulling on to the Mississippi and Alabama coast.

US 90 is now closed from the Bay St. Louis Bridge to the Biloxi Bay Bridge. The surge at Waveland is now 5.6 feet.

Other storms are pushing across the Florida Panhandle toward South Alabama. These storms will be affecting places like Brewton, Atmore, Monroeville, Chatom, Jackson, and Evergreen over the next few hours. Storms back near Enterprise and Dothan will be moving up near Luverne and Greenville.

Here is the partial text of the 4 p.m. advisory from the NHC:

BULLETIN
Tropical Storm Cristobal Advisory Number 25
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL032020
400 PM CDT Sun Jun 07 2020

…TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS LASHING THE GULF COAST FROM
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA…
…HEAVY RAINFALL AND STORM SURGE TO CONTINUE FROM SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE…

SUMMARY OF 400 PM CDT…2100 UTC…INFORMATION
———————————————-
LOCATION…29.1N 89.9W
ABOUT 65 MI…100 KM S OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…50 MPH…85 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…N OR 355 DEGREES AT 7 MPH…11 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…993 MB…29.32 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS
——————–
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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