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Second Depression of the Season Forms...No Threat to U.S.
Posted 4:08 PM 6/17/2013 by Rob Perillo
An area of disturbed weather east of Belize was upgraded to the second tropical depression of the Atlantic Season Monday. TD#2 was located near the Belize coastline and will make landfall overnight.
The system will continue to move west-northwestward across Central America and Mexico (More)
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Tracking the Tropics
T.D. #2 Forms in the Caribbean
Posted 10:20 AM 6/17/2013 by Dave Baker
Tropical Depression #2 has formed over the extreme western part of the Caribbean Sea along the coast of Belize. As of 10am the depression was located at 16.2N 87.6W or about 60 miles east of the coast of Belize. Winds are 35mph and it is moving WNW at 13 mph.
#2 should continue on a track toward the coast and should be inland later tonight. The depression may cross over the Yucatan before emerging in the Bay of Campeche later this week.
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Weather
Levees, removable walls proposed to protect NYC
Posted 4:38 PM 6/11/2013 by Rob Perillo
NEW YORK (AP) -- Removable floodwalls would be erected in lower Manhattan, and levees, gates and other defenses would be built elsewhere around the city under a nearly $20 billion plan proposed Tuesday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to protect New York from storms and the effects of global (More)
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Storms Roll Through Acadiana as Tropical Storm Andrea Makes Landfall
Posted 5:46 PM 6/6/2013 by Daniel Phillips
It has been a busy day in the Weather Lab Thursday as a few severe storms moved their way through Acadiana. Storms that formed just north of I-10 Thursday afternoon quickly moved south and produced some strong winds and small hail through out south Louisiana.
Another round of storms are (More)
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Tracking the Tropics
Andrea expected to make landfall soon
Posted 1:27 PM 6/6/2013
A tornado threat continues for much of the Florida peninsula as Tropical Storm Andrea prepares to move ashore.
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Tropical Storm Andrea
Posted 10:04 AM 6/6/2013 by Dave Baker
Tropical Storm Andrea is still pushing toward the Florida coastline with winds of 60mph this morning. The forecast track moves Andrea toward a relatively unpopulated area of northern Florida between Apalachicola and Tampa. Severe weather is expected over central and southern Florida (More)
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Tracking the Tropics
Andrea Still On Track To Florida
Posted 6:53 AM 6/6/2013 by Dave Baker
Tropical Storm Andrea is still churning toward the Florida Gulf Coast. Winds are still sustained at 60mph with higher gusts. The track is still moving NNE at 14mph and should approach the Florida coast later tonight. No impact on our Acadiana weather.
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Tracking the Tropics
Andrea Strengthens
Posted 5:30 AM 6/6/2013 by Dave Baker
Tropical Storm Andrea has strengthened this morning now packing winds of 60mph. Heavy rains and higher than normal tides are expected all along the western coast of Florida. Western areas of Florida, including most of the panhandle from Destin to Pensacola should see lower than normal (More)
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Tracking the Tropics
National Hurricane Center Issues Potential Track for Andrea
Posted 5:04 PM 6/5/2013
Issued on 6/5/2013 at 5:00 pm Central
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Tropical Storm Andrea Officially forms in Gulf of Mexico.
Posted 4:45 PM 6/5/2013 by Daniel Phillips
A hurricane reconaisance flight has recently returned and has found a center of circulation in what is now Tropical Storm Andrea. Landfall is expected Thursday evening around the Big Bend of Florida.
The official National Hurricane Center will be released Wednesday evening. This system is (More)
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First Tropical System of the Season Possible in the Gulf
Posted 4:09 PM 6/5/2013 by Daniel Phillips
Over the passed few days a cluster of thunderstorms have caught meteorologists attention. They have slowly organized and have drifted northward, and although the center of the storm is hard to find it looks like it might become the first tropical storm of the season.
Conditions in the Gulf (More)
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Covering Louisiana
Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday
Posted 10:59 AM 5/1/2013 by MELISSA CANONE (PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)
Louisiana residents can save money on flashlights, batteries, generators and other emergency supplies during the 2013 Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday on Saturday, May 25, and Sunday, May 26.
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