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Tropical Storm Cindy has gotten stronger in the past few hours, while churning in the Gulf of Mexico.


But her impacts locally are expected to remain the same – even with the strengthening. 

The National Hurricane Center issued its 10 p.m. advisory which bumped Cindy’s maximum sustained winds from 45 mph to 60 mph. The storm’s pressure also dropped slightly – a common factor which occurs when storms become a little better organized.

The storm is located at 26.4 degrees north and 91.0 degrees west – almost directly south of Morgan City by 150 or so miles. 


Cindy is no longer stationary like she’d been for most of the day. The tropical storm is now moving to the northwest at 7 mph – a trend which is expected to continue until landfall. 

The NHC also issued a new track in its 10 p.m. advisory, but it remains mostly unchanged. They predict the storm will make landfall at 7 a.m. on Thursday morning – almost exactly on the Louisiana/Texas border line. 

Even with the increase in wind speeds, forecasters say Cindy’s greatest impacts will be heavy rains, which have soaked the area throughout the afternoon and will continue to do so overnight and into tomorrow.


The Times has gotten rain gauge estimates which show more than 6 inches of rain has fallen in Cocodrie and amounts nearing 4 inches in Golden Meadow and Houma.

Earlier this evening, officials announced that La. 1 between Grand Isle and Fourchon is now closed because of water on the roads, which have made it unable to be navigable. 

Officials with both Lafourche and Terrebonne parish governments are asking people to avoid being on the roads tonight – unless of emergency. 


“You may think it’s 3 inches of water, but it may be 2 feet,” Terrebonne Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said this morning on HTV-10. “Stay home. Relax. Watch a movie. Let us take care of the roads and keeping people safe.”

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