TGMC Implements Emergency Preparedness Plan in Preparation for Tropical Storm Cristobal
June 5, 2020
Mandatory evacuation issued for outside Morganza Hurricane Protection Levee; shelter opens Saturday
June 5, 2020
A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for the northern Gulf of Mexico coast from east of Morgan City, Louisiana to the Okaloosa/Walton County Florida line.
A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within the next 36 hours.
From the NWS:
At 400 PM CDT (2100 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Cristobal was located near latitude 21.4 North, longitude 89.7 West. Cristobal is moving toward the north near 13 mph (20 km/h), and this general motion is expected to continue for the next couple of days. On the forecast track, the center of Cristobal will move over the central Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, and be near the northern Gulf of
Mexico coast on Sunday. Cristobal’s center is then forecast to move inland across Louisiana late Sunday and Monday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 km/h) with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours. Weakening will begin once Cristobal moves inland late Sunday and Monday.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 240 miles (390 km) from the center. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1000 mb (29.53 inches).
