Tropical Storm Cristobal slowed to only 5 mph on Sunday afternoon on its northerly trek to a landfall just west of Grand Isle, guaranteeing more time for its outer bands to rake the Louisiana coastline with heavy rain and tropical storm-force winds, and to push storm surge onto the shore.
At 1 p.m. Sunday, Cristobal was 30 miles south southeast of Grand Isle and 90 miles south of New Orleans, still spinning off sustained winds of 50 mph. The slowed speed likely delays landfall until late this afternoon or evening. Storm surge already had flooded streets throughout the island vacation community by Sunday morning, where both residents and visitors had been ordered to evacuate on Saturday.
Residents of the towns of Jean Lafitte, Lower Lafitte and Barataria were asked to voluntarily evacuate in advance of storm surge entering upper Barataria Bay. Evacuations also were ordered for residents in lower Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes.
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In the New Orleans area, numerous bands of thunderstorms resulted in the loss of power for several thousand customers, but no significant street flooding had occurred as of mid-day Sunday. The New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board warned that street flooding might outpace the city's 99 operating pumping stations as rainfall increases, and warned that one of its major backup electric turbines is out of service.
President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that he agreed to honor a request by the state to issue an emergency declaration for the storm, which would make the state eligible for FEMA and other federal aid. While the request was made Friday by Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, in a tweet Sunday, Trump said he signed the declaration at the request of U.S. Sens. John Kennedy and Bill Cassidy, both Republicans.
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Along the Mississippi and Alabama coastlines, there were reports of numerous waterspouts, and at least two tornado warnings, as mini-supercell thunderstorms in some bands approached the shoreline.
Data from NOAA Doppler radars and offshore oil platforms indicate that Cristobal's maximum sustained winds remained near 50 mph, with higher gusts, and little change in strength is forecast until after the storm makes landfall. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 205 miles, mainly to the east of the center, and at mid-day Sunday, an oil rig 80 miles south of Mobile, Ala. reported sustained winds of 58 mph and a gust of 64.
At 1 p.m., Lakefront Airport in New Orleans experienced gusts of 43 mph, while Houma saw gusts of as high as 32 mph earlier.
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A tropical storm warning remains in effect for all of southeastern Louisiana, extending west to Intracoastal City in Vermilion Parish.
A storm surge warning is in effect for coastal areas from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Ocean Springs, Miss., and a storm surge watch is in effect from east of Morgan City to the mouth of the Mississippi.
The National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center continued to warn that Cristobal's rain bands over southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi could deliver hourly rain totals greater than 1 1/2 inches, with rain totals of 2 to 4 inches likely, and greater amounts are possible, which is likely to produce flash flooding.
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And forecasters with the NWS Mobile office warned that southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama could see close to 12 inches of rain through Monday.
On Sunday morning, storm surge also covered U.S. 90 in Biloxi with up to 8 inches of water in both lanes, causing both lanes to be blocked to traffic.
In Louisiana, forecasters also warned that the heavy rains could swell bayous and streams out of their banks, and issued precautionary flood warnings along several of the waterways.
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