Sara had weakened to a tropical depression by noon Sunday after hitting Belize as a tropical storm and dousing much of Central America with a “tremendous amount of rain,” according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Sara is expected to continue degenerating before it reaches the Gulf of Mexico within the next day, forecasters said Sunday morning. Though the storm is not expected to bring significant impacts to Louisiana, NHC forecasters said a “moisture plume” associated with the remnants of Sara could help generate heavy rainfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle on Tuesday.
There’s a marginal risk of flash flooding in the New Orleans metro area, the northshore and along the Mississippi coast from 7 a.m. Tuesday through the same time Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service of New Orleans. A few inches of rain are expected Tuesday across much of southeast Louisiana, and intense rainfall rates are possible, forecasters said.
From the National Weather Service of New Orleans
Sara was located about 55 miles west of Belize City at noon Sunday. It was producing sustained winds of 35 mph and moving west-northwest at about 8 mph, NHC forecasters said.
From the National Hurricane Center
The storm is expected to continue producing heavy rainfall and life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides across Belize, El Salvador, eastern Guatemala, western Nicaragua and Quintana Roo, Mexico, over the next day or so.
Forecasters said Sara has produced enormous rainfall totals in Honduras in particular, brining more than 40 inches of rain in some locations.
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