News Item on Tropical Storm Cindy issued by The Bahamas Department of Meteorology Forecast Office Section, at 6PM, Tuesday, June 20, 2017.

...CINDY MEANDERING OVER THE CENTRAL GULF...

...HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST...

AT 5PM, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.7°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 90.6° WEST OR ABOUT 280 MILES SOUTH OF THE MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA.

CINDY HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS, BUT A NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO RESUME TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHNORTHWEST AND THEN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF CINDY WILL APPROACH THE COAST OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AND MOVE INLAND OVER SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS ON THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
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Prepared by Forecaster: Shezelle Mather