Tropical Storm Cindy has officially been named in the Gulf of Mexico as of the Tuesday afternoon advisory from the National Hurricane Center.
Parts of those coasts have been placed under a tropical storm warning.
The disturbance is expected to produce rain accumulations of 4 to 8 inches, with isolated maximum amounts of 10 inches over southeastern Louisiana, southern MS, southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle through Thursday morning.
The center say Cindy is expected to reach the Louisiana coast sometime late Wednesday and then move inland over western Louisiana and eastern Texas on Thursday. That's a new designation from the National Hurricane Center for systems that have not developed yet, but that will likely bring tropical storm impacts. It extended warnings for the storm westward to High Island, Texas, and for heavy rainfall across most portions of the Gulf Coast.
The system had been stationary for a few hours but was expected to resume moving toward the north-northwest late Monday. Tropical Storm Bret formed Monday east of the Windward Islands. Currently Houston's rain chances are 30 percent Wednesday, 80 percent Thursday and 60 percent Friday.
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A hurricane hunter plane sent to investigate the storm located 125 miles southeast of Trinidad at 5 p.m. founds sustained winds of 40 mph. The watch may be issued earlier when other conditions, such as the onset of tropical storm-force winds, are expected to limit the time available to take protective actions for surge (e.g., evacuations).
The agency is also monitoring another disturbance that is now being labeled as Potential Tropical Cyclone Three.
The biggest threat is days of flooding rains.
Areas of rain and non-severe thundershowers will begin to cover more areas along and south of the I-20 corridor throughout the morning.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Bret is moving along South America's northern coast.
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