The warning is in effect from San Luis Pass, Texas, to the Alabama-Florida border, and includes Houston and Galveston, Texas; New Orleans, Lafayette and Lake Charles, La.; Biloxi, Miss.; and Mobile; Ala. The northern Gulf Coast will see heavy rain from Cindy Tuesday through Thursday.
Baldwin County Sheriff's Capt. Stephen Arthur said witnesses reported the 10-year-old boy from Missouri was standing outside a condominium in Fort Morgan when the log, carried in by a large wave, struck him.
Cindy is expected to produce rainfall totals of 6 to 9 inches from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, with some spots getting as much as 15 inches of rain. At worst, the storm could flood neighborhoods outside the city's levee system and cause flash flooding even in protected areas.
An isolated tornado is also possible through Tuesday night from south-central Louisiana to the western Florida Panhandle. It was moving northwest at 10 miles per hour. On the forecast track, the center of Cindy will approach the coast of southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas late today or tonight, and move inland over southeastern Texas or southwestern Louisiana on Thursday.
The tropical storm is the third of the season and the first to make a US landfall. The hurricane season got an early start this year when Tropical Storm Arlene formed in April.
The storm also will likely bring strong winds over the eastern part of the warning area, with storm surges of 1 to 3 feet and some tornadoes.
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The center of the storm is projected to make landfall sometime Thursday morning. He was among authorities stressing that the storm's danger wasn't limited to the coast.
For state officials in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, their greatest concern is flooding.
Also Wednesday, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency, like his Alabama counterpart a day earlier.
"All arms of the state's emergency preparedness and response apparatus are taking Tropical Storm Cindy seriously, and we are calling on all Louisianans throughout the state to do so as well", Edwards said in a statement.
People Arkansas and into portions of the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys should prepare for soaking rains Friday, with accumulations of 3 to 5 inches expected, as well as locally higher amounts possible in isolated areas.
The city of Sulphur, Louisiana, announced that offices would be closed at noon CDT on Wednesday.
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