Page 3 - Potential Rain News Today

We are not talking landfall until later this evening. it is going to be during a lot of potential rain. the future forecast taking to 4:00 pm with heavier rain working its way and i think not until 8:00 will we see the heaviest rain with this system but it drops a lot of rain, winds 60 to 70 miles and as far as rainfall numbers go we are getting over a foot in some cases. this is early but you see that is getting up to 12 inches causing flooding in areas that dont handle that much water because ...

Of the state. thats why we have watches going from memphis southward, little rock, alexandria, and biloxi. we have no red. this map will be filled right here in the southern portion of the state because thats where we think the flash flooding will occur. the big question is, how much rainfall are we going to get? you notice not much in lafayette. look where the bulls eye is from morgan city, and the computer is saying baton rouge has a chance of getting 18 inches of rain. thats why were so conce...

It -- its onshore now so it wont be growing anymore, and now its a matter of its starting to weaken with the winds, not with the rain, though. lets get to the numbers quickly. still moving very slowly. the most dangerous storms are the ones from the rainfall that move slow. thats barry. wind at 75 miles an hour. well have a lot of problems with power outages, but not structures being damaged. its 40 miles south of lafayette, louisiana. our computers were telling us this all along. right after th...

These once a year when a storm goes through. by the time we get to 24 hours from now, the water will start to go bye bye and people can go back in their homes. its the rainfall that will be the issue. thats going to pile up in the rivers and that will continue to the middle of the week. there is some debate going on even in the weather community. the actual hurricanes usually give us this big alert the storm has made landfall. at the 11:00 advisory, theyre saying its still moving onshore. its ju...

Flooding. in fact, over 18 inches of rain in the next 48 hours. coast guard officials, theyre also saying water rescues are ongoing. theyve rescued at least 11 people and pets in taribone parish. covering for louisiana, nbcs mary ann a tentencio in plaquem parish. the latest from there tells us what about this storm? lots of flooding, it looks like, behind you. >> reporter: thats right, alex, hurricane barry has already hit plaquemines parish in southern new orleans. i was standing in front of t...

As you could. when you did come back here, it was by boat. >> yes. >> and how high was the water right here? >> the water was right to the pinstripe on the truck here. we had 38 inches of water in the house itself. >> yinside? >> yes, inside. it was a lake back here. you had to wade through it and the street was over six foot deep. you had to swim through it if you wanted to go that way. >> how long were you out of your house for that? >> we were out of the house for almost a year, almost a full...

Up in the next 48 hours, and thats what were going to be watching. wind gusts, were not talking about huge wind gusts, but power outages. weve seen trees on cars, weve seen trees on trailers, and that will happen again over the next several days with wet grounds, with the trees coming down, so we could have destruction there as well. lets go to the wind gusts as we go throughout time here. were looking at 58 new orleans, 58 baton rouge, 20 as you head to the north. well talk more about that but ...

As far as new orleans goes, youll probably see the strongest gusts in the next two or three hours and then the winds will die down. again, scattered power outages in areas with trees and that will be the main issue. alex, as we go throughout the rest of the storm, it will be monitoring who gets the heavy rain, how much rain they get, and then well talk about those river forecasts. right now central flooding is predicted in central louisiana, in the same spot where three years ago they had, quote...

Some new warnings from the national weather service about hurricane barry. new warnings about how its carrying it off the chart. officials are warning about consequential flash flooding while parts of mississippi, alabama and louisiana are already under water. we are keeping meteorologist michelle grossman very busy on this saturday. whats the latest? that kind of rain coming down is remarkable. >> its a lot of rain at one time and its going to be days and days of this. this is a very slow mover...

That 18 and a half inches of rain expected here, and particularly in certain neighborhoods like this one where im standing, were less than a football field away from a bayou. that can be a massive problem when you have significant rainfall. the memory here is very fresh. just back in 2016, they had an incredible flood that did millions of dollars of damage here. tim johnson was here when that flood took place back in 2016. here we are about three years later, tim. you see this rain already comin...