Tropical Storm Lee

The remnant low of what was once Tropical Depression Lee continues to spin northward over Mississippi, however its effects are being felt over a much larger area along the Gulf Coast. This remnant low will continue to shift east-northeast Monday, interacting with a frontal boundary to wring out heavy rain from Mississippi to the southern Appalachians. Tuesday and Wednesday, lingering heavy rain wi

Tropical Storm Lee has resumed a northward drift toward the Louisiana Coast. Bands of heavy rain continue to stream ashore from extreme eastern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle. Soaking rain is also wrapping around the circulation in central and western Louisiana. Isolated tornadoes will continue to be possible as well.

Tropical Storm Lee is nearing landfall along the Louisiana coast and the center of circulation should come ashore later today. Heavy rain and gusty winds are impacting the northern Gulf Coast from the western Florida Panhandle to Louisiana. Isolated tornadoes will continue to be possible as well.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A large storm system churning in the Gulf Of Mexico grew Friday into Tropical Storm Lee, beginning a Labor Day weekend-long assault that could bring up to 20 inches of rain in some spots from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.

Louisiana's governor Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency as a slow-moving area of storms lumbers toward the state from the Gulf of Mexico, bringing the possibility of flash floods and stormy seas. Gov. Bobby Jindal says the National Weather Service is not predicting a hurricane but says a tropical storm is likely and could dump 12 to 15 inches of rain onto coastal and inland areas over