The National Hurricane Center this afternoon upgraded depression number 17 to Tropical Storm Olga. The storm is headed for the central Louisiana coast and is expected to merge with a cold front and become a post-tropical low with gale-force winds in a matter of hours.
BREAKING: Tropical Storm Olga has formed. No changes to the impacts.Flash flooding is a primary concern through today and early Saturday. Stay weather aware. #BeOn4 #Olga pic.twitter.com/43i3zajT4i
— Payton Malone WWL-TV (@paytonmalonewx)
October 25, 2019 Olga is moving north-northeast at 18 miles per hour and will probably make landfall around midnight to 1:00 a.m. Saturday morning. No tropical storm watches or warnings have been posted for the coast, but there will be gale-force winds and plenty of rain.
"Olga, its remnants, and rainfall ahead of the system along and north of the frontal boundary across the Central Gulf coast is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 2 to 4 inches with maximum totals of 8 inches across the Central Gulf coast into the Lower Mississippi Valley through Saturday morning," said National Hurricane Center forecaster Jack Beven.
"This is not mid-August," WWL-TV meteorologist Chris Franklin said. "We are not anticipating this to become a strong system by any means."
