NEWS RELEASE
Saturday July 13, 2019 – 5:00 a.m.
NEWS RELEASE
***...RAINBANDS OF BARRY BEGINNING TO MOVE ONSHORE......DANGEROUS STORM SURGE, HEAVY RAINS, AND WIND CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF COAST...***
At 4:00 a.m. the center of Tropical Storm Barry was located near latitude 29.1 degrees north,
longitude 91.8 degrees west, or about 90 km southwest of Morgan City, Louisiana.
Barry is moving toward the west-northwest near 7 km/h. A motion toward the northwest
should begin soon, followed by a turn toward the north tonight or Sunday. On the forecast
track, the center of Barry will make landfall along the south-central Louisiana coast later today.
After landfall, Barry is expected to move generally northward through the Mississippi
Valley through Sunday night.
Maximum sustained winds are near 100 km/h with higher gusts. Strengthening
is forecast before landfall, and Barry is expected to be a hurricane when the center
reaches the Louisiana coast later today. Steady weakening is expected after Barry moves inland.
Tropical Storm Barry is not a threat to Jamaica.
The Meteorological Service will continue to monitor this system.
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