Fay has weakened to a tropical depression but still poses a flooding threat to the southeast. Sunday a line of storms promted a tornado warning for St. Martin and Iberia parishes but we had no reports of damage. Usually the tornado threat is on the eastern side of the storm where the onshore flow causes friction with the land. One of those strong bands rotated all the way around to the western side and we got the heavy rain and wind. The threat of more of those storms continue through Monday evening before the storm lifts to the northeast.
Currently the storm has stalled over Meridian and it’s hard to tell when it will begin to make it’s move. It could be 12 to 24 hours depending on when it gets caught up in a cold front moving across the mid-west. Some rainfall accumulation estimates are up to 3 inches especially on the eastern side of the state closer to the storm.
After Fay lifts north drier air will settle in for a few days and rain chances will be slight. The forecast looks good after Tuesday but temperatures start to warm up into the mid 90s.