This archive report was first published on 30 August 2021.
Published on August 30, 2021, the National Hurricane Center warned that the remnants of Hurricane Ida would continue to pose a danger to many parts of the Southeast as the storm system moved inland.
Ida, which had been downgraded to a tropical storm early Monday morning, was expected to bring heavy rainfall and possibly severe flooding to Louisiana, southern Mississippi, and coastal communities in Alabama through the day.
The rainfall totals could reach as much as 24 inches in some parts of southeast Louisiana, with coastal Alabama and the western parts of Florida expected to see five to 10 inches of rain through Tuesday morning.
Central Mississippi could see up to a foot of rain, while tornadoes were possible on Monday in southeast Louisiana, Southern Mississippi, southwest Alabama, and the western Florida Panhandle.
On Monday morning, the system was about 65 miles south southwest of Jackson, Mississippi, moving toward the north at 8 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds of 45 m.p.h.
The storm was expected to turn northeast on Monday, tracking across the Middle Tennessee Valley, including Humphreys County, where 20 people were killed this month as flash floods tore through communities there.
The area could see up to six inches of rain on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Hurricane Center said.
The National Weather Service in Nashville issued a flood watch for most of Middle Tennessee starting on Monday night.
By Wednesday, the storm would move through the Upper Ohio Valley, dropping as much as six inches of rain.
The rainfall totals for all of these areas could result in flash flooding, the Hurricane Center said.
