A tropical storm warning has been posted along the Gulf Coast including the Mouth of the Mississippi including New Orleans.  The tropical storm warning is in effect from Apalachicola Florida to the Mouth Including New Orleans.  Here is the latest warning from the National Hurricane Center.

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SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN ADVISORY NUMBER   1

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL102007

1000 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007

...SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF

MEXICO...

AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM

APALACHICOLA FLORIDA WESTWARD TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI

RIVER...INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.  A TROPICAL

STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE

EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE

INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED

BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 1000 AM CDT...1500Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL

DEPRESSION TEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE

85.5 WEST OR ABOUT 45 MILES... 75 KM...SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA

FLORIDA AND ABOUT 185 MILES...300 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE

ALABAMA.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.  A TURN TO

THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THE

FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION WILL BE MOVING NEARLY

PARALLEL TO THE COASTLINE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA TODAY AND

TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER

GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24

HOURS...AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A SUBTROPICAL OR TROPICAL

STORM LATER TODAY.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT

WAS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM

AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES...CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE

DEPRESSION.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...THE

FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA THROUGH TONIGHT.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS

CAN BE EXPECTED IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW.

REPEATING THE 1000 AM CDT POSITION...29.2 N...85.5 W.  MOVEMENT

TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE

CENTER AT 100 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 400

PM CDT.

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FORECASTER FRANKLIN