Tropical Storm Arthur Targets Louisiana With 40 mph Winds as Flood Watch Runs Through Friday
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Updated · WDSU New Orleans · Jun 17
Tropical Storm Arthur Targets Louisiana With 40 mph Winds as Flood Watch Runs Through Friday
3 articles · Updated · WDSU New Orleans · Jun 17
Summary
The National Hurricane Center named Arthur at 10 a.m. Wednesday, making it the first named storm of the 2026 Atlantic season as it moves northeast toward Louisiana at 7-10 mph.
Louisiana faces its biggest threat from flooding rather than wind, with the Northshore forecast to get 2-5 inches of rain and some areas across the state potentially reaching 10 inches in coming days.
A tropical storm warning covers the Louisiana coast from Sabine Pass to Morgan City, while a flood watch remains in effect through 7 a.m. Friday for the Northshore, River parishes, parts of the Bayou parishes and metro New Orleans.
Impact timing shifts east and inland through the day: coastal southern parishes face the earliest threat through 6 a.m., the New Orleans and River corridor from 5 p.m. to noon, and the Northshore and Florida Parishes from 8 p.m. to 3 p.m.