If preliminary rainfall totals are accurate, Imelda would be the 7th wettest tropical cyclone in United States history.
Imelda weakened into an open wave on Thursday afternoon, but its impact is still being felt in both Texas and Louisiana, which also experienced Harvey. Texas bore the brunt of the storm, but on Friday morning, motorists in Louisiana found multiple roads were closed. 511LA, which provides traffic information for Louisiana, identified the flood-induced road closures as:LA-12 Westbound from Old River Rd to Scales Road. All Lanes Closed.
Cars pull to the side of the freeway of highway 69 North to get by the flood waters on Thursday in Houston, Texas. On Friday, i10 was closed in parts of Louisiana and Texas due to flooding from Tropical Storm Imelda.On Friday morning, a Flash Flood Watch was still in effect for parts of southeast Texas identified by theas: Hardin, Jefferson, Northern Jasper, Northern Newton, Orange, Southern Jasper, Southern Newton, and Tyler. An additional one to two inches of rain was expected.
Areas of Louisiana were previously under a Flash Flood Watch as well, although, on Friday morning, the NWS canceled it because life-threatening flash flooding was no longer expected. While Imelda dissipated, farther to the east, in the Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Jerry approached the Leeward Islands. The National Hurricane Center forecasted that heavy rains would impact the islands and a Tropical Storm Watch was in place for St. Maarten, St. Barthelemy and Saba and St. Eustatius.
Although Jerry wasn't expected to make landfall on any of the islands, the NHC explained that rainfall from the storm could create flash floods.
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