ARCOLA, Miss.–By the time Tropical Storm Beryl reaches Mississippi it is expected to be weak. But, heavy rain is still a possibility in the Delta.
“At least locally the primary impact for us could be rain,” said National Weather Service forecaster Logan Poole. “We’re hoping for now that it won’t be too impactful in terms of negative hazards.”
The negative hazards that are possible with tropical systems include severe storms and spin-up tornadoes. But, Mississippi may be far enough east of the storm’s center that only weak out bands of precipitation reach us, with the possibility of dumping two to three inches of rain in a short period of time, making flooding possible.
Poole said you can expect to see the effects of the system, if it does make it this far east, arrive Tuesday. He said by Monday night current projections have it sitting between Dallas and Shreveport.
“The storm itself will be quite weak-maybe a tropical depression, maybe not even that by the time it reaches us.”
He said rain is something the Delta needs.
“We’ve been a little but dru across the area, unseasonably dry,” he said. “A lot of our summertime rain can come from these tropical cystems. We don’t want to view it as wholly a negative.”
