Tropical Disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico
By Kareng
@kareng (54724)
United States
June 17, 2021 12:33am CST
And more rain is on the way for the weekend!! Yep, a tropical depression is forming in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to be named this morning or sometimes during the day Thursday.
This storm will bring a lot of rain to the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Depending on the route the storm takes, other further inland may get some rain also. The National Weather Service has already said that low lying areas along the coastlines will more than likely flood.
Hurricane season started on June 1, 2021 and it didn't take long for the storms to pop up. We are already on letter 'C' meaning two other storms were already at strength to earn a name.
Photo Credit: NOAA, public domain
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
17 Jun 21
Have you been stirring the cauldron again? Didn't they ask you to stop doing that? 
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
18 Jun 21
@kareng I'm sorry. If I knew a way to help, you know I'd do it.
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@kareng (54724)
• United States
18 Jun 21
@DaddyEvil It is like they are doing all this over and over on purpose. I'm really about to lose it and go off on someone.
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@arunima25 (85328)
• Bangalore, India
17 Jun 21
Stay safe. Hope the storm passes soon without causing much damage.
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@arunima25 (85328)
• Bangalore, India
18 Jun 21
@kareng Hope all is well and it stays the same way. Flooding can be damaging in many ways.
@wolfgirl569 (95188)
• Marion, Ohio
17 Jun 21
Hope it dont get too strong before it hits land
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@kareng (54724)
• United States
18 Jun 21
@wolfgirl569 Hope it isn't too bad! I don't have to do much tomorrow. Just go back to town to make phone calls because service out here is sucking worse and worse. I have to go to the post office again anyway so no big deal.
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@wolfgirl569 (95188)
• Marion, Ohio
18 Jun 21
@kareng They are calling for damaging winds here tonight. I sat everything down that I could. Almost. I need to go get my clothes in.
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
17 Jun 21
Hopefully it won't be a bad hurricane season this year. If I remember right, last year we used up the whole alphabet on names of storms and had to go into the Greek alphabet.
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
19 Jun 21
@kareng it would be terrible if this year was as bad as last year. Hope it doesn't affect you
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@kareng (54724)
• United States
20 Jun 21
@Marilynda1225 We just got a bit of rain, not drastic amounts so we are good!!
@FourWalls (62145)
• United States
17 Jun 21
This one will be named after Roy Orbison’s first wife….Claudette!
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@LindaOHio (156213)
• United States
17 Jun 21
Stay safe. We are expecting severe storms tomorrow.
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@kareng (54724)
• United States
19 Jun 21
@LindaOHio I hope the storms waited until you got back home! Hate driving in bad weather!
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@LindaOHio (156213)
• United States
18 Jun 21
@kareng I have a dentist appointment; but the really bad stuff isn't supposed to arrive until later tonight...I hope.
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
17 Jun 21
i saw that - stay safe and dry if possible!
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
18 Jun 21
@kareng i saw that - pretty wide tropical disturbance, luckily it didn't find the energy to move up a class to a hurricane!
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@kareng (54724)
• United States
19 Jun 21
@DocAndersen Yes, that is surprising! It was slow moving yesterday, I hope it picks up a bit but then again once on land it slows down more.
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
17 Jun 21
Four tropical depressions have already visited our country like Auring, Bising, Crising and Dante.
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@kareng (54724)
• United States
19 Jun 21
@Nakitakona That's rough! Our hurricanes are more or less limited to June 1 through Nov. something.
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
18 Jun 21
@kareng There's no season. It comes for the whole year. Sometimes we 26 typhoons in a year.
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@averygirl72 (37726)
• Philippines
17 Jun 21
It's like here but for now no new storm
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
17 Jun 21
It's that time of the year--those of us who live here know what to expect!
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
17 Jun 21
Stay safe, we are experiencing hot weather but can expect pre-monsoon rain to arrive anytime
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