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Tropical Storm — Lowndes, AL

Oct 29, 2020

Tropical cyclone Zeta developed over the Western Caribbean Sea on Saturday, October 24, and slowly moved west. The tropical storm emerged into the Southern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, October 27th. Zeta turned northwest and became a hurricane on Wednesday, October 28th. Zeta made landfall in southeast Louisiana late on Wednesday, then moved northeast into southwest Alabama late Wednesday night. The hurricane weakened to tropical storm strength as it tracked into the southwest counties of Central

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 924531). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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