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Tropical Storm — Upper St. Martin, LA

Oct 9, 2020

A tropical wave moved into the Caribbean in early October and became a tropical depression by the 5th. The system quickly gained strength and obtained category 4 status before shear weakened it back to a category 2. The hurricane weakened farther while over the Yucatan Peninsula, however after moving into the southern gulf and toward Louisiana it again obtained category 2 status. Delta made land fall on the 9th near where Hurricane Laura did just 6 weeks prior. Wind gusts around 100 mph, rainfal

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 925952). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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