Tropical Depression Dissipates as Heavy Rain Threatens Coast
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A tropical depression in the eastern Gulf of Mexico dissipated before reaching the coast, where as much as 8 inches of rain may fall by the weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The system, with maximum sustained winds of 30 miles (45 kilometers) per hour, was about 170 miles south of Mobile, Alabama, and moving northwest at 12 mph, a center advisory reported just before 5 p.m. Miami time. Its remnants were expected to wash ashore overnight somewhere from southeastern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.