Isaac to Drench Florida on Way to Strike on Northern Gulf Coast
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Tropical Storm Isaac may drop as much as 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain on Florida as it moves into the Gulf of Mexico on a course that is expected to take the system through oil and gas fields and then onto land near the Louisiana-Mississippi line.
Isaac passed just south of Key West, Florida, with winds of 60 miles (97 kilometers) per hour as of 5 p.m. New York time, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory. An earlier forecast that called for Isaac to become a hurricane when it struck the Keys didn’t materialize.