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Tropical storm could sidewipe area

By Bill Moss, Published: June 20, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy could bring heavy rain and relatively high winds on Thursday and Friday, the National Weather Service, although the forecast calls for Henderson County to get only a glancing blow.

"The latest track has it going up through Louisiana and the Deep South and over toward Tennessee," said Scott Krentz, a meteorologist with the NWS.  "We’re be on eastern periphery of it. You could see increased rainfall Thursday night into Friday, maybe even later than that. Thursday into Friday you could have 1 to 2 inches, maybe each day. Right now it’s not looking like complete washout."

"Winds could be kind of gusty but they’re not going to super strong. We could see gusts of 25 to 30 mph," he said. The bigger concern is waterlogged trees that could fall as the area gets more rain and high winds.

“The soil is kind of saturated in a lot of areas," Krentz said.
The forecast calls for a 50 percent chance of rain Thursday increasing to 80 percent Thursday night, 70 percent chance Friday and 50 percent through Sunday.