Isaac "offspring" storm soaks Mobile and heads back into the Gulf if Mexico

MOBILE, Alabama -- Just when you thought you?d heard the last of Hurricane Isaac, along came its son ? or daughter possibly.

A broken-off remnant of the Catergory 1 hurricane that hit Louisiana and the upper Gulf Coast Aug. 28-29 roared through Mobile after midnight Tuesday, dumping heavy rain on downtown. Brilliant lightning and house-rattling thunder punctuated the passing of the storm, which was offshore by dawn Wednesday.

Now the disturbance sits out back in the Gulf of Mexico, and the National Hurricane Center has given the remnant a 50 percent chance of developing into a tropical storm again.

If so, the storm would get a new name. The next name on the 2012 Atlantic storm list is Nadine, but if Nadine comes to life somewhere else, the gulf storm could become Oscar.

Either way, Cody Lindsey of the National Weather Service in Mobile said it?s too early to determine if the storm would return to the upper Gulf Coast to deliver a third punch.

Lindsey said the overnight storm soaked downtown Mobile with 3.09 inches of rain, although the NWS office at Mobile Regional Airport only recorded .37 inch.

Upstate totals were even more impressive as the storm marched through. The NWS said that a gauge outside Andalusia recorded 5 inches of rain, while one near Georgiana recorded 5.25 inches.

Heavy rainfall was also reported in Camden, Greenville, Selma and Prattville, the NWS said.

Lindsey said that a U.S. Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter plane would investigate the offspring of Isaac Thursday. He said that, at this time, there is no solid evidence that the storm is currently heading anywhere in particular.

?It should stay out in the gulf for at least the next couple days,? Lindsey said. The maximum winds around the disturbance currently were about 18-20 mph.

Isaac originally came ashore in southern Louisiana with 80 mph winds and heavy rain, causing widespread damage and flooding there and in Mississippi. Some damage was also reported along the Alabama coast.

The inland remnants of the storm, however, brought some relief to rain-starved crops in the Midwestern heartland.

Elsewhere in the Atlantic, Hurricane Leslie moved northward Wednesday toward a possible strike at Bermuda, while Tropical Storm Michael wandered north in open waters, posing threats only to shipping.
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Source: http://blog.al.com/live/2012/09/isaac_offspring_storm_soaks_mo.html

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