The remnants of Hurricane Isaac, once it has finished pounding Louisiana and Mississippi, may drift far enough to the west to bring some rain to parts of Texas.
For now, forecasters aren't predicting a soaking for North Texas but they have added a 20 percent chance of rain on Thursday for the DFW area and added greater chances of rain for East and Northeast Texas."It looks like the significant rains will stay off to our east," said National Weather Service meteorologist Ted Ryan. "The heavier rains are typically on the east side of the storm and it looks like we'll be on the dry side of the storm."But East Texas could see multi-inch rain totals. On Thursday and Thursday night, forecasters are predicting a 50-60 percent chance of rain in the Paris area and a 40 percent chance in the Tyler area.There's also the chance that the slow-moving storm could drift farther to the west than currently forecast."It's certainly a possibility," Ryan said.Since Isaac formed, there have been some computer models that have been trying to bring the storm farther west. There were still two models Tuesday afternoon bringing Isaac's remnants across Northeast Texas and two others having it track closer to Texarkana.While everyone waits for the storm to move inland and to see where it goes, local officials have not seen an influx of evacuees in North Texas from the storm.A shelter that opened in Desoto Monday night remained empty and shelters in East Texas also didn't fill up, said Anita Foster, a spokeswoman for the American Red Cross in North Texas."I think people made plans and they made them early, which is good," Foster said.For now, the DFW-area Red Cross is keeping supplies and personnel in North Texas. If resources are needed along the Gulf Coast or elsewhere, they will deploy after the storm."There's always a concern of what happens after landfall," Foster said. Supplies from North Texas had already started arriving in Baton Rouge, La., on Monday.Staff members and supplies from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 6 in Denton also arrived over the week and were placed in various locations around Louisiana, including an incident management assistance team t the Louisiana Emergency Operations Center in Baton Rouge.Bill Hanna, 817-390-7698Twitter: @fwhanna
Former Katrina evacuees in North Texas relieved they're not in New Orleans now
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