Tropical Storm Karen Projected Path (Update: Friday)

Update: Friday afternoon. Tropical Storm Karen is moving towards the Gulf Coast. It is expected to bring heavy rain to much of the Southeast.

With the last couple of updates from the National Hurricane Center, Karen has weakened a bit. That said, hurricane watches continue in effect from Grand Isle, La., to Destin, Fla. These watches do not include metropolitan New Orleans.

Tropical storm warnings are posted from Grand Isle, La. to the mouth of the Pearl River (La./Miss. border).

Karen will continue to move north, then take a northeast turn this weekend, with the center of circulation possibly brushing or making landfall first in southeast Louisiana, then making a second landfall to the east along the Gulf Coast of Alabama or the Florida Panhandle.

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SOURCE The Weather Channel