Fog Blog T.S. Barry Impact Log:

TROPICAL STORM BARRY MADE LANDFALL STRENGTHENING TO A HURRICANE BRIEFLY BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL NEAR NEW ORLEANS....LASHING LOUISIANA , PARTS OF TEXAS, BILOXI MS AND ALABAMA. THE BIG THREAT NOW IS FLOODING AS 20 IN OR 500 MM OF RAIN READY TO INUNDATE THE REGION AND TEST THE LEVEES!......Barry made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane early Saturday afternoon along Louisiana's central coast, then immediately weakened back into a tropical storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.The center of the storm -- the first hurricane to hit the United States this year -- was about 20 miles west-southwest of Lafayette at 5 p.m. ET and crawling north-northwest at 7 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph.FOLLOW LIVE UPDATESThe storm is expected to weaken even further, the National Hurricane Center said, and was expected to become a tropical depression on Sunday.But it was the rainfall that always posed the greatest threat, regardless of whether the storm was a hurricane or a tropical storm. Barry's slow trek inland means residents from the Gulf Coast through the lower Mississippi Valley will see extended downfalls that could prompt heavy flooding, forecasters have said.