fox extreme weather center, tracking tropical storm barry, 85 miles off the coast of louisiana, morgan city, only moving west-northwest at 4 miles an hour a long time until this reaches landfall. likely early on saturday morning. continuing to intensify as we head through the overnight hours. once it hits landfall likely 70-mile-an-hour winds keeps this a strong tropical storm. but story isn t the winds as much as it s going to be the water. we re beginning to see the outer bands battering the coast of louisiana, stretching back to the florida panhandle. where the core of the system makes landfall that we re going to see the most damage. the most rainfall, i think rachl is going to be the big story with this. large area of flood watches and warnings from louisiana running up the mississippi. once this makes chand fall saturday, sunday, into monday