Nadine dissipates over southern Mexico but torrential rain, flash flood threats continue
Additional rainfall amounts of 4-8 inches, with isolated areas up to a foot, are expected across the Mexican states of Chiapas and Tabasco into Veracruz and Oaxaca through Tuesday morning.
Nadine dissipates over southern Mexico
What was once Tropical Storm Nadine has dissipated over southern Mexico, but strong winds and torrential rain continue to impact the region.
What was once Tropical Storm Nadine has dissipated over southern Mexico, but strong winds and torrential rain continue to impact the region as the system pushes farther inland on a track that will bring it into the Eastern Pacific Ocean later Sunday.
Nadine, which was first designated Potential Tropical Cyclone Fifteen by the National Hurricane Center, made landfall Saturday near Belize City, Belize, at noon ET as a tropical storm with peak sustained winds of 60 mph.
Watch: Nadine blasts Costa Maya, Mexico, with torrential rain, strong winds
A video shared from Costa Maya, Mexico, shows strong winds and torrential rain from then-Tropical Storm Nadine as the system moved into the area over the weekend.
The storm's effects were felt across the region, however. A video shared from Costa Maya, Mexico, over the weekend shows torrential rain and high winds blasting the area as the system moved through.
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What is the forecast for Nadine?
The National Hurricane Center has issued its final advisory on Nadine after the system dissipated. But Nadine's remnants will continue to push off to the west-southwest and are expected to move into the Pacific Ocean later Sunday.
A wind gust reached 51 mph in Cancun, Mexico, as Nadine approached Saturday morning. But while winds won't be a major factor, Nadine has the potential for destructive flooding.
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Additional rainfall amounts of 4-8 inches, with isolated areas up to a foot, are expected across the Mexican states of Chiapas and Tabasco into Veracruz and Oaxaca through Tuesday morning. A few more inches, with locally higher amounts up to 4 inches, are expected from parts of southeastern Mexico into Guatemala and Belize.
Watch: Boat capsized in Belize after Tropical Storm Nadine
A video shared from Belize shows a capsized boat after Tropical Storm Nadine.
The system was never a threat to the U.S. In fact, FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross said the hostile atmospheric conditions over Florida and the northern Gulf of Mexico should keep any potential tropical systems from threatening the U.S. for the foreseeable future.