Tropical Storm Barry continued to show signs of strengthening Friday, with maximum winds up to 65 miles per hour according to the 10 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center, and could be a hurricane before landfall Saturday
Barry continued to move west-northwest at 5 miles per hour.
A storm surge warning is now in effect for Lake Pontchartain and east of Shell Beach to Biloxi, Mississippi.
The complete list of watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center:
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...
* Intracoastal City to Grand Isle
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* Mouth of the Pearl River to Grand Isle
* Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas including metropolitan New Orleans
* Intracoastal City to Cameron
A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for...
* Intracoastal City to Biloxi
* Lake Pontchartrain
A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for...
* Biloxi to the Mississippi/Alabama border
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...
* Mouth of the Mississippi River to Grand Isle
* Intracoastal City to Cameron
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...
* East of the Mouth of the Pearl River to the Mississippi/Alabama border