AP
The second named storm of the season, Bill, seen here in a NOAA satellite picture taken at 5 a.m. EDT, June 30, 2003, produced storm warnings from Texas to Mississippi, and a hurricane watch for the Louisiana coast.
AP
With Tropical Storm Bill approaching, Ashley Raymer of Mandeville gets a good soaking as she sits on the sea wall along Lakeshore Drive in Mandeville, La., June 29, 2003.
AP
A sailboat is tossed by waves after it was disabled by a storm on Lake Pontchartrain in Mandeville, La., June 29, 2003. The occupants were rescued from the vessel by a St. Tammany Sheriff's Office boat. Police tried to keep people away for fear the boat would hit the sea wall.
AP
David Dietz, 16, right, surfs a flooded street in New Orleans, June 30, 2003, with his friends Sal Panzeca, 15, left, and Read Founds, 16, as rains from Tropical Storm Bill drench south Louisiana.
AP
Jacob Puderer, of Port Sulpher, La., untangles line to secure his boat at a marina in Buras, La., June 30, 2003. Tropical Storm Bill drenched parts of the Gulf Coast with heavy rain as it headed for land, and residents of some low-lying areas were urged to evacuate.
AP
Jennifer Loupe, 23, left, her sister Jessica Loupe, 11, carrying family dog Midnight, and their grandfather, Ernest Loupe, leave their home in Reserve, La., after a tornado spawned by Tropical Storm Bill touched down damaging their trailer, June 30, 2003. In the background at the end of the street is the damaged gym of a local school.
AP
Dave Way, of Slidell, La., prepares to evacuate with his camper from Buccaneer State Park campground in Waveland, Miss., because of rising floodwaters from Tropical Storm Bill, June 30, 2003.
AP
Motorists maneuver a flooded Beach Boulevard in Waveland, Miss., June 30, 2003.
AP
Donna Reynolds, 38, walks with her dog Shortstop away from the Reserve, La., neighborhood where she lives, June 30, 2003, after her trailer home was damaged by a tornado. Tropical Storm Bill drenched the Gulf Coast, spinning off a tornado which injured four people, forcing evacuations and leaving at least 11,000 homes and businesses without power.
AP
Alan Luther, of Hero's Towing and Recovery, sits on the door of a pickup truck that is being pulled out of the water off the Mobile Municipal Park, June 30, 2003, in Mobile, Ala. The driver, who was not injured in the accident, lost control of the truck during heavy rain from Tropical Storm Bill.
AP
Louisiana State students play mud football on the school's Parade Ground, June 30, 2003, in Baton Rouge, La. Cyrus Lester, right, dives for the pass unsuccessfully, creating a mushroom cloud of water after hitting puddles. Defending on the play are Jason Thompson, left, and Chris Maggio, center.
AP
A couple walks home along a flooded street after visiting a nearby food store, June 30, 2003, in Metarie, La., as rains from Tropical Storm Bill hit the New Orleans area.
AP
Tom Judge, of San Jose, Calif., walks along a section of eroded beachfront on Dauphin Island, Ala., July 1, 2003. Bill was downgraded to a tropical depression as it kept moving to the northeast.