Sara weakened after hitting Central America with overwhelming rains and flooding. The storm's remnants could soak the Southeast.

The NHC downgraded the storm to a Tropical Depression, and said it expects it to weaken as it moves toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

As of the 4 p.m. advisory, Sara was a weakening tropical depression straddling the area between Mexico and Guatemala, according to the National Hurricane Center. The system is expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico in the next day but will dissipate at that point.