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Tracking Francine

Francine, the 6th named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, is bearing down on coastal Louisiana
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Wednesday 9/11 5 p.m.

  • Hurricane Francine makes landfall in southern Louisiana as a category 2 hurricane
  • Damaging and life threatening hurricane force winds are expected later today
  • Francine is expected to to bring heavy rainfall and possible flash flooding across southeaster Louisiana, Mississippi, parts of southern Alabama and the Florida panhandle through Thursday

Location: 29.3°N 91.3°W
Maximum Sustained Winds: 100 mph
Present Movement: NE at 17 mph
Minimum Central Pressure: 972 mb
Next update: Wednesday (9/11) at 7 p.m.


Meteorologist Stefanie Lauber chats with Meteorologist Daniel Phillips at our sister station KATC in Lafayette, Louisiana ahead of Francine.

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______________________________________________________________________Wednesday 9/11 4 p.m.

  • Hurricane Francine becomes a category 2
  • Francine's eye is approaching southern Louisiana
  • Damaging and life threatening hurricane force winds are expected later today
  • Francine is expected to to bring heavy rainfall and possible flash flooding across southeaster Louisiana, Mississippi, parts of southern Alabama and the Florida panhandle through Thursday

Location: 29.2°N 91.5°W

Maximum Sustained Winds: 100 mph

Present Movement: NE at 17 mph

Minimum Central Pressure: 972 mb

Tuesday 9/10 7 p.m.

  • Francine is named a category 1 hurricane
  • Tropical Storm Watch canceled for the Coastal Bend, bays, and immediate coast
  • Tropical Storm Warning canceled for near shore waters
  • Francine will stay offshore of the Mexican and Texas coast, bringing isolated showers Tuesday
  • Francine will likely become a hurricane by Tuesday afternoon or evening
  • Landfall is still expected along the Louisiana coast for Wednesday evening as a Category 1 Hurricane

Location: 25.8°N 94.8°W

Maximum Sustained Winds: 75 mph

Present Movement: NE at 10 mph

Minimum Central Pressure: 982 mb

Next update: Tuesday (9/10) at 10 p.m.

Tuesday 9/10 4 p.m.

  • Tropical Storm Francine is taking a northeast shift, slight decrease in pressure
  • Tropical Storm Watch canceled for the Coastal Bend, bays, and immediate coast
  • Tropical Storm Warning canceled for near shore waters
  • Francine will stay offshore of the Mexican and Texas coast, bringing isolated showers Tuesday
  • Francine will likely become a hurricane by Tuesday afternoon or evening
  • Landfall is still expected along the Louisiana coast for Wednesday evening as a Category 1 Hurricane

Location: 25.7°N 95.0°W

Maximum Sustained Winds: 65 mph

Present Movement: NE at 10 mph

Minimum Central Pressure: 987 mb

Next update: Tuesday (9/10) at 7 p.m.

Tuesday 9/10 4 p.m.

  • Tropical Storm Francine is taking a northeast shift, slight decrease in pressure
  • Tropical Storm Watch canceled for the Coastal Bend, bays, and immediate coast
  • Tropical Storm Warning canceled for near shore waters
  • Francine will stay offshore of the Mexican and Texas coast, bringing isolated showers Tuesday
  • Francine will likely become a hurricane by Tuesday afternoon or evening
  • Landfall is still expected along the Louisiana coast for Wednesday evening as a Category 1 Hurricane

Location: 25.7°N 95.0°W

Maximum Sustained Winds: 65 mph

Present Movement: NE at 10 mph

Minimum Central Pressure: 987 mb

Next update: Tuesday (9/10) at 7 p.m.

Tuesday 9/10 1 p.m.

  • Tropical Storm Francine is taking a northeast shift, slight decrease in pressure
  • Tropical Storm Watch canceled for the Coastal Bend, bays, and immediate coast
  • Tropical Storm Warning canceled for near shore waters
  • Francine will stay offshore of the Mexican and Texas coast, bringing isolated showers Tuesday
  • Francine will likely become a hurricane by Tuesday afternoon or evening
  • Landfall is still expected along the Louisiana coast for Wednesday evening as a Category 1 Hurricane

Location: 25.3°N 95.2°W

Maximum Sustained Winds: 65 mph

Present Movement: NE at 9 mph

Minimum Central Pressure: 988 mb

Next update: Tuesday (9/10) at 4 p.m.

RELATED STORIES:

Louisiana under state of emergency as Francine is expected to become a hurricane

Lafayette Mayor-President Monique Boulet: 'We are preparing for the worst' ahead of Francine

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Tuesday 9/10 10 a.m.

  • Tropical Storm Francine is taking a north-northeast shift, slight decrease in pressure
  • Francine will stay offshore of the Mexican and Texas coast, bringing some periodic showers throughout Tuesday
  • Francine will likely become a hurricane by Tuesday evening to night
  • Landfall is still expected along the Louisiana coast for Wednesday evening as a potential Category 2 Hurricane

Location: 24.9°N 95.6°W

Maximum Sustained Winds: 65 mph

Present Movement: NNE at 8 mph

Minimum Central Pressure: 988 mb

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Tuesday 9/10 7 a.m.

  • Tropical Storm Francine is taking a shift more north, slight decrease in pressure
  • Francine will stay offshore of the Mexican and Texas coast, bringing some periodic showers
  • Francine will likely become a hurricane today
  • Landfall is still expected along the Louisiana coast for Wednesday evening as a potential Category 2 Hurricane

Location: 24.5°N 95.9°W

Maximum Sustained Winds: 65 mph

Present Movement: N at 5 mph

Minimum Central Pressure: 990 mb

Next update: Tuesday (9/10) at 10 a.m.

Francine- Chat with KATC Meteorologist Daniel Phillips

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Tuesday 9/10 4 a.m.

  • Little change in movement since last update
  • Francine is anticipated to stay offshore of the Mexican and Texas coast
  • Francine will likely become a hurricane Tuesday
  • Landfall is still expected along the Louisiana coast for Wednesday evening

Location: 24.4°N 96.2°W

Maximum Sustained Winds: 65 mph

Present Movement: NNW at 5 mph

Minimum Central Pressure: 992 mb

Next update: Tuesday (9/10) at 7 a.m.

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Monday 9/9 10 p.m.

  • Little change in intensity since earlier this evening
  • No appreciable change in forecast path
  • Landfall still expected late Wednesday in southern Louisiana
  • Major impact for Coastal Bend will be high surface, dangerous rip currents and 1 - 3 feet of coastal inundation

Location: 24.3°N 96.2°W

Maximum Sustained Winds: 65 mph

Present Movement: NNW at 5 mph

Minimum Central Pressure: 992 mb

Next update: Tuesday (9/10) at 4 a.m.
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Monday 9/9 7 p.m.

  • Francine better organized and developing an eye
  • Recon flight indicates pressure falling steadily
  • Track forecast, despite slight jog of eye to the west, is essentially unchanged
  • Landfall expected late Wednesday in southern Louisiana

Summary of Information as of 7 p.m.

    Location: 24.1°N 96.0°W

    Maximum Sustained Winds: 65 mph

    Present Movement: NNW at 7 mph

    Minimum Central Pressure: 993 mb

    Summary of Information as of 4 p.m.

    • Francine is a tropical storm and is forecast to strengthen to a category 2 hurricane before making landfall in the Louisiana Coast Wednesday
    • Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for counties along the coast in Coastal Bend and all along the Texas coastline.
    • The Upper Texas Coast is under a Tropical Storm Warning and a majority of the Louisiana coast is under a Hurricane Warning.
    • The system is becoming stronger and better organized
    • There is an increasing possibility for life-threatening storm surge for parts of the Upper Texas Coast and Louisiana.

      Monday 9/9 1 p.m.

      • Francine is a tropical storm and is forecast to strengthen to a hurricane when it reaches the northwestern Gulf coast by Wednesday
      • The system is becoming stronger and better organized
      • There is an increasing possibility for life-threatening storm surge for parts of the Upper Texas Coast and Louisiana.
      • The Upper Texas Coast is under a Tropical Storm Watch and a majority of the Louisiana coast is under a Hurricane watch.
      • Currently, no watches or warnings are in place for the Coastal Bend

      Location: 23.7°N 95.8°W

      Maximum Sustained Winds: 60 mph

      Present Movement: NNW at 5 mph

      Minimum Central Pressure: 996 mb

    Monday 9/9 10 a.m.

    • Francine is now a tropical storm and is forecast to strengthen to a hurricane when it reaches the northwestern Gulf coast by Wednesday
    • There is an increasing possibility for life-threatening storm surge for parts of the Upper Texas Coast and Louisiana.
    • The Upper Texas Coast is under a Tropical Storm Watch and a majority of Louisiana is under a Hurricane watch.
    • Currently, no watches or warnings are in place for the Coastal Bend

      Summary of Information as of 10 a.m.

      Location: 23.0°N 94.9°W

      Maximum Sustained Winds: 50 mph

      Present Movement: NNW at 5 mph

      Minimum Central Pressure: 1002 mb

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