Severe Weather With Damaging Winds Possible Across Parts of Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi

Heavy Showers & Thunderstorms Also Likely Across Parts of Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, and Illinois

09/11/24 9:29am ET

CONUS Satellite 09/11/24Photo byNWS

Good morning everyone. We're going to have a very busy day today across almost all of the Gulf Coast, as well as the Atlantic Coast of Florida.

However, things remain very quiet in all of the Northeast. High pressure continues to hold the Northeast hostage in a good way, with gorgeous weather and 80-85 degree temps in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey today through Sunday and no rain expected.

The Southeast and Gulf Coast are a different story as we await the arrival of Hurricane Francine. Winds are at 90mph at the time of this article and as stated ysterday, we were expecting landfall as a strong Category 1 or minimal Category 2 hurricane. Right now it is 6mph away from becoming a Category 2, and winds may be in excess of 100mph at or just before landfall later this afternoon/evening somewhere between the central/eastern Louisiana coast.

While the obvious risks of storm surge and damging winds are a major concern, the secondary concerns will earn the same amount of caution needed. Severe weather is a major component of a landfallng hurricane, and we will see a widespread severe weather outbreak across the Florida panhandle, Mississippi, Alabama, interior Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennesse, and possibly western Georgia.

Look for the National Weather Service to post large areas of tornado and severe thunderstorm watches as all of that energy treks inland; and the tail end sweeps across areas east of the circulation in similar fashion to a powerful cold front. We'll have the risk of damaging winds, frequent lightning, torrenital rain, flooding, hail, and widespread brief tornados.

Currently, we are watching that tropical energy get drawn into the Atlantic Coast of north Florida, and we should see some action up and down the central and northern Atlantic Coast of Florida all day long. Expect embedded severe weather, with damaging winds, torrential rain, and the risk of waterspouts near coastal sections.

National Weather Service - Hazardous Weather Outlook - Jupiter, FL