Francine wreaking havoc on Louisiana with drenching rains, damaging winds and punishing storm surge

Hurricane Francine made landfall just before 5pm CDT (5:51 EDT) in southern Louisiana in the Parish of Terrebonne, about 30 miles south-southwest of Morgan City, as a category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds near 100 mph.

Francine was downgraded to a Tropical Storm late Wednesday evening—but was still producing hurricane-force gusts and heavy rains in metropolitan New Orleans…

FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER

STORM SURGE: The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline.  The water could reach the following heights above ground somewhere in the indicated areas if the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide…

Burns Point, LA to Port Fourchon, LA… 5-8 ft
Port Fourchon, LA to Mouth of the Mississippi River, LA… 4-6 ft
Mouth of the Pearl River, LA to Ocean Springs, MS… 4-6 ft
Lake Pontchartrain… 4-6 ft
Ocean Springs, MS to MS/AL Border… 3-5 ft
Intracoastal City, LA to Burns Point, LA… 3-5 ft
Lake Maurepas… 3-5 ft

Francine wreaking havoc on Louisiana with drenching rains, damaging winds and punishing storm surge.

Rainfall totals through 9PM Wednesday

Highest winds gusts through 9PM Wednesday

RAINFALL: Francine is expected to bring storm total rainfall of 4 to
8 inches, with local amounts to 12 inches across southeastern
Louisiana, Mississippi, far southern Alabama, and the Florida
Panhandle through Thursday night. This rainfall could lead to
considerable flash, urban and river flooding.

SEVERE OUTLOOK
On Thursday, the tornado risk
will move into additional parts of Alabama, southwest Georgia and
the Florida Panhandle due to the remnants of Francine.

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