NORFOLK, Va. — Francine is now a Category 2 hurricane, the 4th hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
At 6 p.m. EDT, Hurricane Francine made landfall in southern Louisiana's Terrebonne Parish, about 30 miles south-southwest of Morgan City, as a Category 2 hurricane. Maximum sustained winds were estimated to be near 100 mph.
Damaging and life-threatening hurricane-force winds are expected in portions of southern Louisiana this evening and tonight, where a Hurricane Warning is in effect.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:
A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for...
* Vermilion/Cameron Parish Line Louisiana to the Mississippi/Alabama border
* Vermilion Bay
* Lake Maurepas
* Lake Pontchartrain
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...
* The Louisiana coast from Vermilion/Cameron Line eastward to Grand Isle
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...
* Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain, including metropolitan New Orleans
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* Louisiana coast from Cameron to the Vermilion/Cameron Line
* East of Grand Isle Louisiana to the Alabama/Florida border
* Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain, including metropolitan New Orleans
There is a danger of life-threatening storm surge through tonight for the Louisiana and Mississippi coastlines, where a Storm Surge Warning is in effect. 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.
Damaging and life-threatening hurricane-force winds are expected in portions of southern Louisiana Wednesday, where a Hurricane Warning is in effect.
Francine is expected to bring heavy rainfall and the risk of considerable flash and urban flooding, along with river flooding, across southeastern Louisiana, Mississippi, far southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle through Thursday night. Flash and urban flooding is probable across the Lower Tennessee Valley and Lower Mississippi Valley tonight into Friday morning.
