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TROPICAL STORM FRANCINE LOCAL STATEMENT ADVISORY NUMBER 9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL AL062024
423 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 2024
THIS PRODUCT COVERS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA...AND INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
**FRANCINE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO**
NEW INFORMATION
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING FOR BALDWIN CENTRAL, BALDWIN COASTAL, BALDWIN INLAND,
GEORGE, MOBILE CENTRAL, MOBILE COASTAL, MOBILE INLAND, AND STONE
- A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GREENE AND PERRY
* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND STORM SURGE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT
FOR BALDWIN CENTRAL, BALDWIN COASTAL, MOBILE CENTRAL, AND
MOBILE COASTAL
- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BALDWIN INLAND,
GEORGE, MOBILE INLAND, AND STONE
- A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GREENE AND PERRY
* STORM INFORMATION:
- ABOUT 540 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOBILE AL OR ABOUT 580 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA FL
- 25.7N 95.0W
- STORM INTENSITY 65 MPH
- MOVEMENT NORTHEAST OR 35 DEGREES AT 10 MPH
SITUATION OVERVIEW
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AT 4 PM CDT, TROPICAL STORM FRANCINE, LOCATED OVER THE WEST CENTRAL
GULF OF MEXICO, IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN TO A HURRICANE LATER TONIGHT
BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL IN LOUISIANA ON WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH, AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES FROM THE CENTER. THE MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB. FRANCINE IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH, AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MOTION AND INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OR
WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY OVER STONE AND GEORGE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING UNTIL DIMINISHING
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OR WIND GUSTS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE OVER PERRY AND GREENE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
FRANCINE IS EXPECTED TO BRING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES
TO THE AREA, WITH THE HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS MAINLY ANTICIPATED
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI, EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL INCREASE
ACROSS THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY
MORNING BEFORE ENDING, WITH THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR TORNADIC
ACTIVITY OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI. A STORM SURGE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALABAMA
COAST FOR SURGE HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 4 FEET, AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING
OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE
HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR COASTAL FLOODING CONCERNS IS FROM WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SURF HEIGHTS BUILD TO 6 TO 8 FEET
DURING WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE
SUBSIDING. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* WIND:
PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS WIND HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS IN THIS AREA INCLUDE:
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, BUT WITH GREATER NUMBERS IN PLACES WHERE TREES ARE
SHALLOW ROOTED. SOME FENCES AND ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- A FEW ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS, PARTICULARLY WITHIN URBAN
OR HEAVILY WOODED PLACES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON
BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
ELSEWHERE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST
FLORIDA...SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...AND INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI,
LITTLE TO NO IMPACT IS ANTICIPATED.
* SURGE:
PREPARE FOR LIFE-THREATENING SURGE HAVING POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS ACROSS COASTAL ALABAMA. POTENTIAL IMPACTS IN THIS AREA
INCLUDE:
- AREAS OF INUNDATION WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING ACCENTUATED BY
WAVES. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS, MAINLY NEAR THE COAST.
- SECTIONS OF NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY ROADS BECOME
WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT, ESPECIALLY IN USUALLY VULNERABLE LOW
SPOTS.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING DUNES. STRONG AND
NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS.
- MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS.
SEVERAL SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY IN
UNPROTECTED ANCHORAGES.
* FLOODING RAIN:
PREPARE FOR LIFE-THREATENING RAINFALL FLOODING HAVING POSSIBLE
EXTENSIVE IMPACTS MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI, EXTREME
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS INCLUDE:
- MAJOR RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT MANY EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY RAPIDLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IN
MULTIPLE PLACES. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES MAY
BECOME DANGEROUS RIVERS. FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY
BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER MANY STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR WASHED
AWAY. MANY PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER ESCAPE ROUTES.
STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF MOVING WATER WITH
UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME DANGEROUS.
MANY ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
PREPARE FOR DANGEROUS RAINFALL FLOODING HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED TO
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA.
* TORNADOES:
PROTECT AGAINST A DANGEROUS TORNADO EVENT HAVING POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA, ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES
AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. POTENTIAL IMPACTS INCLUDE:
- THE OCCURRENCE OF SCATTERED TORNADOES CAN HINDER THE EXECUTION
OF EMERGENCY PLANS DURING TROPICAL EVENTS.
- SEVERAL PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE WITH A FEW SPOTS
OF CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE, POWER LOSS, AND COMMUNICATIONS FAILURES.
- LOCATIONS COULD REALIZE ROOFS TORN OFF FRAME HOUSES, MOBILE
HOMES DEMOLISHED, BOXCARS OVERTURNED, LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, VEHICLES TUMBLED, AND SMALL BOATS TOSSED ABOUT.
DANGEROUS PROJECTILES CAN ADD TO THE TOLL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
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* EVACUATIONS:
FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS.
* OTHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION:
NOW IS THE TIME TO COMPLETE ALL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR EMERGENCY PLAN. ENSURE YOU ARE IN A
SAFE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF STRONG WINDS OR POSSIBLE FLOODING.
IF YOU ARE RELOCATING TO SAFE SHELTER, LEAVE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. MANY ROADS AND BRIDGES
WILL BE CLOSED ONCE STRONG WINDS ARRIVE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
FORECAST BEFORE DEPARTING AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION.
IF HEADING TO A COMMUNITY SHELTER, BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE SHELTER
RULES BEFORE ARRIVAL, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS OR HAVE
PETS. TAKE ESSENTIAL ITEMS WITH YOU FROM YOUR EMERGENCY SUPPLIES KIT.
FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SHELTER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE. ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND COMPLY WITH ANY
ORDERS THAT ARE ISSUED. REMEMBER, DURING THE STORM 9 1 1 EMERGENCY
SERVICES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESPOND IF CONDITIONS ARE
UNSAFE. THIS SHOULD BE A BIG FACTOR IN YOUR DECISION MAKING.
KEEP CELL PHONES WELL CHARGED. CELL PHONE CHARGERS FOR AUTOMOBILES
CAN BE HELPFUL, BUT BE AWARE OF YOUR RISK FOR DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE
POISONING IF YOUR CAR IS LEFT IDLING IN A GARAGE OR OTHER POORLY
VENTILATED AREA.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMAIN CALM, INFORMED, AND FOCUSED DURING AN
EMERGENCY. BE PATIENT AND HELPFUL WITH THOSE YOU ENCOUNTER.
IF YOU ARE A VISITOR, BE SURE TO KNOW THE NAME OF THE CITY OR TOWN IN
WHICH YOU ARE STAYING AND THE NAME OF THE COUNTY OR PARISH IN WHICH
IT RESIDES. LISTEN FOR THESE LOCATIONS IN LOCAL NEWS UPDATES. PAY
ATTENTION FOR INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
STORM SURGE IS THE LEADING KILLER ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORMS AND
HURRICANES! MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN A SAFE AREA AWAY FROM THE SURGE
ZONE. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT IN A SURGE-PRONE AREA, YOU COULD FIND
YOURSELF CUTOFF BY FLOOD WATERS DURING AND AFTER THE STORM. HEED
EVACUATION ORDERS ISSUED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
RAPIDLY RISING FLOOD WATERS ARE DEADLY. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD-PRONE
AREA, CONSIDER MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED
ROADWAY. REMEMBER, TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN!
IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY, PREFERABLY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND IN AN INTERIOR ROOM NOT
PRONE TO FLOODING. IF DRIVING, SCAN THE ROADSIDE FOR QUICK SHELTER
OPTIONS.
IF IN A PLACE THAT IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WIND, SUCH AS NEAR LARGE
TREES, A MANUFACTURED HOME, UPPER FLOORS OF A HIGH-RISE BUILDING, OR
ON A BOAT, CONSIDER MOVING TO A SAFER SHELTER BEFORE THE ONSET OF
STRONG WINDS OR FLOODING.
CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER.GOV, NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. BE READY TO ADAPT TO POSSIBLE CHANGES
TO THE FORECAST. ENSURE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS TO RECEIVE WEATHER
WARNINGS.
* ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- FOR THE LATEST DETAILED EVACUATION AND SHELTER INFORMATION...PLEASE
REFER TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AT THE PHONE NUMBER
OR WEBSITE LISTED BELOW.
- COASTAL ALABAMA:
- BALDWIN COUNTY: 251-972-6807 OR
WWW.BALDWINCOUNTYAL.GOV/DEPARTMENTS/EMA
- MOBILE COUNTY: 251-460-8000 OR WWW.MCEMA.NET
- NORTHWEST FLORIDA:
- ESCAMBIA COUNTY: 850-471-6400 OR BEREADYESCAMBIA.COM
- SANTA ROSA COUNTY: 850-983-5360 WWW.SANTAROSA.FL.GOV/EMERGENCY
- OKALOOSA COUNTY: 850-651-7150 OR WWW.CO.OKALOOSA.FL.US/PS/HOME
- FOR INFORMATION ON APPROPRIATE PREPARATIONS SEE READY.GOV
- FOR ADDITIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION SEE REDCROSS.ORG
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WARRANT.
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