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HURRICANE FRANCINE LOCAL STATEMENT ADVISORY NUMBER 12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL AL062024
1127 AM CDT WED SEP 11 2024
THIS PRODUCT COVERS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA...AND INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
**HURRICANE FRANCINE CONTINUES MOVING TOWARDS THE LOUISIANA COAST**
NEW INFORMATION
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- THE STORM SURGE WATCH HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FOR
BALDWIN CENTRAL, BALDWIN COASTAL, MOBILE CENTRAL, AND MOBILE COASTAL
* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BALDWIN CENTRAL,
BALDWIN COASTAL, BALDWIN INLAND, GEORGE, MOBILE CENTRAL, MOBILE
COASTAL, MOBILE INLAND, AND STONE
- A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GREENE, PERRY, AND WAYNE
* STORM INFORMATION:
- ABOUT 330 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MOBILE AL OR ABOUT 370 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA FL
- 28.0N 92.7W
- STORM INTENSITY 90 MPH
- MOVEMENT NORTHEAST OR 40 DEGREES AT 13 MPH
SITUATION OVERVIEW
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HURRICANE FRANCINE CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE LOUISIANA COASTLINE. FRANCINE IS EXPECTED
TO MAKE LANDFALL LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND PROGRESS NORTHWARD INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES LOCALLY
HIGHER, TORNADOES, COASTAL FLOODING OF UP TO 2 TO 4 FEET AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS
OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL BE EXPECTED MAINLY TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NOW
IS THE TIME TO MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS AND ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS TO
RECEIVE WARNINGS OVERNIGHT.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* TORNADOES:
PROTECT AGAINST A DANGEROUS TORNADO EVENT HAVING POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE
NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 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.
PROTECT AGAINST A TORNADO EVENT HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
* OTHER COASTAL HAZARDS:
COASTAL FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMALLY DRY GROUND COULD OCCUR ACROSS
SECTIONS OF MOBILE BAY, AND A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT. AT AROUND
3 FEET INUNDATION, MUCH OF THE US 90/98 CAUSEWAY (BOTH LANES), FROM JUST WEST
OF BATTLESHIP PARK THROUGH THE I-10 INTERCHANGE AREA, ALL THE WAY EAST TO NEAR
MAYER PARK IS FLOODED AND CLOSED TO TRAFFIC WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER
ON THE LANES IN SOME LOCATIONS. SOME SHORELINE AREAS AND SHORELINE
STREETS TO THE EAST OF WATER STREET BEGIN TO FLOOD. PORTIONS OF
CONCEPTION STREET NEAR THREE MILE CREEK AND PARTS OF TELEGRAPH
ROAD NEAR THE INDUSTRIAL CANAL CAN FLOOD. FLOODING ALONG DAUPHIN
ISLAND PARKWAY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE DOG RIVER BRIDGE BECOMES
MORE EXTENSIVE WITH THE ROADWAY OFTEN BECOMING IMPASSABLE.FORT
MORGAN ROAD BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 6 BECOME FLOODED.
* FLOODING RAIN:
PROTECT AGAINST LIFE-THREATENING RAINFALL FLOODING HAVING POSSIBLE
EXTENSIVE IMPACTS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. 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.
PROTECT AGAINST DANGEROUS RAINFALL FLOODING HAVING POSSIBLE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND
THE NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
* WIND:
PROTECT AGAINST HAZARDOUS WIND HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND COASTAL 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. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
LIMITED IMPACTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
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* EVACUATIONS:
FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS.
* OTHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION:
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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