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TROPICAL STORM FRANCINE LOCAL STATEMENT ADVISORY NUMBER 15
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL AL062024
407 AM CDT THU SEP 12 2024
THIS PRODUCT COVERS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA...AND INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
**FRANCINE SET TO MOVE FARTHER INLAND FROM SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA INTO
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EARLY THIS MORNING**
NEW INFORMATION
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- NONE
* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BALDWIN CENTRAL,
BALDWIN COASTAL, BALDWIN INLAND, GEORGE, GREENE, MOBILE
CENTRAL, MOBILE COASTAL, MOBILE INLAND, PERRY, STONE, AND WAYNE
* STORM INFORMATION:
- ABOUT 120 MILES WEST OF MOBILE AL OR ABOUT 170 MILES WEST OF
PENSACOLA FL
- 30.9N 90.1W
- STORM INTENSITY 45 MPH
- MOVEMENT NORTHEAST OR 40 DEGREES AT 12 MPH
SITUATION OVERVIEW
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TROPICAL STORM FRANCINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EARLY THIS MORNING. COASTAL
FLOODING OF UP TO 2 TO 3 FEET AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING, WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING BY NOON. SOME
MINOR FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY OCCUR
THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* 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.
* SURGE:
PROTECT AGAINST LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SURGE HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED
IMPACTS ACROSS COASTAL ALABAMA. POTENTIAL IMPACTS IN THIS AREA
INCLUDE:
- LOCALIZED INUNDATION WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING MAINLY ALONG
IMMEDIATE SHORELINES AND IN LOW-LYING SPOTS, OR IN AREAS
FARTHER INLAND NEAR WHERE HIGHER SURGE WATERS MOVE ASHORE.
- SECTIONS OF NEAR-SHORE ROADS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME OVERSPREAD
WITH SURGE WATER. DRIVING CONDITIONS DANGEROUS IN PLACES WHERE
SURGE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
- MODERATE BEACH EROSION. HEAVY SURF ALSO BREACHING DUNES, MAINLY
IN USUALLY VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. STRONG RIP CURRENTS.
- MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS,
AND PIERS. A FEW SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
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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
NEXT UPDATE
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THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOBILE AL AROUND 10 AM CDT, OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.
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