Hurricane Francine Approaches Landfall Near NOLA

The Weather Channel reports:

Hurricane Francine in the Gulf of Mexico is bearing down on Louisiana with a landfall expected later today. Dangerous storm surge, flooding rainfall, damaging winds and tornadoes will impact Louisiana and other parts of the Gulf Coast and South.

Francine is centered about 95 miles southwest of Morgan City, Louisiana, and is moving northeast. Maximum sustained winds were 90 mph as of 1 p.m. CDT, making Francine a strong Category 1 hurricane.

A​ hurricane watch is in effect for the New Orleans metro area, including Lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas. This means hurricane conditions are possible this afternoon and evening. Francine is forecast to make landfall within the hurricane warning area of the central Louisiana coast this evening.

Read the full article. The Weather Channel notes that New Orleans will be on the storm’s “bad side” and may get stronger winds than the location getting the direct hit.

Francine is just hours away from making landfall. Track the storm with The Weather Channel TV app: https://t.co/EAfvm950sr pic.twitter.com/WxxLlV7cED

— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) September 11, 2024

90 mph Hurricane #Francine is trying to whip together an eye in the final hours before landfall. Multiple areas of SE #Louisiana are now beginning to experience coastal flooding from a drenching mixture of inland-flowing seawater and teeming rainfall. pic.twitter.com/dbfjXwxxKn

— Backpirch Weather (@BackpirchCrew) September 11, 2024

🚨🇺🇲 | HURRICANE FRANCINE UPDATE

STORM SURGE FLOODS COCODRIE, #LOUISIANA

– Storm surge pours in at #Cocodrie, LA
– Hurricane #francine closing in on landfall
– Heavy rain and strong winds expected

STAY TUNED FOR LIVE UPDATES #HurricaneFrancine | #StormSurge@ChicagoMWeather |… https://t.co/hWgMDLIa1o pic.twitter.com/BgWPXJw3c3

— Weather monitor (@Weathermonitors) September 11, 2024

Update: Hurricane Francine will make landfall in LA late this afternoon. Looks like it will stay at Cat 1 with sustained winds around 90 MPH and gusts close to 100 MPH. The eye is about 180 miles SW of New Orleans. #Francine pic.twitter.com/qNOKHTigwa

— Tony Pann (@TonyPannWBAL) September 11, 2024

New Orleans Intl airport is spooky right now. I’m on the last flight out before Hurricane Francine approaches pic.twitter.com/8nNFX7Oblv

— TOCE (@AJToce) September 11, 2024

Hurricane Francine will pack quite a punch into New Orleans. Wouldn’t be surprised to see 80 mph+ wind gusts in the city and upwards of 8-10 inches of rain. pic.twitter.com/o29oydfGR8

— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) September 11, 2024

Radar at 1:35pm shows that the eye of Hurricane Francine is 135 miles from New Orleans. The storm is producing 90mph sustained winds. pic.twitter.com/c9YIA5Ulmg

— John Collins (@collinsvoxwx) September 11, 2024