Tropical Depression Francine Tracking Inland Through South

Flooding, gusty winds and isolated tornadoes are all possible.

Hundreds of thousands of people are still without power. Flooding damage is extensive.

Tropical Depression Francine Tracking Inland Through South

Francine will continue to weaken as it tracks through the South today, but the system and its eventual remnants will still pack flooding rain and tornado threats into late week.

Here's the latest status of this system:

Francine is moving northward through Mississippi as a tropical depression. Rainfall from the system is impacting a broad area that extends from the lower-Mississippi Valley to Georgia, as shown in the radar snapshot below.

A tornado watch is in effect for southeast Alabama and the Florida Panhandle until 1 p.m. CDT.

L​ingering strong wind gusts have downed trees and power lines in a few spots across parts of Mississippi and western Alabama this morning.

Yesterday, Francine produced wind gusts up to 78 mph and more than 8 inches of rain in the New Orleans metro area. See the link below for more details on Francine's impacts so far.

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Francine's Lingering Inland Impacts

An atmospheric blocking pattern will cause Francine's remnants to get stuck over the South into the weekend. That means it will bring several days of rain that could cause flooding in the region, and isolated tornadoes are possible both Thursday and Friday.

Flooding Rain

Flood watches have been issued by the National Weather Service because of Francine's heavy rain threat from portions of northern Florida to the Tennessee and lower Mississippi valleys.

(Issued by the National Weather Service.)

Portions of the Southeast could see 3 inches or more of rainfall over the next few days from Francine. At least localized flash flooding is possible into the weekend.

Here's a general timing for possible flooding:

- Through Thursday night: Florida Panhandle northwestward into Alabama, northern Mississippi, western and middle Tennessee and eastern Arkansas.

- Friday-Friday night: Tennessee and lower Ohio Valleys into portions of Alabama and Georgia.

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