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Don’t be a bonehead. https://t.co/jIM3WF1r8s

— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) September 11, 2024

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First signs of damage. The roof of a church in Houma, LA has been ripped off and is laying across power lines. @ryanhallyall @RadarOmega #HurricaneFrancine pic.twitter.com/lsxXkMTSrx

— Brad Arnold (@BradArnoldWX) September 11, 2024

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@michaelwhitewx @WEARAllenStrum @rzweather @NWSMobile @spann @TylerSmith_wx MAJOR issue here at West End Beach in Dauphin Island with swimmers in the Gulf Waters. It seems that they are retreating as a new band comes in, but the ocean is deadly with or without rain. pic.twitter.com/vsq0E1iSP4

— Benjamin Mashburn (Lower AL WX) (@AlFlor1) September 11, 2024

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CAT. 2 FRANCINE COMES ASHORE NEAR HOUMA, LA; TORNADOES POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY LOCALLY… Hurricane Francine has made landfall in the Parish of Terrebonne, Louisiana as a category 2 hurricane with 100 mph maximum winds. The center of the eye of Francine made landfall moments ago just southwest of Houma, Louisiana. High winds, extremely heavy rain, and tornadoes will be possible over the next few hours in parts of eastern Louisiana near New Orleans. Our local tornado threat in Mississippi, Alabama, and northwest Florida is set to ramp up (unfortunately!) overnight into Thursday morning. Please have multiple ways to hear warnings overnight into Thursday. We all need something that will wake us up if a tornado warning is required for our specific location.

TORNADO WATCH LIKELY TO BE ISSUED LATER THIS EVENING… A Tornado Watch is in effect for much of eastern Louisiana and southeast Mississippi valid until 11PM CDT. The coastal waters of Alabama are also involved in this Tornado Watch. For now, no land areas are included in a Tornado Watch in Alabama or Florida due to Francine. I suspect we will have a Tornado Watch issued for coastal counties first (Mobile, Baldwin, potentially Escambia (FL), Santa Rosa, Okaloosa) followed by a new watch late tonight or tomorrow morning for counties farther inland. Spin-up, brief tornadoes are one of the main concerns across south Alabama and northwest Florida in the hours ahead.

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Hurricane Francine has made landfall in the Parish of Terrebonne, Louisiana as a category 2 hurricane with 100 mph maximum winds. The center of the eye of Francine made landfall just SW of Houma, LA.

Local impacts expected to ramp up a bit later. Details: https://t.co/lqQxGqgD1D pic.twitter.com/LSHfYDc9gH

— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) September 11, 2024

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