Article first published: Friday, Sep. 13, 2024, 4 a.m. ET

Article last updated: Friday, Sep. 13, 2024, 4 p.m. ET

The National Hurricane Center’s 4 pm Friday advisory reported that Post Tropical Cyclone Francine is 55 miles north-northeast of Little Rock Arkansas, with maximum sustained wind of 15 mph. It’s moving 6 mph to the southeast.

“Francine is likely lose a well-defined surface circulation and dissipate sometime later tonight.” meteorologists observed.

YESTERDAY (Thursday):

Yesterday, Francine changed first into a tropical depression and then into a post-tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 25 miles per hour. Francine first crossed Louisiana, previously located in Mississippi, headed to Arkansas

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND:

RAINFALL: Through Sunday, additional rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches, with isolated totals around 8 inches, are expected across portions of central and northern Alabama. This rainfall could lead to locally considerable flash and urban flooding. Additional rainfall of 2 to 4 inches is expected across portions of northeastern Mississippi, western Tennessee, western Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.

For a complete depiction of forecast rainfall associated with Francine, please see the National Weather Service Storm Total Rainfall Graphic, available at hurricanes.gov/graphics_at1.shtml? Rainqpf and the Flash Flood Risk graphic at hurricanes.gov/graphics_at1.shtml? Ero. For a list of rainfall observations (and wind reports) associated this storm, see the companion storm summary at WBCSCCNS1 with the WMO header ACUS41 KWBC or at the following link: www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nfdscc1.html.

Source: National Hurricane Center