Tropical Storm Francine

Date Posted: 09/09/2024

Category: Severe Weather Notices

The National Hurricane Center designated Tropical Storm Francine on Monday morning, September 9, 2024.

Baytown, Texas, has a Coastal Flood Warning in effect from 10:00 pm tonight, September 9, to 1:00 pm Wednesday, September 11. For more information about Coastal Flood Warnings, please click here to visit the National Weather Service.

Tropical Storm Francine has formed in the western Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to become a hurricane threat to the Louisiana and upper Texas coasts by Wednesday, September 11. Possible impacts of Southeast Texas include heavy rain, strong wind gusts, coastal flooding, and dangerous marine conditions. The system may bring heavy rainfall to portions of our area on Tuesday and Wednesday. However, impacts from wind, seas, coastal flooding, and rainfall remain uncertain due to uncertainties in the track forecast. For official information on the storm, please click here to visit the National Weather Service.

Below is the latest probable path of the storm:

Probable storm path of Tropical Storm Francine from the National Weather Service

Please stay prepared with a disaster kit and review hurricane and flooding information! Click here for Severe Weather Preparedness information available on our website.