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Tropical Storm Francine has formed in the Gulf of Mexico as the sixth named storm of the Atlantic Hurricane season. The newest forecast track takes it into the Louisiana Gulf Coast as a hurricane Wednesday night. The center of the storm moves well to our west, but we could see some remnant showers starting late Friday. 

ð¨BREAKINGð¨ Tropical Storm Francine has formed in the Gulf of Mexico

I'm meteorologist Chris Michaels New on this Monday, we have tropical storm Francine. This developed as of the 11 a.m. update from the National Hurricane Center. It is forecast to make landfall Wednesday on the Louisiana's Gulf Coast as a hurricane and then continue to move up the Mississippi River valley from there heading into the weekend. You'll notice that this is going to be a very slow mover once it gets into the Mississippi and Tennessee river valleys heading into the week again, that's where you're gonna see a lot of rain several inches worth. Meanwhile, here at home, the latest projections showing less than half an inch of rain from Friday through Sunday with the potential for flooding as you get toward areas like Greenville, South Carolina and Asheville, North Carolina. Aside from Francine, we do have two other systems and they both have a 60% chance of developing within the next seven days. The one of which that's closer to the Caribbean does have some fresh model data and it shows that storm getting closer to some of the uh Leeward Islands, but then potentially making a curve to the north. This trajectory would favor uh no impact to uh North Carolina and we certainly hope that that's the case, but it's too soon to tell if there will be any local impact Francine. Meanwhile is the first tropical storm that we've had in the Atlantic Basin in nearly three weeks since Ernesto dissipated on August the 20th. An important reminder that it is the peak of hurricane season and things are starting to pick up, make sure that you're staying up to date with the latest forecast information on wral.com.

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