Category: Tropical Storm

Winds: 65 mph

Motion: NNW OR 340 DEGREES AT 7 MPH

Pressure: 993 MB

Winds Extend: Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 160 miles (260 km) from the center

Hurricane conditions are expected within the warning area on Wednesday

Francine is expected to bring storm total rainfall of 4 to 8 inches, with local amounts to 12 inches, from the coast of northeast Mexico northward over the far lower and far upper Texas coasts, across southern Louisiana, and southern Mississippi into Thursday morning