Hurricane Francine may now be a tropical depression but her presence is still being felt even in the Tallahassee area.
The Category 2 storm made landfall Wednesday in central Louisiana with winds of about 100 mph.
The storm is bringing “peripheral impacts” to North Florida and the Big Bend , according to the National Weather Service – Tallahassee, including periods of heavy rain and isolated tornadoes.
Flash Flood warning for Port St. Joe, Apalachicola and Eastpoint
12:40 p.m. As Francine’s outer bands shellac the Florida coastline, Port St. Joe, Apalachicola and Eastpoint are now under a flash flood warning until 3 p.m. Forecasters advise residents not to walk or drive through floodwaters.
St. George Island, Eastpoint and Apalachicola the latest to face tornado threat
12 p.m. At about 11:40 a.m., forecasters issued a tornado warning for St. George Island residents after tracking two areas of circulation that could pose a tornado threat.
“Twin tornado-warned circulations are making their way east,” NWS Tallahassee wrote on X. “The northern circulation could graze parallel near or just offshore Apalachicola, if it holds together. The southern circulation is a threat to the southernmost point of St. George Island, near Government Cut.”