DEALING WITH SOME FLOODING CONDITIONS AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNINIGHT HOURS. AS WE HEAD INTO GOING INTO THURSDAY MORNING HERE, RAIN TOTALS TOTALING UP TO ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF TO UP TO NINE INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME PARTS OF THAT REGION. FROM HOUMA, LOUISIANA, ALL THE WAY UP TOWARDS COVINGTON. THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN HAS FALLEN. AS FRANCINE CONTINUES TO PUSH NOW INTO THE MAGNOLIA STATE, THE WORST OF THE WEATHER NOW IS INTO PARTS OF THE PINE BELT FROM HATTIESBURG MCGEE MOVING UP INTO SIMPSON AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF RANKIN COUNTY. FLORENCE JUST STARTING TO GET SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS AT THE MOMENT. THE NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN HERE ARE THE WIND GUSTS CURRENTLY AT THE MOMENT, AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THOSE PICK UP, ESPECIALLY IN THE FAR SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE THE STATE HERE AT THE MOMENT. BUT AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS HERE, AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TOWARDS DAYLIGHT, THOSE WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL START TO PICK UP. GETTING CLOSER TOWARDS THE JACKSON METRO AREA AND ESPECIALLY OVER INTO EASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. HERE WE ARE. AS OF NOW WE JUST HAVE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS IN FAR SOUTH LOUISIANA. THAT DOES INCLUDE OUR FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES HERE IN MISSISSIPPI, ESPECIALLY COASTAL PARTS OF THE STATE, AND EVEN STRETCHING OVER TOWARDS MOBILE, ALABAMA AND OVER TOWARDS THE GULF SHORES AREA. THEY ALSO HAVE TROPICAL STORM WARNRNINGS IN PLACE. THOSE OUTER BANDS, A LOT OF THAT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY JUST STARTING TO MOVE CLOSER TOWARDS THAT. FLORIDA ALABAMA STATE LINE. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DRY AIR IN THE ATMOSPHERE. SO THAT'S HELP LIMIT ANY SEVERE THREAT WITH THIS STORM. BUT IF WE DO SEE ANY SEVERE WEATHER, IT IS MAINLY GOING TO BE INTO PARTS OF ALABAMA STAYING OVER OFF TOWARDS OUR EAST. THE LATEST TRACK WITH TROPICAL STORM FRANCINE. THIS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE CLOSER INLAND TOWARDS THE JACKSON AREA, CLOSER TO AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. RIGHT AROUND 7 A.M. AND CONTINUING TO WEAKEN AS IT DOES SO. SO BY THE AFTERNOON WE WILL HAVE IMPROVING CONDITIONS GOING INTO THE LATER PARTS OF THE DAY. TODAY WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES, GIVING YOU THE LATEST UPDATE ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING AROUND HERE IN THE MAGNOLIA