THERE'S SOMEONE THAT WILL TAKE HIS 9. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. ALRIGHT, BIG CHANGES COMING TO COMING. YOU MET FRANCE HER IF ARE YOU TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT INTRODUCING HERSELF LIKE THE RED BEETLE. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FRANCINE ALL WEEK. AND YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ME TALK ABOUT A LOT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. FRANCINE IS GOING TO PUMP THE BRAKES SO APPROACH. >> BUT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE MOMENTS WHERE IT'LL BE RAINING OUTSIDE. HUGO'S STILL SAFE. >> THE STATE STILL FRANSIE STILL FRANCINE, IT'S A BIG SYSTEM, A VERY HEALTHY SYSTEM. HURRICANE HUNTERS FLEW INTO IT AND DISCOVERED 100 MILE PER HOUR WINDS. >> EARNING AT THAT CATEGORY 2 STRENGTH, THE CENTER OF THE EYE IS COMING ONSHORE IN CENTRAL PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN WHERE THE CENTER OF FRANCINE IS, RIGHT, WHICH IS HOW WE TRACK IT. >> TO OUR BORDER, IT'S 400 PLUS MILES AWAY, BUT IT WILL BE HERE BY THIS TIME TOMORROW. AND THAT'S BECAUSE FRANCINE IS NOT A SLOW POKE RIGHT NOW. IT WILL BE A SLOW POKE ONCE IT GETS TO MEMPHIS. NOW, AS FAR AS WHEN RAIN STARTS FOR US. THERE MAY BE A COUPLE EARLY RAINDROPS, MID-MORNING, BUT THE BEST CHANCE REALLY DOESN'T RAMP UP UNTIL AFTER LUNCHTIME. THIS IS 09:00AM TO 09:00PM. AND YOU SEE HOW WE REALLY KIND OF INCREASE TOWARDS THAT EVENING COMMUTE. >> AND THEN STAY AT LEAST AT 50% OR ABOVE AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING HOURS. REMINDER WITH TROPICAL SYSTEMS. IT'S NOT A WALL OF RAIN THAT COMES THROUGH RATE. IT'S MANY BANDS OF RAIN. AND SO THAT MEANS IT'S GOING TO POOR. AND THEN IT'S GONNA STOP IN PORT. IT'S GOING TO STOP ON APPROACH DURING THE AFTERNOON EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS TOMORROW NIGHT, THERE IS A LOW RISK FOR SOME QUICK SPIN UP TORNADOES, TROPICAL SYSTEMS INHERENTLY HAVE SPENT AT THE CENTER. AND SO SOMETIMES SOME QUICK SPIN UPS CAN GENERATE IN THOSE OUTER RAIN BANDS. IT IS NOT OUR PRIMARY CONCERN AS FAR AS SEVERE WEATHER GOES. BUT IT'S POSSIBLE IT'S POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TOMORROW NIGHT. SO THAT MEANS WE NEED OUR WAKE ME UP TOOLS. HERE'S A LOOK AT FRANCINE CATEGORY 2 MAKING LANDFALL RIGHT NOW. SPEAKING OF TORNADOES, YOU SEE THIS RED BOX RIGHT HERE. THIS SORT OF POLYGON THAT IS A TORNADO WATCH FOR NEW ORLEANS FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. ITS NOT UNCOMMON, LIKE I SAID BEFORE. TROPICAL SYSTEMS, WE THINK OF THEM AS RAIN MAKERS TO CREATE TORNADOES, NOT EXPECTED TO BE LONG-LASTING, NOT EXPECTING TO LAST ALL NIGHT LONG, BUT IT IS A POSSIBILITY. WE WANT YOU TO BE READY FOR IT. LOT UNPACK HERE. THIS IS ITS TRACK. IT GOES UP THROUGH MISSISSIPPI AND THEN BY MIDNIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT, IT'S NEAR MEMPHIS. AND THEN IT JUST MEANDERS AS IT MEANDERS TOWARDS THE BOOT HEEL OF MISSOURI THROUGHOUT THE DAY THURSDAY, THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY, IT WILL BEGIN TO KIND OF OPEN UP AND LOSE ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS. IT WILL FALL APART. IT WILL DETERIORATE. IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE ITS SWEET TIME TO DO THAT. THAT MEANS OUR IMPACTS WILL BE MORE PROLONGED. MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF RAIN STARTING AT LUNCHTIME TOMORROW, CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS TOMORROW, CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAYBREAK HOURS OF FRIDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS OF FRIDAY, CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS IS GOING TO EXPECT HACKLER AMOUNT OF GOOD FOR OUR DROUGHT, BUT IT MAY COME AT THE COST OF WRECKING SOME OUTDOOR PLANS. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF HOMECOMINGS FALL BALL FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH COACHES WHO ARE STRESSED DON'T WANT THIS. WE JUST WANT