CBS 42 STORM TEAM METEOROLOGIST ALEX PUCKETT. ALEX? (ALEX) WE ARE CLOSELY TRACKING TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRANCINE AS IT MOVES ACROSS MISSISSIPPI. IT WILL SPREAD HEAVY RAIN, GUSTY WINDS, AND A FEW TORNADOES ACROSS ALABAMA. THURSDAY: FRANCINE WILL TRACK NORTH ACROSS MISSISSIPPI ON THURSDAY. ALABAMA WILL BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, OR THE WET SIDE OF THE STORM. WE WILL HAVE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 2-5 INCHES OF RAIN IS FORECAST WITH SOME SPOTS EXCEEDING 8 INCHES OF RAIN. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING CAN'T BE RULED OUT. IT WILL BE WINDY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15-25 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40-50 MPH AT TIMES. THIS COULD CAUSE TREES TO FALL AND POWER OUTAGES. SECURE ANYTHING THAT CAN BLOW AROUND OUTSIDE. THERE IS ALSO A LOW THREAT OF TROPICAL TORNADOES ACROSS ALABAMA STARTING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND LASTING UNTIL THE EVENING. THE RAIN WILL KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE 70S. FRIDAY: FRANCINE WILL TRACK NORTH OF MEMPHIS ON FRIDAY, STALL, AND WEAKEN. FEEDER RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPIRAL INTO THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE DAY ACROSS ALABAMA. SOME TORNADOES ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN IN A FEW MORE OUTER BANDS. WEEKEND OUTLOOK: FRANCINE'S REMNANTS WILL STAY STALLED WELL NORTH OF MEMPHIS THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL KEEP CENTRAL ALABAMA PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY AND HUMID WITH SCATTERED (ALEX) MICHAEL JOINS US IN WEST ALABAMA AS WE ARE TRACKING FRANCINE.