WBRZ Storm Station Meteorologist Balin Rogers experiences strong wind, rain as Francine comes ashore

PRETTY GUSTY. HERE WE GO AND THEN DIE DOWN A LITTLE BIT. BUT WE ARE NOW FIRMLY STARTING TO GET INTO THAT EYE WALL AND MY GOODNESS, CONDITIONS HAVE RAPIDLY BEEN DETERIORATING HERE IN MORGAN CITY COMPLETE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. WIND SPEEDS ARE INCREASING. >> AND THIS IS STAYING. WINDS ARE INCREASING AS WELL AS THE THIS IS NOT THE WORST OF IT. YOU'RE JUST NOW GETTING INTO THE EYEWALL AND BASED ON PULASKI ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE AND WORSE AND WITH STRONGEST WINDS. PRETTY MUCH RIGHT THE EDGE. THE EYE WALL IN FIGHT. WE CALL IT THE INNER EYEWALL. THAT IS WHERE THE MOST INTENSE WINDS ARE GOING TO BE LOCATED. STILL, I WOULD SAY WE HAVE NOT GUSTING TO HURRICANE FORCE JUST YET. WE'VE HAD SOME STRONG WINDS. I MEAN, SEEING MORE TREE LIMBS COME DOWN THAT I'VE SEEN. PRETTY MUCH FOR THIS ENTIRE STORM. AND WHILE BIG GUST RIGHT THERE, IT'S JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET WORSE HERE MORGAN CITY. THIS FLAG WILL SEE IF IT CAN HOLD ON. IT'S REALLY BEEN WAVING AROUND IN THE WIND JOSH, WHAT DO YOU THINK? WE ARE IN IOWA RIGHT NOW? I MEAN, GOT TO LOOK RADAR IN A SECOND. WE GOT RIGHT NEXT BAILING ON SCREEN OF AND YOU FEEL FREE IN THE SHOT. IF YOU NEED TO PULL OUT RADAR TAKE A LOOK ON YOUR PHONE THERE. >> YOU ARE IN LIKE IT'S A THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE EYE WALL RIGHT NOW. AND YOU'RE D SYLVIA R MORGAN CITY CAM> 100 MILES PER HOUR SUSTAINED NOW, WHICH WHICH ACTUALLY SURPRISE ME. I DIDN'T THINK WE'D SEE ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING BASED ON SATELLITE, WHATNOT. YOU COULD SEE SOME PRETTY HIGH GUSTS THERE MOMENTARILY. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. JOSH, WHILE YOU WERE TALKING WINDS HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY PICKED UP. YOU CAN LOOK BEHIND ME. IT SHEETS OF RAIN COMING ACROSS THE PARKING HERE AT THIS FLAG HAS REALLY BEEN BEEN. ALL THE TREES ARE BENDING PRETTY GOOD. AND I THESE CONDITIONS ARE ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE OVER THE NEXT HOUR AS WE GET INTO THE MIDDLE AISLE AND THEN EVENTUALLY INTO THE INNER EYEWALL. THERE WE GO. LOUIS, INTENSE GUSTS RIGHT NOW MOVING RIGHT THROUGH MORGAN CITY. WOW. BIG GUST OVER HERE TO MY RIGHT. AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THESE VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS WE ARE IN THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND THE HEAVIEST WINDS OF THIS ENTIRE SYSTEM. YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET THE FULL BRUNT FRANCINE HAS TO OFFER HERE IN MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA. WE ARE NOT AT THE WORST OF IT. THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. I'M PROBABLY THE STRONG AS THE SYSTEM ARE GOING TO BE OFF TO OUR EAST IN THE NORTHEASTERN EASTERN QUADRANT OF THE EYE WALL. IT'S LOOKING LIKE THAT WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A WOBBLE TO THE EAST WITH THE CENTER AND THAT PUTS US IN THE NORTHERN SLASHED. NORTHWESTERN EYE IS STILL GOING TO BE A PRETTY BAD IN TERMS OF THE WIND SPEEDS HERE IT MIGHT ACTUALLY SEE A LITTLE BIT STRONGER WINDS OFF TOWARDS THE EAST. YOU GOT THAT OR FLOW. AND THAT'S ALSO WHERE WE'RE GONNA SEE THE HIGHEST SURGE VALUES SELF. IF CONDITIONS CONTINUE GET WORSE AND WORSE HERE, EVERY SECOND I TALKED, THE WIND SPEEDS CONTINUE TO PICK UP THE RAIN RIGHT TO PICKING UP I 100% GET WHY THEY ISSUED THAT FLASH FLOOD WARNING PREEMPTIVELY THERE BECAUSE I DO MISS THE RAIN. RATES ARE VERY HIGH RIGHT NOW. WE DID SEE INCHES OF RAIN HERE IN MORGAN CITY IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AS EYE WALL DOES MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. SO IT IS GOING TO START TO GET INTENSE. HERE. ALREADY IS GETTING INTENSE. SO WE GET JOSH. HAS TO JUST WHAT WHAT YOU'RE FEELING. I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'RE DESCRIBING THE WEATHER TO US, BUT LIKE, ARE YOU FEELING, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES SAY THAT'S A LITTLE DRAMATIZE ON NATIONAL TV. ARE YOU FEELING A TUB? >> YOU'RE STANDING THERE RIGHT NOW. IS THE WIND PUSHING YOU AROUND A LITTLE BIT? ARE YOU SEEING THINGS BLOWING AROUND NEAR YOU IS THE WIND OR THE RAIN STAYING AS IT HITS YOUR FACE? >> WELL, JOSH, I'M ACTUALLY PROTECTED BY THIS GOVERNMENT BUILDING. ALL RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. AND THE WINDS ARE KIND OF EAST TO WEST AND THIS IS BLOCKING. ALREADY OF THE WINDS. OKAY. YEAH. WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THE HEAVIEST GUST WE'VE SEEN SO FAR. I JUST SAW BIG ONE TO TREE LIMBS COMING DOWN OFF THE STREET OVER HERE. WE'RE STARTING TO GET INTO SOME PRETTY INTENSE CONDITIONS HERE. AND MORGAN CITY, AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE. WOW. BIG GUST, RIGHT ON TOP ME. AND SO THIS IS REALLY, REALLY INTENSE RIGHT NOW. AS YOU'RE ENTERING THAT EYE WALL AND YEAH, IT JUST CONTINUES TO GO DOWN HILL HERE AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO JUST GET WORSE WORSE AND WORSE. >> I'M HAVING A BRACE MYSELF HERE AS SOME OF THESE WINDS WRAPPING AROUND THIS BUILDING AND HIT ME FROM THE BACK KIND OF CATCHING ME OFF GUARD A LITTLE BIT PUSHING ME FORWARD. AND HIS FRIEND OUT MY STANCE A LITTLE BIT. I'M NOT IN THE THREAT OF SEEING ANY FLYING PROJECTILES NEAR A LOCATION. THAT'S WHY I GOT THIS BIG BUILDING IN FRONT OF ME. IT WAS A BIG OPEN AREA. OLIVIA RISK SHEET METAL AND WHATEVER ELSE GETS BLOWN BY THIS WIND COMING DIRECTLY AT ME. BUT I'M IN A SAFE POSITION. YES, RAINING ON ME. MIGHT CO. JUST LIKE THAT. A GOOD LITTLE GUST. IT TRIES TO BLOW ME AROUND A LITTLE BIT WINDS ARE ACTUALLY GOING ABOVE THIS BUILDING AND AROUND THE BUILDING. AND I AM NOT IN NEXT WINDS, THANKFULLY, BUT WE'RE RIGHT IN CENTER OF IT HERE IN MORGAN CITY. AND I'M AFRAID LIKE I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT THE WORST OF IT. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET WORSE HERE OVER THE NEXT HOUR AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE INNER EDGE OF THAT EYE WALL. AND THAT'S WHERE WE WILL HAVE THIS POTENTIAL FOR THOSE 80 TO 90 PLUS GUYS. SO GOING TO QUITE INTERESTING HERE ARE GOING TO TRY TO STAY ALIVE. I OWN YEARS LONG AS POSSIBLE THE SIGNAL HOLDS UP. I KNOW WHEN YOU GET AROUND THESE I WAS WE CAN ACTUALLY START TO SEE WHY SERVICE GO DOWN. SO THAT HAPPENS MIGHT LOSE SIGNAL HERE I HEAR IN MORGAN CITY, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. AND I YEAH, WE COULD LIVE ON THE AIR HERE.