Before Francelia made its final landfall, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued warnings for countries in the western Caribbean, although there were few observations confirming the track while it was active due to inadequate regional weather stations and lack of the Hurricane Hunters close to land. When Francelia nearly stalled off the coast of Central America, it brought prolonged rainfall and extensive flooding. In Guatemala, daily rainfall reached 7.27 in (184.6 mm) at a station along the Achiguate River, and totals reached about in some mountainous areas. Along the Belizean coast, the hurricane produced a storm tide of about . Mountain rainfall resulted in overflown rivers, with the Belize River rising to over above normal. The hurricane forced over 20,000 people to evacuate their homes.