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>>> HOURS
>>> HOURS AFTER MAKING LANDFALL IN FLORIDA TODAY, HURRICANE
MICHAEL IS STILL A POWERFUL JO>
STORM TONIGHT SO 4@FAR AT LEAST
ONE DEATH HAS BEEN CONNECTED "N■
STORM TONIGHT SO 4@FAR AT LEAST ONE DEATH HAS BEEN CONNECTED "N
HURRICANE MICHAEL.
HURRICANE MICHAEL. FLORIDA OFFICIALS SAY A TREE
CRASHED THROUGH THE ROOF OF A
MAN'S HOME AND TRAPPED HIM.
THE EMERGENCY CREWS TRIED TO
GET DO THE 4@HOME, BUT DOWNED
LINES AND BLOCKED ROADS MADE
THE TRIP DIFFICULT.
WE ALSO WANT TO 4@SHOW YOU bTHI
THIS IS INCREDIBLE DRONE
FOOTAGE OF WHAT IS LEFT OF A
HIGH SCHOOL IN PANAMA CITY.
AS 4@THE DRONE FLIES THROUGH Kn
IS 4@LEFT OF THE GYMNASIUM THER
YOU CAN SEE ALL %á/ÑOF THE DAMA
THIS FOOTAGE PERHAPS GIVING YOU
A BETTER IDEA kOOF JUST HOW
STRONG T4O4@WINDS WERE TODAY 4@
ASSOCIATED WITH 4@4@THIS STORM.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF POWER OUTAGES TONIGHT IN THE
PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA, AND IN
ALABAMA AND IN %qñHQ6GEORGIA.
FLASH FLOODING ÷NÑAND TORNADOES
POSSIBLE IN BOTH STATES
TONIGHT, AND IT APPEARS WE MAY
BE DEALING WITH
OME
OME OF
OME OF THE
VERY
VERY SAME
VERY SAME THINGS DURING 4@THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO TOMORROW
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. JIM, BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT,
THIS FOOTAGE WE'RE LOOKING AT
HERE, THIS IS THAT 4@HIGH SCHOO
IN PANAMA CITY.
THE WINDS THERE 4@TODAY TOPPED
OUT /mU
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■AT
■AT 4@WHAT?
>>
>> 107.
>> 107. s$#+HTHAT WASN'T THE WORST OF T
HURRICANE BECAUSE 4@IT HAD
SUSTAINED WINDS -- 4@WE DO KNOW
THE AIR FORCE BASE HAD WIND
GUSTS OF 129 MILES PER HOUR
BEFORE IT BLEW AWAY.
WE KNOW THAT THE WORST OF THE
WIND WAS /Q.Z■
WE KNOW THAT THE WORST OF THE WIND WAS /Q.Z■4@IN MEXICO BEACH
THEY WENT THROUGH THE EASTERN
EYE xWALL AND IT WAS ESTIMATED (
THAT
THAT THE
THAT THE WINDS WERE SUSTAINED AT 155 MILES PER HOUR, BUT WE
HAVE NO MEASUREMENT THERE, BUT
WE HAVE GOOD MEASUREMENTS.
WHEN YOU SEE DAMAGE FROM MEXICO
BEACH, IT IS CONSISTENT ■
WHEN YOU SEE DAMAGE FROM MEXICO BEACH, IT IS CONSISTENT ■WITH A
WHEN YOU SEE DAMAGE FROM MEXICO BEACH, IT IS CONSISTENT ■WITH AÑ
CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE.
>> AS WE MENTIONED A MOMENT
s1'LO, THERE 4@IS A CONCERN THE
POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING,
AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO 4@IT, A
PERHAPS THE POSSIBILITY c4@OF A
TIDE ASSOCIATED -- TORNADO
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GnP■
TIDE ASSOCIATED -- TORNADO ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GnP■STORM
IT ROLLS4@ THROUGH SOUTH
CAROLINA.
CAROLINA.
CAROLINA. >> WE HAVE OUR FIRST TORNADO
WARNING.
WARNING.
WARNING. IT IS DOWN IN 4@THE HILTON HEAD
AND BLUFFTON AREAS.
WE'LL SHOW YOU THAT IN JAW
MOMENT.
MOMENT.
MOMENT. LET ME -- 1■
MOMENT. LET ME -- 1■4@JUST A MOMENT.
IT IS WEAKENING, THAT IS GOOD
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. THE
NEWS. THE CIRCULATION IS STILL THERE,
AND WE CAN SEE KçZFROM THE 4@
SATELLITE PICTURE, THIS IS EEeT
SIX-HOUR TIME JMñ■
SATELLITE PICTURE, THIS IS EEeT SIX-HOUR TIME JMñ■LANCE, AND YO
LAPSE AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT
HAS 4@BEEN MOVING THROUGH CEN41u
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA. NOW, LET'S GO TO THE RADAR.
YOU CAN 4@SEE zGmçTHE CENTER OF
CIRCULATION HAS ALREADY PASSED
ALBANY, EORGIA.
ALBANY, EORGIA. HERE IS MACON ANYísORANGEBURG I
ALBANY, EORGIA. HERE IS MACON ANYísORANGEBURG I@
UP THERE, BUT HERE IS THE
TORNADO WARNING.
TORNADO WARNING. IT IS FOR THIS CELL RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHTNING THAT
HAS BEEN PICKING UP WITH THIS
PARTICULAR CELL.
PARTICULAR CELL. AND THE RADAR IS 4@INDICATING
SOME ROTATION WITH THAT
PARTICULAR THUNDERSTORM AS IT
IS MOVING INLAND.
AND THIS IS WHAT HAS CONCERNED
US BECAUSE THIS IS BEGINNING TO
INCREASE.
INCREASE.
INCREASE. YOU CAN SEE OTHER SSHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS COMING IN OFF OF
THE ATLANTIC.
THE ATLANTIC. IT IS THIS TYPE OF SITUATION
THAT TENDS TO PRODUCE THE SHORT-
LIVED TORNADOES, AND SO I
EXPECT THAT THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER WILL ISSUE A @
TORNADO WATCH FOR
oñSOUTH
CAROLINA
CAROLINA VERY SHORTLY, AND IT WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS.
MORNING HOURS. IN THE MEANTIME, HERE IS THE
LATEST INFORMATION uON 4@THE
HURRICANE.
HURRICANE. AS OF 4@11:00, é@■
HURRICANE. AS OF 4@11:00, é@■THE MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS AT 75 ]
■
■MILES
■MILES PER
HOUR.
HOUR. IT
HOUR. IT IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 20 MILES PER HOUR NOW.
THAT pFL■
AT 20 MILES PER HOUR NOW. THAT pFL■IS Ñ!W÷4@BEING GENEROU
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AT 75
MILES PER HOUR.
I CAN FIND NO STATIONS s÷ANYWHE
THAT EVEN THAVE dZWIND GUSTS 4@
HAT
HIGH.
HIGH. SO
HIGH. SO 4@THAT IS GENEROUS.
I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THIS IS A
TROPICAL STORM, BUT NOW THAT 4@
KIND OF IRRELEVANT BECAUSE OUR
ATTENTION IS TURNING PGeTO +■
KIND OF IRRELEVANT BECAUSE OUR ATTENTION IS TURNING PGeTO +■O
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, HERE IS THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
POSITION AND HERE ceIS THE ,2
FORECAST.
FORECAST.
FORECAST. BY 8:00 A.M., 4@IT WOULD 4@BE N
NEWBERRY WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS AT 40 MILES !?çPER HOUR.
I THINK THAT E■
WINDS AT 40 MILES !?çPER HOUR. I THINK THAT E■IS MORE LIKELY.
AND THEN THIS SYSTEM WILL RACE
OFF.
OFF.
OFF. NOTICE BY 8:00 TOMORROW
EVENING, IT 4@IS MOVING INTO
SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA AND THEN
IT WILL RACE OFF P■
SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA AND THEN IT WILL RACE OFF P■THE 4@'cñCOA
WHERE IT WILL 4@ACTUALLY
STRENGTHEN AGAIN AND IT IS A
TROPICAL SYSTEM .AND MOVING OUT
INTO THE NORTH ATLANTIC AND WE
WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
IN THE MEANTIME, HERE IS WHAT
WE ARE KIND OF WORRIED ABOUT.
IN THE MORNING, OUR 4@WINDS ARE
ALREADY, WE'RE STARTING I+wét6s■
IN THE MORNING, OUR 4@WINDS ARE ALREADY, WE'RE STARTING I+wét6s
SOME INCREASE IN THE WINDS
OUTSIDE, BUT YOU WON'T REALLY
NOTICE THAT MUCH UNTIL YOU GET
TO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
THE SYSTEM IS STARTING TO MOVE
INTO THE 4@PIEDMONT AND WE'RE l
LIKELY TO SEE OUR WINDS
INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA.
THIS IS ÷■
INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA. THIS IS ÷■4:00 A.M.
BY THE TIME WE 4@GET 4@TO 7:00
A.M., WE MIGHT BE SEEING WINDS
GUSTING TO 41 HERE IN COLUMBIA.
NOTICE DOWN IN ORANGEBURG, THEY
MIGHT ACTUALLY SEE WINDS
GUSTING TO 51, 52 OVER IN é■
MANNING.
MANNING.
MANNING. NOT AS MUCH, uWHEN YOU
CLOSER
CLOSER TO
CLOSER TO THE CENTER $x■
CLOSER TO THE CENTER $x■HERE AS MOVES THROUGH, YOU EM SEE THE
WINDS -- YOU'LL SEE THE WINDS
ACTUALLY DECREASE.
ACTUALLY DECREASE. AS IT MOVES BY THE WINDS SHIFT ■
AND 4@IT BEGINS TO INCREASE.
NOTICE BY 10:00 4@IN THE MORNIN
WE'RE SEEING =)■
NOTICE BY 10:00 4@IN THE MORNIN WE'RE SEEING =)■PRETTY STRONG
WINDS.
WINDS.
WINDS. STILL SOME PRETTY GOOD GUSTS IN
COLUMBIA.
COLUMBIA.
COLUMBIA. NOTICE AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ON
BY, BY NOON, NOTICE THESE WINDS
COMING 4@Pc5OUT OF THE NORTHWES
GUSTING TO 46.
YEAH, THERE ARE GOING TO BE
GUSTY WINDS EVEN ONCE 4@THE
SYSTEM MOVES ON BY.
ONCE WE GET TO 4:00 IN THE vOm
AFTERNOON, NOTICE 4@THE WIND +
SPEEDS ARE CALMING DOWN.
BY EVENING, WE'RE GETTING BACK
TO SOMETHING THAT IS
MORE CIVILIZED.
MORE CIVILIZED. MAYBE A 4@WIND GUST OF 25.
WAIT =
WAIT =
WAIT = ■
WAIT = ■U,PñA MINUTE.
■U,PñA MINUTE. ONE MORE THING. $s)-
■U,PñA MINUTE. WE'VE RE THING. $s)-
■U,PñA MINUTE. WE'VE GOT HING. $s)-
■U,PñA MINUTE. WE'VE GOT RAIN. $s)-
IT IS COMING IN.
BUT A LOT OF THE RAIN IS GOING
TO BE RIGHT HERE IN THE UPSTATE
REGION, IN THE 4@NORTHERN PART
THE STATE.
THE STATE. WE'LL SEE THOSE BANDS COMING
IN, BUT THE SOLID RAIN IS @CGOI
TO BE PROBABLY MORE O-6UP HERE.
SO WHEN EVERYTHING IS SAID pAND
DONE, IT úF$8ELOOKS LIKE TWO TO
THREE INCHES OF 4@RAIN OVER A
GOOD PART OF THE MIDLANDS,
EXCEPT IN THE PIEDMONT THERE.
IT COULD BE THREE TO FIVE
INCHES OF 4@RAIN AND SEVERE
WEATHER.
WEATHER.
WEATHER. THIS IS WHY WE'RE CONCERNED
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE TORNADO 4@
lWARNING
lWARNING DOWN HERE.
NO
NO CONFIRMATION OF THAT, BUT THERE IS &j■
NO CONFIRMATION OF THAT, BUT THERE IS &j■A 4@3lTORNADO WARNI
BUT IT IS THIS AREA THAT 4@IS
PRIMED FOR
tñTHE
tñTHE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES TONIGHT.
TORNADOES TONIGHT. THE INDICATION FOR TOMORROW WAS
THIS AREA, THAT MAY STILL BE IN
PLAY, BUT THEY lsMAY BE CHANGIN
THIS AFTER MIDNIGHT TO INCLUDE
MORE OF THE CENTRAL 4@AND
NORTHWESTERN PART OF 4@THE AREA
>>> YOU SAY 8:00 IN IWtTHE
MORNING, THE CENTER OF
CIRCULATION, WHAT ABOUT THE
FIRST RAIN BANDS 8#fASSOCIATED
WITH IT.
WITH IT.
WITH IT. WHAT TIME SHOULD THEY BE HERE?
>> PROBABLY AROUND 4:00 A.M.,
SOMETHING 4@LIKE THAT.
THE WINDS MAY ACTUALLY 4@START
INCREASE BEFORE SOME OF THOSE
RAIN BANDS GET IN HERE.
MY BIGGER CO4@NCERN IS WHAT IS
DEVELOPING NOW DOWN INTO THE
LOW 4@COUNTRY OF SOUTH p ■
DEVELOPING NOW DOWN INTO THE LOW 4@COUNTRY OF SOUTH p ■CAROL
WITH THOSE INDIVIDUAL
THUNDERSTORMS COMING IN 4@OFF O
THE ATLANTIC.
THE ATLANTIC. THEY'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF
SPIN TO THEM.
AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD ONE
TORNADO WARNING, AND I THINK
THAT
THAT
THAT TO
THAT TO COME.
TO COME.
TO COME. NOW, THE GREATEST RISK OF
TORNADO IS GOING TO BE HERE IN
THE COASTAL PLAIN, BUT WE COULD
STILL SEE SOME ISOLATED
TORNADOES HERE IN THE CMIDLAND
>> PGeALL RIGHT, JIM.
I'LL LET YOU GET BACK AND
CAUGHT UP ON WHAT IS GOING ON