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>>> WITH
>>> WITH THE TAURO -- TORNADO WARNING THAT LEFT EARLIER, THIS
IS IN 4@CRAWFORD COUNTY WHERE W
GOT THESE PICTURES.
I APPRECIATE THESE, THIS WAS
FROM A 4@LITTLE WHILE AGO.
>>4@ THIS IS NO DOUBT TORNADO
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE. YOU CAN SEE THEM SNAPPED
HALFWAY UP4@, THIS AGAIN IS WHE?
IT IS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY.
OF COURSE WE HAD REPORTS OF
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND POWER
LINES.
LINES.
LINES. >>
LINES. >> WE WILL GO ON TO OUR
REPORTER AUSTIN LOVE AT THAT
SPOT IN THE BUTLER AUTO STORM
LAB 4@DRIVING THROUGH THE AREA.
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
>>REPORTER: LIVE HERE RIGHT NOW
IN OUR STORM LAB.4@
THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. IT IS DEFINITELY TORNADO DAMAGE
. WE 4@ARE ON 4@AVERA ROAD, YOU
SEE THE DAMAGE AND 4@EMERGENCY
. WE 4@ARE ON 4@AVERA ROAD, YOU SEE THE DAMAGE AND 4@EMERGENCY@
CREWS RIGHT HERE.
>> THERE ARE ALSO 4@POWER CREWS
RIGHT HERE BECAUSE A TREE4@ FEL
OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR
SCREEN.4@
SCREEN.4@
SCREEN.4@ IT TOOK DOWN 4@A POWER LINE WIT
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> NOT SURE IF THEY CUT OFF
POWER, BUT CREWS ARE OUT HERE 4@
AT THIS TIME.
THIS IS RIGHT BY A HOUSE.
YOU CAN SEE4@ THE ROOF OF THE
HOUSE HAS A BLUE TARP.
>> SOME DAMAGE4@ MUST HAVE
HAPPENED WITH A TREE THERE.
HERE IS THE REAL DAMAGE WITH
THIS TREE FALLING OVER HERE
INTO THE POWER 4@LINES.
>> YOU CAN SEE IT AS WE ARE 4@
ABOUT 35 MINUTES SOUTH OF MACON
4@IN CRAWFORD COUNTY.
DEFINITELY TORNADO4@ PASSED
THROUGH HERE EARLIER TODAY.
>> CREWS RIGHT NOW BEING ABLE
TO CLEAN IT UP, BUT DEFINITELY
THIS IS THE AFTERMATH 4@OF A
TORNADO AS HURRICANE MICHAEL 4@
STARTING 4@TO SHOW THE OUTER BAS
KNOCKING POWER LINES DOWN4@ AND
TAKING DOWN TREES.
>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT A
STANDSTILL4@, THEY AREN'T EVEN
LETTING US THROUGH BECAUSE OF
THIS 4@HEAVY MACHINERY 4@TRYING
GET THIS TREE OUT OF THE MIDDLE
OF THE ROAD ON AVERA ROAD 4@IN
CRAWFORD COUNTY.
CRAWFORD COUNTY. >> WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU A
LOT MORE UPDATES, SO STICK WITH
US HERE AT4@ WMAZ.COM AND ON A.
>> WE APPRECIATE THIS LOOKING
OUT4@ OVER THE PRAIRIE.
YOU CAN SEE THE FLAGS WAVING
AND THE WIND AND RAIN COMING
IN.
IN.
IN. IT
IN. IT HAS BEEN AN AFTERNOON THAT
HAS4@ SEEN BATCHES OF RAIN.
>> WILL TORNADO WARNING AT ONE @
POINT WAS ONLY FIVE MILES SOUTH
OF THE FAIRGROUNDS.
IT MOVED TOWARD THE NORTHWEST.
HERE IS A LOOK AT CURRENT,
SUSTAINED WINDS.4@
SUSTAINED WINDS.4@ >> WE ARE LOOKING AT 15, 20 TO
30 MILES PER HOUR.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 4@GUSTS, IS
STARTING TO PICK UP.
CORDELE'S WAS JUST AT 53 MILES @
PER HOUR.
PER HOUR.
PER HOUR. THOSE BIGGER NUMBERS ARE
STARTING TO MOVE IN.
>> THE CENTER OF THE STORM IS4@
PRODUCING AUSTERE WINDS.
A THREAT WITH THE OUTER BANDS
HAS MADE ITS WA4@Y NORTHWARD 4@
NOW WE ARE SEEING NEW CELLS ON
THE TOP SIDE.
CLEARLY A 4@LOT OF SPIN GOING 4
THE SCREEN.
THE SCREEN. >> WE WILL WATCH THE'S TO SEE
IF WE SEE ANYTHING ELSE POP UP
AS FAR AS ROTA4@TION OR ANY
TORNADO WARNING.
TORNADO WARNING. WE KEEP 4@CHECKING ALL OF THESE
>> A 4@LOT OF TIMES WITH THESE
SYSTEMS, YOU SEE THEM POP UP
FOR A LITTLE AND GO AWAY.
IT'S LIKE PLAYING WACCAMAW. YOU
SEE ONE SPINNING FOR A LITTLE
BIT, THEN IT IS ALREADY GONE
WHEN YOU SEE ANOTHER ONE4@ 4@PO
UP.
UP.
UP. >>
UP. >> AS
UP. >> AS WE GO FURTHER TOWARD THE
SOUTHWEST, YOU CAN SEE THE EYE
OF THE STORM.
A LITTLE BIT AGO THE STORM
CONTINUED TO WEAKEN. WHEN IT
CAME ON SHORE, IT WAS 155 MILES
PER HOUR AND THE SUSTAINED
WINDS HAVE DROPPED4@ TO THREE.
IF IT DROPS ANOTHER FIVE MILES
PER HOUR, IT IS A CATEGORY TWO.
>> IT IS MOVING NORTH/NORTHEAST
FROM 13 DOWN AND 60 MILES PER
HOUR AT 4@THE LAST ADVISORY.
HERE IS A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING ANYWHERE IN CENTRAL
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA. >> NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, YOU
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS,
THAT IS GREATER THAN 40 MILES
PER HOUR.
PER HOUR.
PER HOUR. WE SHOULD 4@SEE NUMBERS HIGHER
THAN THAT IN SOME SPOTS.
>> FOR THE SOUTH, THE HURRICANE
WARNING IS IN THE PINK AND SOME
OF THOSE WINDS COULD BE EVEN
HIGHER.
HIGHER.
HIGHER. SOME OF THOSE IN THE BEGINNING
COULD START OFF AT 70+ MILES
PER HOUR INTO THE NEXT COUPLE
HOURS OR SO.
>> THE NEW TRACK THAT CAME OUT
SHOWS4@ THE POTENTIAL FOR MAYBE
STILL SOME HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
4@OR JUST BELOW IT INTO H -- 4@
STRONG TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS.4@
WINDS.4@
WINDS.4@ >> THIS IS EARLY IN THE MORNING
PAST MACON .4@ IF IT HAS ENOUGH
FORWARD SPEED, IT MAY GET ON
THROUGH4@. STILL PROBABLY
SOMEWHERE IN THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS 4@OF TOMORROW.
BUT IT4@ KEEPS SHOWING THAT IT'
MOVING A LITTLE 4@BIT FASTER.
>> HERE IS A LOOK AT THE RPM
MODEL.
MODEL.
MODEL. AS
MODEL. AS WE GET INTO 9 O'CLOCK OR SO,
IT WILL PROBABLY BE NEAR ALBANY.
>> THEN 4@WE GO FORWARD INTO 11
O'CLOCK AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
HERE IS 4@THE CENTER OF THE
STORM, YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN AND
WIND WRAPPING UP.
>> YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THE
RAIN, HEAVY STUFF MAKING ITS
WAY OUT OF THE AREA WITH THE
CENTER 4@RIGHT HERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE NOT MUCH IS GOING
ON ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT THAT @
IS THE QUIETER SIDE.
>> THE 4@WIND WILL4@ STILL BE
WHIPPING AROUND ON THE
BACKSIDE.
BACKSIDE.
BACKSIDE. LET'S GET AROUND TO 4@8 AM AND
YOU CAN SEE THINGS PULLING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST.
>> 4@THE PROBABILITY OF SEEING
THOSE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
IS MAINLY FROM 4@BUTLER, MACON,
MILLEDGEVILLE AND SOUTH AND
EAST FOR THE POTENTIA4@L4@ TO 4
MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS AND SOME OF
THESE AREAS.
THESE AREAS. >> WITH THE NEW MAP, THIS HAS
DROPPED DOWN4@ SHARPLY AS YOU G
FURTHER NORTH.
FURTHER NORTH. A GOOD 4@CHUNK OF CENTRAL GEORG
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SEE 4@THIS
ONCE.
ONCE.
ONCE. >>
ONCE. >> HOW ABOUT HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS?
WINDS?
WINDS? IF
WINDS? IF IT IS STILL HOLDING TOGETHER
WITH THIS KIND OF SPEED, PLACES
LIKE CORDELE WILL HAVE THE
GREATER PERCENTAGE CHANCE OF
SEEING THAT.
SEEING THAT. DEPENDING ON WHEN IT 4@WEEKENDS
INTO A TROPICAL STORM THAT'S
WHEN WE SEE IT GO FROM
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND
TEMPERATURES DROP OFF.4@
MAINLY TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS FOR ALL OF GEORGIA, BUT
THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER STAFF
TO THE SOUTH.
>> 4@HERE IS AROUND 10 TO 4@11
O'CLOCK TONIGHT.
O'CLOCK TONIGHT. CORDELE 4@SHOWING 63, THE
POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER NUMBERS
AND THIS 4@IS JUST A MODEL. 4@
THESE AREN'T EXACT NUMBERS.
>> LET ME BACK IT UP4@ SO IT
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE HURRICANE
KICKED IN REVERSE.
THERE IS MIDNIGHT AND WE GO
FORWARD INTO AROUND 1 O'CLOCK.
NOTICE PLACES LIKE DUBLIN 4@
SHOWING 50-60+ MILES PER HOUR
WI4@ND GUSTS.
WI4@ND GUSTS. >> YOU CAN SEE 4@THE ACTUAL 4@E
ADJUSTED FOR THE SOUTH NEAR
HOPKINSVILLE.4@
HOPKINSVILLE.4@ THEN WE GO4@ FORWARD AND YOU CA
SEE BIBB -- MACON HITTING IN 4@
ON THE ACT.
THESE ARE SIMILAR NUMBERS TO
LAST YEAR WITH 4@WIND SPEEDS AN
GUESTS.4@
GUESTS.4@
GUESTS.4@ SAME4@ KIND OF DAMAGE. 4@
>> OF COURSE WHAT WE SHOWED YOU
OUT OF CRAWFORD COUNTY A MINUTE
AGO IS NOT EVEN FROM THE BRUNT
OF MICHAEL.
OF MICHAEL. THAT WAS FROM A TORNADO4@ ON TH
OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE TRUC4@K.
>> IT IS NOT 4@OFFICIALLY
CONFIRMED FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE, BUT I HAVE
SEEN ENOUGH OF THOSE AND FOLLOW
THE ROTATION.
THE ROTATION. IT 4@WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
>> HERE IS A LOOK AT 4 AM, YOU
CAN SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR 4@GUS
WINDS.
WINDS.
WINDS. THEN IT MOVES TOWARD ACOSTA BY
5 TO 6.4@ EVEN THE MOST RAIN MA
BE WRAPPING AROUND ON THE SIDE,
WE SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE GUSTY
WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE, MAYBE A
PROCESS 4@-- TROPICAL STOR4@M F.
THAT IS AT FOUR OR 5 AM.
>> MACON SHOWING 50+ MILE-PER-
HOUR WINDS POSSIBLE.
GETTING INTO MIDMORNING BEFORE
THINGS START TO GET LOWER, IT
WILL BE CALMER AROUND SEVEN OR
8 O'CLOCK.4@
8 O'CLOCK.4@ >> IS FOR IS GETTING TO 4@A
CASUAL BREEZE THAT MAYBE ON
INTO THE DAY TOMORROW BEFORE
THAT HAPPENS. 4@4@
>> AS FAR AS RAINFALL IS
CONCERNED, THAT IS SECONDARY.4@
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS MAINLY
WIND.
WIND.
WIND. YOU
WIND. YOU CAN SEE THREE INCHES
AVERAGE.
AVERAGE.
AVERAGE. >>4@ AS WE GO FORWARD, IT COMES
YOUR WAY AND AS SOON AS IT
LOADS IN4@, IF IT DOESN'T YOU G
THE IDEA.
THE IDEA.
THE IDEA. 2 TO 3 INCHES, A FAST MOVER AND
NOT A BIG FLOODING 4@CONCERN.
>> ONCE AGAIN, AS WE GO THROUGH
TONIGHT4@ STARTING NOW IN THE
SOUTHE4@ASTERN OR SOUTHWESTERN
COUNTIES, AND GOING FORWARD,
THE WINDS SHOULD PICK UP MORE
AND MORE.
AND MORE.
AND MORE. >> ONCE WE GET INTO THE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT4@ IT WILL CONTINU
LIKE THIS.
LIKE THIS. IT MAY BE INTO TOMORROW MORNING
BEFORE WE SEE THINGS CALM DOWN.
>> OF COURSE, WE WILL CONTINUE
TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON
HURRICANE MICHAEL AS IT ROSE
THROUGH GEORGIA.
THROUGH GEORGIA. WE WILL BE WITH YOU THROUGHOUT
THE EVENING.
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