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YOUR FORECAST.
FLORENCE STRONG CATEGORY 3
HURRICANE SLOWLY GETTING CLOSER
AND CLOSER TO THE CAROLINA
COAST.
BRAD PANOVICH HERE WITH THE
LATEST.
>>> THE LATEST TRACK CONTINUES
TO BRING INTO THE COAST.
BEFORE IT STALLS OUT AS WE GO
TOWARDS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY.
LANDFALL MIGHT NOT HAPPEN UNTIL
SATURDAY MORNING, A DISTINCT
+@ POSSIBILITY IF IT COVERS
OFFSHORE.
LOOKS LIKE BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON 2:00 IT WOULD BE
MOVING INTO THE MYRTLE BEACH
AREA BUT COULD CLIP AREAS OUT
HERE AROUND THE WILMINGTON
AREA.
COULD MAKE TWO LAND FALLS OR
WAY.
REMEMBER IT IS IN THE CONE
SOMEWHERE.
WE ALWAYS HAVE THESE HERE I
TAKE THE LINEUP BECAUSE THE
STORM COULD BE ANYWHERE WHEN
YOU SEE SHIFTS IN THE TRACK IS
THE CENTERLINE USUALLY ENDS UP
SOMEWHERE IN THE CONE
PREVIOUSLY ISSUED.
THE SAME CASE AS IT MOVES WEST.
THE CONE WIDENS OUT BECAUSE
UNCERTAINTY GROWS AS IT MOVES
TO THE WEST.
BUT A WEAKER SYSTEM BECAUSE OF
THE STALL. IT WILL ALLOW IT TO
WIND DOWN THE WIND.
UNFORTUNATELY THAT DOESN'T DO
ANYTHING FOR THE RAIN.
I MENTIONED THE STORM IS MOVING
NORTH -- MORE NORTH AND WEST,
LITTLE NORTH OF THE TRACK I
SHOWED YOU, A TREND TO WATCH.
IN THE LONG TERM THAT MAY NOT
BE A BIG DEAL, THAT COULD BRING
THE CENTER CLOSER TO CHARLOTTE
WHICH COULD MEAN WORSE WIND AND
RAIN POSSIBLE WITH THE CENTER
IF IT STALLS NEAR THE COAST.
THE IMPACTS, THE BIGGEST
CONCERN IS FLOODING.
I CANNOT EMPHASIZE THIS ENOUGH.
YOU NEED TO BE READY +@AND HAVE
PLAN.
IF YOU ARE IN A FLOODPLAIN
CHECK.
IF YOU ARE IN YOUR CREEK OR
STREAM, EVER+@ HAD FLOODING IN
YOUR YARD OR DURING A
RAINSTORM, YOU CAN COUNT ON
+@ THAT HAPPENING AGAIN MAY BE
TIMES 10.
PLAN AHEAD RIGHT NOW.
IF WE GET INTO HEAVY RAIN BANDS
THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IS
GOING TO BE VERY HIGH.
HAVE A PLAN WHERE MY GOING TO
GO WHAT IS THE HIGHEST PLACE
HAVE LED GET OUT OF MY HOUSE IS
EVERYONE -- DOES EVERYONE KNOW
WHAT AGO.
THESE ARE THINGS YOU SHOULD DO
NOW BEFORE THE STORM HITS.
WIND NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL IN
CHARLOTTE.
THIS IS A MUCH BIGGER DEAL ON
THE COAST.
WINDS WINDING DOWN AS THE STORM
STALLS AND WEEKENDS.
EVENTUALLY MOVES THROUGH SOUTH
CAROLINA.
ARE WINDS NEVER GET MUCH ABOVE
30 MILES PER HOUR.
THE WIND THREAT ISN'T HUGE, IT
WILL BE THERE COMBINED WITH WET
SOIL THAT WILL BRING TREES
DOWN.
REMEMBER TREES AROUND HERE DO
NOT DO WELL IN ANY RAINY
WEATHER WHEN THERE IS A LITTLE
WIND.
AS FAR AS WIND IMPACTS THE
BIGGEST WILL BE OFFSHORE, SOUTH
AND EAST.
I DON'T THINK WE WILL SEE MUCH
IN THE WAY OF DAMAGE.
THE TIMING, MY NUMBER 1
QUESTION I GET, THURSDAY NO
ISSUES.
FRIDAY PRETTY MUCH NO ISSUES LOW
AND THREAT MAY BE FOR WINDOW A
FEW POWER OUTAGES EAST BUT
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY NOTICE HOW
COLORS +@RAMP UP ESPECIALLY FOR
+@
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY NOTICE HOW COLORS +@RAMP UP ESPECIALLY FOR FLASH FLOODING.
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY THIS IS
THE BIGGEST THREAT THIS WILL GO
INTO MONDAY +@AND TUESDAY WINDS
WON'T BE AN ISSUE BY THEM ALL
ABOUT THE RAIN.
THE POWER OUTAGES, NOT BECAUSE
OF THE WIND BUT BECAUSE OF THE
RAIN SATURATING THE GROUND.
TREES COMING DOWN KNOCKING DOWN
THE POWER LINES.
CHECK OUT FUTURECAST RAINFALL
TOTALS.
I HAVE TO KEEP ADJUSTING COLORS
BECAUSE THEY +@ARE SO FAR UP
THERE THEY ARE OFF THE CHARTS.
I WILL SHOW YOU A CLOSE VIEW
HERE WE WILL ZOOM INTO THE
VIEWING AREA AND IT WILL SHOW
YOU THE NUMBERS.
THIS IS THE POTENTIAL RAINFALL
WE CO+@ULD SEE BETWEEN NOW AND
TUESDAY.
EVERY SINGLE LOCATION BETWEEN
FIVE AND 11 INCHES OF RAIN.
+@
EVERY SINGLE LOCATION BETWEEN FIVE AND 11 INCHES OF RAIN. DEPENDING ON WHERE THE TRACK
SETS UP THERE MIGH+@T BE AN ARE
OF HEAVY +@RAIN THAT MOVES
THROUGH.
JUST THINK ABOUT THIS MUCH RAIN
FALLING AND A 4-FOUR AND A HALF
DAY PERIOD MAYBE THREE IN SOME
LOCATIONS.
THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IN
THE AREA ESPECIALLY THE
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.
NO FLOOD WATCH YET I'M WAITING
TO SEE, THERE'S ONE OFF TO THE
EAST, WE WILL LIKELY SEE SOME
+@
TO SEE, THERE'S ONE OFF TO THE EAST, WE WILL LIKELY SEE SOME ISSUED FOR OUR AREA.
HERE IS MY BOTTOM LINE IMPACTS
FLOODING RAIN SEVEN - 10
INCHES.
SOME COULD BE HIGHER SOME COULD
BE LOWERED DOWNED TREES THE
NUMBER 2 IMPACT.
I'M WORRIED BECAUSE OF THE WET
SOIL AND NUMBER 3 WHICH WE
HAVEN'T TALKED A LOT ABOUT IS
THE TORNADO THREAT.
WITH THE TRACK SOUTH AND WEST,
THAT PUTS US ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OR STRONGEST SIDE OF THE
CIRCULATION TYPICALLY WHERE
TORNADOES FORM.
WE WILL WATCH THAT BUT THAT WILL
BE A DAY BY DAY SET UP.
TONIGHT, SCATTERED SHOWERS
TONIGHT.
MOST OF US NOT ASSOCIATED WITH
FLORENCE IT IT FEELS TROPICAL
OUT THERE WITH TEMPERATURES
AROUND 70 DEGREES.
SEVEN +@DAY FORECAST, THE IMPAC
MOVING IN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.