AREAS
AREAS AROUND ASHEVILLE, HEAVIER RAIN THERE, NORTHBOUND
SOUTHBOUND 77 OR 40, VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL THERE.
RAINFALL THERE. >> LET'S GET TO SOME VIDEO THAT
WE ARE GETTING INTO THE WCNC
NEWSROOM.
NEWSROOM.
NEWSROOM. THIS IS VIDEO WE GOT FROM ROCK
HILL, SIGNIFICANT RAIN FALLING
THERE, THIS IS ACTUALLY FROM
ONE OF OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS, THIS
IS JUST RIGHT OUTSIDE OF HIS
OWN.
OWN.
OWN. YOU
OWN. YOU CAN SEE THE WAVES OF HEAVY
RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE STREET
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. THE FLAG, BLOWING IN THE WIND
AS WELL AND THEN WE'VE GOT
VIDEO FROM A VIEWER, THIS IS
FLOODING, UP IN HIGHLAND CREEK,
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT UNIVERSITY
AREA, AND YOU CAN SEE THIS
PERSON'S BACKYARD, THIS IS A
CASE WHERE PROBABLY A TRICKLE
TURNED INTO ALMOST WHITE WATER
RAPIDS, YOU SEE THE PERSON IN
THE BACKGROUND, HOPEFULLY THEY
ARE SAFE RIGHT NOW.
THAT WATER MOVING FAST RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. THAT'S THE SITUATION THERE.
NOW, JUST OFF OF BILLY GRAHAM,
WE'VE GOT VIDEO OF A TREE DOWN,
THIS IS JUST OFF OF BILLY
GRAHAM, THIS IS NOT TOO FAR
FROM OUR WCNC CHARLOTTE
STUDIOS, THIS IS THE SCENE WE
ARE SEEING, AROUND OUR AREA,
THE TREES CAME DOWN, WHAT YOU
HAVE IS NOT JUST THE FOLKS
RIGHT THERE, YOU'VE GOT THE
-SOAKED GROUND, IT DOES NOT TAKE
TOO HEAVY A WIND, TO KNOCK DOWN
SOME OF THESE TREES OUT THERE,
AND THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>> THERE'S SO MUCH LOOSENED
SOIL, THESE TREES CAN GO DOWN
WITH A GUSTY WIND.
THIS WAS ABOUT 12:15 P.M.
>> I HAVE TWO WEATHER STATIONS
AT MY HOUSE, I WAS LOOKING AT
THE DATA AND THE PRESSURE DATA,
AND YOU CAN CLEARLY TELL THERE
WAS A CIRCULATION THAT PASSED
OVER MY HOUSE.
>> A PRESSURE DROP.
>> ABOUT 30 MILLIBARS IN A
MATTER OF FIVE-MINUTE'S AND WE
HAD THE WEATHER CHANGE FROM
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST TO NORTHEAST
AND NORTHWEST.
AND NORTHWEST. >> COMPLETE ROTATION.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE I MAY HAVE
LOST THE WEATHER STATION, ABOUT
73 MILES AN HOUR.
>> YOU CAN COMPARE IT TO A
CATEGORY 1 HARM HURRICANE, IT
MAY BE ONE OF THOSE F-0'S, IT
WON'T HAPPEN AFTER TODAY,
PROBABLY AT SOME POINT, WE WILL
SEND TEAMS IN HERE TO DO AN
ANALYSIS, THAT'S WHEN THEY
ASCERTAIN THE WIND SPEED, IT'S
AFTER THE TORNADO PASSES, THEY
LOOK AT THE DAMAGE REPORTS, THE
WAY THE DAMAGE IS ALIGNED, AND
THEY FACTOR IN A NUMERIC FACTOR
TO DETERMINE WHETHER IF IT IS
IN F-0 UP TO AND F 5.
>> I'M LOOKING AT MY CAMERAS.
>> WE ARE NOT OVER YET,
UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S MORE BACK
TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST, THE
HEAVY RAINFALL, WE WILL STILL
BE DEALING WITH THE FLASH FLOOD
POTENTIAL FOR THE ENTIRE AREA,
SO AFTER THE WIND,
UNFORTUNATELY, COMES THE
FLOODING.
FLOODING.
FLOODING. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL STREAM
OR CREEK, EVERYTHING THAT HAS
FLOODED IN THE PAST, IT'LL
HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS A
MAJOR, MAJOR STORM SYSTEM,
CLIMATE KIND OF REMINDS ME OF A
TROPICAL STORM THAT SITS RIGHT
ON TOP OF US.
>> YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO
TRANSITION FROM THE WIND AND
TORNADO THREAT TO THE TROPICAL
TYPE SET UP WITH HEAVY RAIN,
ADD ADDITIONAL TREES.
I THINK WE'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN
QUITE A BIT WHERE THE RAIN ENDS
AND SOMETIMES EVEN AFTER THAT,
THE TREE STILL COME DOWN.
BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN DAMAGED OR
WEAKENED BY THE PREVIOUS WIND,
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU
SEE THESE TREES HANGING AND
THERE'S PARTIAL DAMAGE, YOU
WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM THOSE
TREES BECAUSE THEY COULD FALL
WITH LITTLE WARNING.
>> IT COULD BE WEEKS AFTER
THIS, IF YOU HAVE A SITUATION,
WE HAVE ONE OF THE OLDER TREES,
A LOT OF CHARLOTTE IS COVERED
IN THE OLDER TREES, AND THERE'S
DAMAGE, THE SOONER YOU CAN, NOT
NOW BUT TOMORROW, GET THE TREE
EXPERTS OUT THERE TO CHECK IT
OUT BECAUSE THEY WILL COME
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. SO
DOWN. SO MANY SITUATIONS, WHERE THE
DAMAGE EVEN DEATHS FROM THIS
SITUATION, THAT IS THE
SITUATION WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW,
WITH THE GUSTY WINDS, THE
POTENTIAL FOR MORE, RIGHT NOW
WE ARE DEALING WITH TORNADO
WARNINGS, WE'VE GOT ONE MORE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
WHICH IS STILL IN EFFECT, FOR A
WHICH IS STILL IN EFFECT, FOR A@ VERY SMALL SECTION OF
SOUTHEASTERN STANLEY COUNTY.
NORTHERN ANSON COUNTY, NORTHERN
RICHMOND COUNTY THAT IS STILL
1:30 PM.
1:30 PM.
1:30 PM. WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN
PICTURES AND VIDEO COMING IN.
>> ALL ACROSS OUR AREA FROM
MATTHEWS TO SOUTH PARK, SENDING
+@
MATTHEWS TO SOUTH PARK, SENDING US VIDEOS OF WHAT THEY BEEN
SEEING AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS,
THIS IS RIGHT WHEN THE STORM
FIRST HIT ACCORDING TO JOHN,
AND THIS IS IN THE MATTHEWS
AREA, YOU CAN SEE THE GUST OF
WIND, LOOK, THE TREE COMING
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. THEY CAUGHT THAT ON CAMERA
BECAUSE OF HOW STRONG THE WINDS
ARE.
ARE.
ARE. THIS
ARE. THIS IS FROM PARK ROAD, NORTH
OF JOHNSTON ROAD IN THE
BALLANTINE AREA, LOOK AT THIS
VIDEO, THIS IS SARAH'S VIDEO,
HER HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THROUGH
THAT AREA AND REPORTED THERE
WERE DOWNED TREES, JOHNSTON
ROAD HEAVILY, TRAVELED AREA,
THAT IS CLOSED, THAT'S PART
ROAD NORTH OF JOHNSTON ROAD,
NUMEROUS TREES ACCORDING TO
THIS REPORT.
THIS REPORT. ALSO SEEING A LOT OF FLOODING
VIDEOS, THIS ONE SENT IN FROM
THE LAKE WYLIE AREA, LOOKS LIKE
THEY ARE LOOKING OUT THEIR
WINDOW, THIS IS FROM LINDSAY
HICKS, THANKS FOR SENDING IN
THAT VIDEO.
THAT VIDEO. ONCE AGAIN ANOTHER DOWNED TREE,
THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE WE ARE
GOING TO SEE, ALL THROUGHOUT
OUR AREA, THIS PICTURE WAS SENT
OUT BY THE YORK COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND THEY
DON'T LIST EXACTLY, WELL, THEY
DID SAY, AVOID ROAD IN YORK
COUNTY, MAKE SURE YOU AVOID
THAT AREA.
THAT AREA. WE'VE BEEN ON THE SCENE OF