>> FIRST TO AL. HE HAS NEW INFORMATION ON WHAT
WE CAN EXPECT.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW HERE YOU
GO.
GO. THE OUTER RAIN BANDS NOW JUST
HITTING THE OUTER BANKS AND
CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE.
DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE
CATEGORY.
CATEGORY. THAT’S NOT THE IMPORTANT THING.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS WHEN IT
COMES ON SHORE, THE STORM SURGE
AND THE RAIN.
IT’S 205 EAST, SOUTHEAST OF
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.
IT’S MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15
MILES PER HOUR.
WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF
TRACKS.
TRACKS. WE HAVE THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER TRACK WHICH BRINGS IT
JUST OFFSHORE TOMORROW MORNING,
2:00 A.M., 105 MILES PER HOUR
WINDS.
WINDS. NORTHEAST THE STRONGEST.
IT COMES ON SHORE, COMES ACROSS
WILMINGTON AND MAKES ITS SAY
INTO SOUTH CAROLINA CONTINUING
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AND THEN BY
MONDAY MORNING IT’S JUST A LOCAL
PRESSURE SYSTEM IN PARTS OF
EASTERN TENNESSEE.
EASTERN TENNESSEE. THE DIFFERENCE NOW BETWEEN THAT
AND THE EUROPEAN MODEL.
THIS WOULD BE THE WORST CASE
SCENARIO.
SCENARIO. IT COMES RIGHT OFFSHORE, MAKES
LAND FALL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING
AROUND WILMINGTON, AND THEN
COMES INLAND FOR JUST A LITTLE
BIT AND NOW CONTINUES ALONG THE
COAST.
COAST. FROM WILMINGTON, MYRTLE BEACH
DOWN TO CHARLESTON THEY GET THE
NORTHEAST QUADRANT AND THE STORM
SURGE.
SURGE. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT WE WOULD
NEED TO KNOW.
THESE ARE THE IMPACTS.
TROPICAL AND HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA
COAST.
COAST. THESE ARE THE POWER OUTAGES
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. 70% TO MYRTLE BEACH.
50% TO 70% MOVING INLAND.
THE STORM SURGE, THIS IS WHERE
50% OF PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVES.
WITH SURGES OF 9 TO 13 FEET,
TONIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT IS THE
ONE HIGH TIDE.
TOMORROW WE’LL LOOK AT HIGH
TIDES AROUND MIDDAY, AROUND
NOONTIME THAT WILL WALL THAT
WATER COMING ON TOP AND THEN
THERE’S THE FLOODING.
LOOK AT THIS.
FIRST, THERE’S THE AREA, THE
STORM SURGE FROM CAPE FEAR TO
CAPE LOOKOUT.
CAPE LOOKOUT. THAT’S THE MOST DANGEROUS SPOT.
RAINFALL, WE COULD BE LOOKING AT
40 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN MYRTLE
BEACH UP INTO WILMINGTON AND
JUST SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS.
COASTAL FLOODING, UNPRECEDENTED
AMOUNTS.
AMOUNTS. LET’S GO TO DYLAN DREYER IN
NORTH CAROLINA RIGHT NOW.
AND DYLAN, WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH,
WHAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NOW?
ARE YOU SEEING ANY INCREASE IN
WINDS OR RAIN YET IN.
>> Reporter: WELL, THE WIND IS
STARTING TO PICK UP, BUT WE
CAN’T EVEN GET TO THE BEACH.
THIS IS THE BASE OF THE BRIDGE
TO WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH.
IT’S CLOSED AS ARE MOST IF NOT
ALL THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF NORTH
CAROLINA, BECAUSE THEY REALLY
NEED TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THAT
AREA BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING YOU
WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.
WINDS ARE INCREASING.
LET’S GET TO THE TIME LINE AS WE
GO FORWARD INTO THE NEXT 48
HOURS.
HOURS. WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS MOVE IN
THROUGH THE MORNING.
THOSE ARE WINDS ABOVE 39 MILES
PER HOUR.
PER HOUR. BY THIS AFTERNOON THE OUTER
BANDS OF HURRICANE FLORENCE WILL
MAKE THEIR WAY ON SHORE.
THAT’S THE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR
THAT WE’RE EXPECTING AND THAT IS
GOING TO LAST THROUGH THE
WEEKEND WHICH WILL CAUSE PERHAPS
UP TO 40 INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME
AREAS.
AREAS. TONIGHT WE HAVE THAT FIRST HIGH
TIDE JUST AFTER 11:00 P.M.
AS THE STORM GETS CLOSER, WE
COULD START TO FEEL THE INITIAL
EFFECTS OF THAT STORM SURGE.
THEN FRIDAY MORNING WE HAVE THE
LAND FALL PERHAPS AROUND
6:00 A.M.
6:00 A.M. JUST AFTER THAT ANOTHER HIGH
TIDE AROUND 11:00 30.
FRIDAY, TORRENTIAL RAINS, HIGH
STORM SURGE AND HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS WILL BE BATTERING THIS
AREA ALL DAY LONG ON FRIDAY AND
THEN AFTER THAT, AS YOU KNOW,
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE RAIN AS THIS
THING RAINS ITSELF OUT.
AND THAT COULD LEAD TO EVEN MORE
FRESH WATER FLOODING IN ADDITION
TO THE COASTAL FLOODING OUT OF
THIS ONE.
THIS ONE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH.
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH. STAY SAFE.
STAY SAFE. >>> PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP SAYING
IT’S A CATEGORY 2, LIKE THAT’S