CHARLOTTE. BACK TO YOU. >>> TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE HAS
MADE ITS WAY INTO THE VIEWING
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>>> TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE HAS MADE ITS WAY INTO THE VIEWING AREA.
HERE IS A LIVE LOOKUP WHERE THE
STORM IS NOW.
>> RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE
NIGHT AND MOST OF THE WEEKEND.
ASCENDED TO BRAD PANOVICH WAS
TRACKING THIS MONSTER STORM
FROM THE STORM CENTER.
>>> WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE
WIND AND RAIN PICKED BACK UP.
LOOK AT ALL OF TH+@E TROPICAL
STORM WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR A
BIG CHUNK OF NORTH AND SOUTH
CAROLINA.
INCLUDES RICHMOND CO+@UNTY,
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AND
LANCASTER COUNTY.
WILL STAY IN EFFECT UNTIL
CONDITIONS GO AWAY.
WE HAVE A FLOOD WATCH UP WHICH
IS UP THROUGH MIDNIGHT ON
TUESDAY WHICH IS MONDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
THIS IS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.
THAT IS HOW LONG THE FLOODING
COULD GO ON.
YOU SEE THE WIND GUSTS.
TO GIVE YOU SCOPE OF THE
DAMAGE, THE WILMINGTON NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND THE
MOREHEAD CITY NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE, I WOULD
NORMALLY HAVE OBSERVATIONS.
THERE IS NONE BECAUSE THERE IS
NO COMMUNICATION WITH THAT
AREA.
MOST OF THE OBSERVATIONS ARE
MISSING BECAUSE THERE IS EITHER
DAMAGE TO THE COMMUNICATION
LINES AND WE KNOW FOR SURE THE
RADAR THE WILMINGTON OFFICE HAS
BEEN DAMAGED.
YOU CAN SEE THE WIND GUSTS
ANYWHERE FROM 40-50 MILES PER
HOUR.
YOU CAN SEE THE BROAD
CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE
STORM.
WHEN THEY WEAKEN THE WIND FIELD
CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM. WHEN THEY WEAKEN THE WIND FIELD@
GETS BIGGER.
THEY SPREAD OUT 195 MILES AWAY
FROM THE CENTER.
EVERYBODY IS EXPERIENCING THE
WIND EVEN INTO CHARLOTTE WE ARE
STARTING TO SEE THE WIND GUST
TO 35 MILES PER HOUR.
ONCE WE START GETTING RAIN
BANDS IN HERE, WE WILL SEE THAT
AS WELL.
YOU CAN SEE IN AND OUT DATED
THERE AS IT FILLS IN FROM OTHER
RATERS.
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THERE AS IT FILLS IN FROM OTHER RATERS. IS MUCH MORE INTENSE THAN IT +@
LOOKS LIKE +@ON RADAR.
THERE IS TWO DISTINCT RAIN
BANDS THAT ARE PRODUCING 2-3
INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR.
THERE LIKE FIRE HOSES FLOODING
THE AREA WITH CATASTROPHIC
FLOODING.
THESE BANDS ARE STARTING TO
MOVE IN TO OUR COUNTIES.
OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE MORNING,
STANLEY COUNTY, RICHMOND COUNTY
ARE TWO COUNTIES THAT COULD
START TO SEE FLOODING AS SOON
AS SATURDAY MORNING.
EVENTUALLY THESE WILL MOVE INTO
PIEDMONT.
THE RAIN CHANCE FOR THE MORNING
HOURS, YOU GET THE IDEA.
IT IS WHERE THEY HAVE 100% ON
HERE.
YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH WRITE THAT
IN FOR TOMORROW AS WE GO TO THE
DAY.
WE WILL +@START IN THE MOUNTAIN
AND FOOTHILLS.
AS WE GO THROUGH SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY, WE WILL SEE WAVES OF
HEAVY RAIN.
IS PROBABLY THE LATER PART OF+@
THE WEEKEND THAT WE WILL SEE
THE HEAVIEST RAIN.
ESPECIALLY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY.
THAT IS WHEN WE WILL SEE THE
HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS.
GUSTY WIND COULD BRING TREES
DOWN UP THERE.
IT IS THIS THREAT THAT WE ARE
WATCHING FOR THE MUDSLIDES.
THAT IS THE CONCERN THAT WE
HAVE WITH THE SYSTEM.
WE WILL SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MUDSLIDES.
ANY MOISTURE ON THE SLOPES WILL
CAUSE DEBRIS FLOW.
+@ THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE, --
CALLED.
DOWN HERE IN THE PIEDMONT, THE
HEAVY RAIN WILL PROBABLY START
TOMORROW AND GO THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING.
GUSTY WIND WILL BE A BIG ISSUE
ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL.
FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY, EVEN
IN THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA.
HEAVY RAIN WILL LAST THROUGH'S
SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY.
GUSTY WINDS, WE HAVE ARTIE SEEN
THAT.
TREES WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN IN
MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE AREA.
BECAUSE OF THE WIND THE SOIL
GETS MOIST AND WE PUSH ON THE
TREES AND THEY TIP OVER.
IT IS MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE WET
SOIL.
MORE SO THAN THE ACTUAL WIND.
HERE IS FUTURE+@ CAST.
WE WILL BREAK THIS DOWN.
TOMORROW MORNING, HEAVY RAIN
BANDS INTO THE +@EASTERN
COUNTIES.
AS WE GO THROUGH+@ THE DAY THEY
SPREAD INTO CHARLOTTE BY NOON.
LATER IN THE DAY, LOOK AT THE
RAINFALL.
THAT IS 4 PM TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
SATURDAY NIGHT IT REALLY STARTS
TO PICK UP.
HEAVY RAIN INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
THIS IS THE BA+@ND I AM WATCHIN
I'+@M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ON
SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE
AFTERNOON.
THAT WILL BE 2-3 INCHES OF RAIN
PER HOUR.
THEN THAT MOVES INTO THE
MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS
WHERE WE SEE FLOODING ON SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER BAND
TRIES TO FORM AN I-77 ON MONDAY
MORNING.
THAT WOULD BE A HORRIBLE
SITUATION ON TOP OF THE
PREVIOUS RAIN.
IT IS STILL SCATTERED SHOWERS
INTO MONDAY EVENING.
HOW MUCH RAIN?
I DO NOT THINK WE WILL SEE
THESE EXACT TOTALS.
THIS IS TO GIVE YOU A ROUGH
IDEA.
THIS IS OUR FUTURE CAST MODEL.
I THINK THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES.
15-18 INCHES OF RAIN.
CHARLOTTE NINE INCHES.
THAT WOULD OBLITERATE THE
PREVIOUS RECORD WHICH WAS 8.41
IN A TWO DAY PERIOD.
NO ONE HAS REALLY SEEN THAT
MUCH RAIN IN CHARLOTTE AND A
TWO DAY PERIOD THAT IS
CURRENTLY ALIVE.
WE ARE TALKING HUNDRED AND 40
YEARS OF RECORD-KEEPING.
+@ 5-10 INCHES OF+@ RAIN +@LOCALIZ
NEAR 12 INCHES.
TREES COMING DOWN AND
POWERLINES WITH THE METS MAKE.
WE HAVE TORNADO THREATS.
WE COULD SEE THAT TOMORROW
AFTERNOON, SUNDAY AND INTO
MONDAY.
TOMORROW WHITEY.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD
DEVELOP.
MOST OF THESE WILL BE SHOW+@ERS
THERE WILL NOT BE THUNDER.
THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE
LIKE A THUNDERSTORM.
MID-70s BECAUSE OF ALL THE
SHOWERS.
I LOVE SHOWING THE SEVEN DAY
BECAUSE I CAN SEE AN END TO THE
RAIN WHICH WILL BE THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK. THE PROBLEM IS,
WE WILL LIKELY HAVE SO MUCH
RUNOFF INTO THE RIVERS THAT WE
WILL DEAL WITH RIVER FLOODING
EVEN WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT IN
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
THE WEEKEND IS THE TIME THAT WE
WILL SEE THIS.
BE PREPARED. SUNDAY AND MONDAY
MORNING COULD BE ROUGH.
>> WE CANNOT SAY ENOUGH. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH THE WATER EVEN IF
YOU THINK YOU CAN.
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DRIVE THROUGH THE WATER EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU CAN. >> CHARLOTTE WILL NOT FLOOD
EVERYWHERE.
THE LOW AREAS YOU ARE LIKELY TO
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