Tropical Major Hurricane Helene

[Oconeexman]

60mph gust..trees cracking and breaking across the road in my hood...talk about an eery sound

 

[jrips27]

 

[Makeitsnow]

70mph gust at Anderson..at 654am

 

[Snowflowxxl]

Over 8 inches of rain now for the event

 

[Shaggy]

Hell I live way down in eastern NC and even I am am wondering if I might get some winds after all watching this loop which I cant seem to embed....

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Wilmington added gusts of 45 for us as dry air punches in later this afternoon

 

[Jimmy Hypocracy]

Extreme wind. Trees snapping over at my moms house. They had to move to the center of their home.

 

[jeremyt]

 

[Shaggy]

70mph gust at Anderson..at 654am

Be glad it's quick hitting. During Irene in 2011 we recorded our first 70mph hour gust at 7:30am and our last at around 6 pm That was a long day.

 

[BullCityWx]

South Fork River in Cramerton forecasted to crest at its second highest level of all time.

 

[Somosdel]

South clt update. Multiple trees down in my neighborhood across roads. No power. Just had a wind gust on weather station of 53mph.

 

[Belle Lechat]

718 AM EDT FRI SEP 27 2024

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN FLORENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 745 AM EDT.

* AT 718 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PEE DEE CROSSROADS, OR 13 MILES WEST OF CONWAY,
MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.

 

[BullCityWx]

Flash Flood Emergency for the mountain island lake areas of Mecklenburg/Lincoln/Gaston counties.

 

[Belle Lechat]

717 AM EDT FRI SEP 27 2024

..FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PICKENS AND OCONEE COUNTIES

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXTENDED
THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT FRIDAY.

* AT 717 AM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HUNDREDS OF TREES
DOWN PREVENTING RESCUE OPERATIONS.

 

[CltNative90]

South clt update. Multiple trees down in my neighborhood across roads. No power. Just had a wind gust on weather station of 53mph.

I’m in SW Charlotte and amazed my power is still on. It did blink once but so far so good. Wind has had me up since around 5 am. It seems to come in waves and when it does I hear several limbs hitting my roof from the huge red oak in my front yard (not a pleasant feeling).

Seems to be a bit of a lull at the moment but it looks like Charlotte may catch the eastern edge of the old eye wall. Seeing some 50-60 mph gusts down toward Chester which is a little concerning.

 

[BullCityWx]

Downtown Greenville airport gusted to 60mph

 

[chapelhillwx]

starting to get a little breezy in ATL metro on the backside but nothing crazy. My sister lives in Charlotte and they are getting hit pretty hard. Her BF is a cop and just had to rescue a woman who had a tree fall into her house.

 

[Jimmy Hypocracy]

Trying to wrap up here wind wise but you still get these random straightline gusts that want to rip the shingles off your house

 

[BullCityWx]

Duke Energy went from roughly 360k outages at 6:30AM to 737k at 7:45AM

 

[Ghost]

Now that it is daylight and I can see, my neighbors 3 doors down have a tree on their house. No one hurt but house damaged. Next door neighbor has a big tree down. Lots of big branches and limbs down in our cul de sac. Debris everywhere. No power since 4:30ish. These were just high winds. Not tornados.

Still very windy, but calming down from an hour ago. Gust are still strong

 

[Belle Lechat]

747 AM EDT FRI SEP 27 2024

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR NORTHERN GREENVILLE AND NORTHERN
SPARTANBURG COUNTIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT FRIDAY.

* AT 747 AM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND
FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WIDESPREAD CATASTROPHIC FLOODING
ACROSS THESE COUNTIES. NUMEROUS ROADWAYS ARE FLOODED AND
IMPASSABLE DUE TO FALLEN TREES. WATER RESCUES ARE LIKELY. SHELTER
IN PLACE AND DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS FLEEING FLOODWATERS. SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING IS ONGOING IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, RESULTING IN ROAD
CLOSURES, FIRST-FLOOR INUNDATION, AND DAMAGE TO SOME STRUCTURES.
THE RISK OF LIFE-THREATENING LANDSLIDE ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO
INCREASE IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 3 TO 5 INCHES
IN 1 HOUR.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR NORTHERN GREENVILLE AND
NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.

IMPACT...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW! LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF
LOW WATER CROSSINGS, SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. DANGEROUS
LANDSLIDE ACTIVITY. NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES AND DAMAGE
TO INFRASTRUCTURE. INUNDATION OF HOMES AND
BUSINESSES. DANGEROUS HIGH WATER FLOWS, ESPECIALLY
ALONG THE TUCKASEGEE RIVER.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN, SPARTANBURG, GREENVILLE EASTSIDE, WEST
GREENVILLE, GREER, MAULDIN, TAYLORS, BEREA, FIVE FORKS, WELCOME,
POWDERSVILLE, BOILING SPRINGS SC, TRAVELERS REST, DUNCAN, LYMAN,
PACOLET, LANDRUM, COWPENS, WELLFORD AND SLATER-MARIETTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

HEAVY RAIN IS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THE RISK OF LANDSLIDES,
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE SLIDES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST. SLIDES
CAN DESTROY SINGLE HOMES AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND LARGE SECTIONS OF
ROADS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA, YOU SHOULD NOT TRAVEL, EXCEPT
TO MOVE AWAY FROM FLASH FLOOD OR LANDSLIDE DANGERS. IF YOU ARE IN
THE VICINITY OF A STREAM NEAR THE HEAVY RAINFALL, ESPECIALLY ON A
MOUNTAINSIDE, OR AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN OR IN A COVE, MOVE
IMMEDIATELY TO A SAFER LOCATION.

TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

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LAT...LON 3489 8249 3498 8255 3502 8254 3501 8260
3505 8260 3507 8257 3505 8274 3507 8276
3510 8270 3513 8268 3518 8248 3517 8244
3522 8239 3518 8237 3520 8228 3518 8187
3493 8175 3490 8172 3484 8178 3475 8246

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...3-5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

FFW from KGSP