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Tropical Major Hurricane Helene

Without power for nearly 5 hours now. Lots of trees down and have the neighbors house boat sitting on my boat ramp with a pile of twisted metal that was once their dock. These wind gusts are still insane at times.
 
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The next few hours are going to produce multiple tornado warnings in central and eastern North Carolina as the eastern eyewall bands from Helene come through. Most of these warnings will be radar indicated but it will be an active late morning and afternoon as far as severe weather for people who live in this area.
 
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a* Flash Flood Warning for
...West Central Burke County in western North Carolina
...East Central McDowell County in western North Carolina...
* Until 645 PM EDT Friday.* At 652 AM EDT

Lake James is beginning to respond to torrential rainfall and potentially catastrophic inflows entering the headwaters of the Catawba River associated with Tropical Storm Helene. Additional rainfall of 4-7 inches is likely through later this morning, on top of rainfall accumulations of 4-8 inches Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Lake James is rising rapidly in response to this rainfall where the current pool is 104.13 feet. Additional rises are expected over the next several hours, with Lake James likely to exceed the Moderate Flood Stage of 105.0 feet. More significant shoreline flooding, capable of inundating homes and other structures, is developing.* Based on current rainfall forecasts and conditions, Duke Energy expects Lake James to reach or exceed 110.0 feet later today, which is 10.0 feet over full pond. The current record pool elevation at Lake James is 107.36 feet which occurred in September 8, 2004 during Hurricane Frances. Major Flood Stage is 110.0 feet. These lake levels will cause unprecedented, catastrophic flooding of Lake James and adjacent reaches of the Catawba River.
 

Swannanoa River at Biltmore, NC - 03451000​

September 20, 2024 - September 27, 2024
Gage height, feet
20.12 ft - Sep 27, 2024 09:30:00 AM EDT < --- new record (and rising)
USGS - science for a changing world
 
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