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Tropical Major Hurricane Helene

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Jimmy Hypocracy said:
Hey guys. I’m on my wife’s hotspot. Been off grid a while. We’ve got cell towers down and power out accross the grid. It looks like a war zone here. Power lines down in the roads everywhere. 100 year oak trees snapped at the base. Pine trees splintered and snapped. Debris everywhere. National guard out doing clean up. It’s a mess. This is the new benchmark around here. Thankfully I was able to find a path to get back home earlier. I’ll keep y’all updated. My house is still standing.
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Glad you are safe! That is exactly why I didn't want this thing to my west. Crazy stuff!
 
Flash flooding In Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia now, too.

222 PM EDT FRI SEP 27 2024

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BOYD COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
EAST CENTRAL CARTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
WEST CENTRAL CABELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT.
 
217 PM EDT FRI SEP 27 2024

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR BURKE, MCDOWELL, ALEXANDER, AND
CALDWELL COUNTIES ...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXTENDED
THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.

* AT 217 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 7 AND 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING. RAINFALL HAS ENDED, BUT
RAPID RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR BURKE, MCDOWELL, ALEXANDER,
AND CALDWELL COUNTIES . THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
 
213 PM EDT FRI SEP 27 2024

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CASWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
THE WESTERN CITY OF DANVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT.

* AT 213 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER PELHAM, OR NEAR MAYFIELD, MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
 
Hopefully this isn't banter... Anyone heard of anything out of Valle Crucis and places like that? I'm thinking that the entire area may not exist anymore.
 
Stump said:
Hopefully this isn't banter... Anyone heard of anything out of Valle Crucis and places like that? I'm thinking that the entire area may not exist anymore.
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Probably doesn’t, it’s all in the Watauga river valley. Hope those people left, however not many permanent residents there anyways mostly vacation homes so may but be too bad
 
Stump said:
Hopefully this isn't banter... Anyone heard of anything out of Valle Crucis and places like that? I'm thinking that the entire area may not exist anymore.
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Here's a post from the Watauga Traffic alerts group. This is near the Mast General Store Screenshot_20240927_150604.jpg
 
I just checked and I actually had a 45.7 mph wind gust just before 7. WSW which is one of the more sheltered sides of my Tempest too.
 
jackendrickwx said:
Dam upstream of Newport TN has failed: mayor ordering evac of downtown
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At 330 PM EDT, dam operators reported the failure of Walters Dam
causing flash flooding downstream on the Pigeon River.

This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for towns and cities immediately
below Walters Dam on the Pigeon River. This is a PARTICULARLY
DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding from the failure of
Walters Dam.

SOURCE...Dam operator.

IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW! IMMEDIATE EVACUATION for areas
downstream from the Walters Dam along the Pigeon
River.

* The nearest downstream town is Hartford Tennessee, located about
16 miles from the dam. If a complete failure of the dam occurs...
The flood wave will reach the state line near the Waterville Hydro
Station in about 20 minutes; Hartford, TN in about 30 minutes;
Interstate 40 and Greasy Cove Road bridge in about 45 minutes; The
flood wave will reach Interstate 40 and Wilton Springs road bridge
in about 1 hour; Highway 73 near Edwina in about 80 minutes; The
Highway 25 bridge east of Newport in about 2 hours; The flood wave
will reach downtown Newport and the North Street bridge in about 2
hours and 30 minutes; Newport Industrial Park in about 3 hours;
The flood wave will reach the confluence with the French Broad
River in about 4 hours and then drain into Douglas Reservoir.

Crests will occur at each location later than the initial arrival
time of the flood wave.

The flood wave is moving down the Pigeon River all the way down to
Newport Tennessee.

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.

If you are in low lying areas below the Walters Dam you should move
to higher ground immediately.

Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.
 
Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC has no power and isn’t expected to get it back till Sunday at the earliest and is asking students on campus to be out of their dorms by 7PM tonight and be out until further notice.
 
Drove across SC up 85 to Charlotte, had to take several detours. I’d say 90% of where I drove through had no power. Had to do a lot of u-turns thanks to blocked roads. Tons of trees down, power lines down, signs blown over, etc. Probably the more insane roadtrip I’ve had. (Tops my previous insane roadtrip through MS/TN during the high risk severe setup 3/31/23)
 
Lost power and service. Managed to get down to Greer where a very limited section of highway 29 has power. Trees down everywhere. Power lines down everywhere. Rivers and streams were up 25 ft over their banks. If that’s what an eyewall of a tropical storm feels like and the damage it can make, y’all boys got chasing them hurricanes
 
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