The damage is unreal near PC. High tension powerlines crumpled and a water tower pushed over. Incredible.
It died...There are still some ripping winds just off the surface. That line just east of warrenton may be a problem for you
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Bout right, RWI just reported 61 mph wind gust...Insane gusts here in the Wilson area. I live in the country and a huge open field on the north side of my house. Winds came ripping across the field and tore the flashing off the edge of my house on the west side.
Winds are ripping here now, my weather station, which unfortunately slightly obscured to the north by a woods, now has a peak of 31 mph but I'm guessing they have been more in the 40-45 range. Lights keep flickering off and on
I've really got to battery backup my station. Picked up 1.71 after the power came back. Guessing we were around 3 storm total from the flooding and ponding I saw otw home from workYeah I see that, it does have me a tad concerned..... I'd actually like to keep my power on. Picked up 1.8 so far too, first rains since Florence
I’m bowling so no time to read. Any 70+mph ground truth for you Nc folks?
I’m bowling so no time to read. Any 70+mph ground truth for you Nc folks?
Errr no, the highest gust reported by the Triad was 56mph. That's not even close to 70+mph lol. It doesn't take much to down trees after all that rain. And Craven County - adjacent to the water in the low-lying Coastal Plain? Of course they had higher gusts.
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First off, the 67mph value was from Cherry Point NKT, which is adjacent to numerous lakes and bodies of water directly to the west. There are also numerous buildings to the west, which likely funneled the winds and led to an erroneously high value. ~90 (meaning approximately, or in even simpler terms, not exactly 90) is a lot closer to 86 than 56 is to 70+, or in simpler terms less than 4 is a lot closer than more than 14.
https://nwschat.weather.gov/p.php?pid=201810120200-KMHX-NOUS42-PNSMHX
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