Posted on 10/06/2016 4:10:09 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Hurricane Matthew is big, bad and just downright scary, with iminent and sustained impacts to U.S. mainland. Florida Governor Rick Scott issued a state of emergency for all of Florida and disaster operations are activated. More than 1.5 million Floridians reside in current evacuation zones. Governor Scott has spoken with utilities across the state to ensure utilities are pre-positioned and there are no unmet needs. Multiple coastal hospitals have been evacuated. Meanwhile, feckless President Barack Hussein Obama is personally monitoring the progress of the storm.
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35mi S of Hilton Head.
I know this area and this is not good.
Summary of 500 am EDT...0900 UTC...information ---------------------------------------------- location...32.0n 80.5w about 20 mi...30 km se of Hilton Head Island South Carolina about 60 mi...100 km SSW of Charleston South Carolina maximum sustained winds...105 mph...165 km/h present movement...NNE or 15 degrees at 12 mph...19 km/h minimum central pressure...955 mb...28.20 inches
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles from the
center, and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to
185 miles.
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Close friends have a really cool loft in an historic building in downtown Beaufort. I’m thinking the ground floor gets flooded out.
WCSC Live 5 News Lowcountry
FOX 24 Charleston
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WJCL 22
Im pretty familiar with that entire area up there.Savannah-Moorehead. There are hundreds of little and much bigger creeks and rivers that could flood. I don’t think it will take too much rain to cause numerous floods,its just a matter of how bad they will be.Not good.
3h
BREAKING: NWS reporting the wall at The Battery in Downtown Charleston has been topped...White Point Gardens “inundated”
A record rainfall of 8.94 inches was set at Savannah GA yesterday. This breaks the old record of 2.81 set in 1946.
Storm surge, reported by tide gage.
The National ocean service tide gauge in Charleston
Harbor peaked at 9.29 feet above mean lower low water.
This ranks as the 3rd highest high tide on record and
the highest since hurricane Hugo in 1989.
Part of I-95 in South Carolina is impassable in both directions because of Hurricane #Matthew , state DOT says.
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3h
#Matthew storm #surge breaks an 80+ year record tonight near #Savannah. Northern eyewall raking the coast. twitter.com/NWSCharlestonS…
Not good at all lots of low lying areas around there,17 could flood,if it does,really bad for the area.
Ominus for the area,sad to see.
Wow if any of it is out that makes a whole new ball game for millions.
JASPER Emergency I-95 MP 01.00 MP 01.01 NORTH I-95 All Lanes Blocked CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES. Undetermined JASPER Emergency I-95 MP 04.00 MP 04.01 NORTH I-95 All Lanes Blocked CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES. VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVOLVING AT LEAST 4 CARS. Undetermined JASPER Emergency I-95 MP 05.00 MP 05.01 SOUTH I-95 All Lanes Blocked CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES, WRECK WITH TRACTOR TRAILER. Undetermined JASPER Emergency I-95 MP 09.00 MP 09.00 NORTH I-95 All Lanes Blocked CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES. (ONE LANE BLOCKED, UNSURE OF WHICH LANE). Undetermined JASPER Emergency I-95 MP 10.00 MP 10.00 NORTH I-95 All Lanes Blocked CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES, BOTH LANES BLOCKED. Undetermined JASPER Emergency I-95 MP 11.00 MP 11.00 NORTH I-95 All Lanes Blocked CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES. Undetermined JASPER Emergency I-95 MP 13.00 MP 13.00 SOUTH I-95 All Lanes Blocked CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES. LANE BLOCKED. VEHICLE AND TRACTOR TRAILER COLLISION. Undetermined JASPER Emergency I-95 MP 14.00 MP 14.00 NORTH I-95 All Lanes Blocked CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES. TREE FALLEN ON TOP OF CAR, MIDDLE OF ROADWAY. Undetermined JASPER Emergency I-95 MP 14.00 MP 14.00 SOUTH I-95 1 Right Lane Closed CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES. THREE (3) TREES DOWN IN FAST LANE. Undetermined JASPER Emergency I-95 MP 15.00 MP 15.00 SOUTH I-95 All Lanes Blocked CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES. SEVERAL VEHICLES INVOLVED WITH HITTING FALLEN TREE ACROSS ROADWAY. EMERGENCY LANE IS OPEN. Undetermined JASPER Emergency I-95 MP 17.00 MP 17.00 SOUTH I-95 All Lanes Blocked CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES ACROSS ROADWAY. Undetermined JASPER Emergency I-95 MP 22.00 MP 22.00 SOUTH I-95 All Lanes Blocked CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. OFF RAMP HAS 2 STALLED CARS DUE TO FLOODING. Undetermined
Down to 85 mph as of 8AM Saturday advisory. That means tropical storm force winds at the coast. Main threat now is flooding from rainfall and occasional tornadoes.
Main threat now is falling trees.
Those too, although hopefully that threat will diminish as the winds continue to decline over time. Hopefully the storm will keep moving along and not stall out.
Charleston County is not reporting...
HWY 17 multiple closures in Jasper Co.
JASPER Emergency US17 South Okatie Highway (SC 315) MP 0 GA State Line MP 4.1 BOTH SPEEDWAY BLVD (US17) All Lanes Blocked SPEEDWAY BLVD IN SC IS CLOSED DUE TO GADOT CLOSING TALMADGE BRIDGE BECAUSE OF HURRICANE MATTHEW. Undetermined JASPER Emergency US17 Kato Bay Road (US 17) MP 0 Kato Bay Road (US 17) MP 42.28 BOTH KATO BAY ROAD (US 17) All Lanes Blocked CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES. LOCATED NEAR 5732 KATO BAY ROAD, POSSIBLE TORNADO. Undetermined JASPER Emergency US17 Speedway Blvd (US 17) MP 6.61 Alligator Alley (SC 170) MP 6.61 BOTH SPEEDWAY BLVD (US 17) All Lanes Blocked CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES. TWO TREES ACROSS ROADWAY. Undetermined JASPER Emergency US17 Whyte Hardee Blvd (US 17) MP 14.66 John Smith Road (S-27-141) MP 14.66 BOTH WHYTE HARDEE BLVD (US 17) All Lanes Blocked CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES. Undetermined JASPER Emergency US17 Kato Bay Road (US 17) MP 20.94 Bagshaw Swamp Bridge (US 17) MP 20.94 BOTH KATO BAY ROAD (US 17) All Lanes Blocked CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES AT BAGSHAW SWAMP BRIDGE. Undetermined JASPER Emergency US17 South Green Street MP 29.85 I-95 MP 29.85 NORTH NORTH JACOB SMART BLVD No Lanes Blocked CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES. TREE IS ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD Undetermined
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