I’m in Richlands/Jacksonville NC area and WC is still forecasting Hurricane Warnings for us?? We shall see. I already have a lake outside of my home. It will take a week to go down...
Hurricane Watch, Tropical Storm Warning Issued: 5:23 PM EDT Oct. 8, 2016 National Weather Service ... Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect... ... Hurricane Watch remains in effect... * locations affected - Jacksonville - Richlands - North Topsail Beach * wind - latest local forecast: equivalent tropical storm force wind - peak wind forecast: 40-50 mph with gusts to 65 mph - window for tropical storm force winds: until early Sunday morning - current threat to life and property: moderate - the wind threat has remained nearly steady from the previous assessment. - Remain braced against the reasonable threat for strong tropical storm force wind of 58 to 73 mph. - To be safe, efforts should fully focus on protecting life. Properties remain subject to significant wind impacts. - Now is the time to hide from the wind. Failure to adequately shelter may result in injury. Remain sheltered until the hazardous wind subsides. - Potential impacts: still unfolding - potential impacts from the main wind event are still unfolding. - The extent of realized impacts will depend on the actual strength, duration, and exposure of the wind as experienced at particular locations.
* Flooding rain - latest local forecast: Flash Flood Watch is in effect - peak rainfall amounts: additional 4-8 inches, with locally higher amounts - current threat to life and property: extreme - the flooding rain threat has remained nearly steady from the previous assessment. - Emergency considerations should include a threat of flooding. - Be safe and remain ready to protect against flooding rain impacts. - If flood related watches and warnings are in effect, heed recommended actions. - Potential impacts: devastating to catastrophic - extreme rainfall flooding may prompt numerous evacuations and rescues. - Rivers and tributaries may overwhelmingly overflow their banks in many places with deep moving water. Small streams, creeks, canals, and ditches may become raging rivers. In mountain areas, deadly runoff may rage down valleys while increasing susceptibility to Rockslides and mudslides. Flood control systems and barriers may become stressed. - Flood waters can enter numerous structures within multiple communities, some structures becoming uninhabitable or washed away. Numerous places where flood waters may cover escape routes. Streets and parking lots become rivers of raging water with underpasses submerged. Driving conditions become very dangerous. Numerous Road and bridge closures with some weakened or washed out.