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There apparently was a request for a few hundred body bags now for western NC.

Just had a squarely Earth facing X9 flare. If it produced a solid CME buckle up!

Yesterday I helped load pallets of supplies for western NC to be taken out there by aircraft via operation airdrop. They are also going to portions of SC/TN as well. It became pretty clear this was going to end up being the real story of this hurricane. I am seeing stories of body recovery happening in riverbeds, homes, mudslides/debris flows, and even in trees where the water was that high. I also saw a story of horrific conditions in a long term care facility. That death toll is unfortunately going to climb even more.

Got this shot of a transient supercell passing through the North Hills region just after 2pm:

and 1000 missing.

Be safe and thank you! I am headed to concord tomorrow to assist Operation Airdrop.

Yep the fast forward motion enhanced this effect. The 1938 hurricane is a classic example of this for the Northeast.

The western NC Flooding is definitely unprecedented and historic with so many records not just beat but shattered. Farther east in NC this happened:

The Rocky Mount tornado associated with Helene was EF-3:

Tor north of Rocky Mount NC caused this:

Tornado damage north of Rocky Mount, NC

Western NC got absolutely hammered with flooding

Debris flows at App State in Boone: https://x.com/EthanClarkWX/status/1839710296778387925

where on I-40?

That is not a small lake either.

I am in Atlanta for work and it is a big nothing here being on the weak side with the track sliding east. It is a rain event here with hardly any wind.

Atlanta still sitting on the fence between a real nasty hit and more of a nuisance. The official forecast would point to more of a nuisance there for now with the center passing just east of the metro.

Yeah I wasn't even thinking about the moon but definitely a problem. We are clouded out by PTC 8 here in NC although seeing this one would be very iffy at best this far south.

G3 as of this post with a very favorable Bz! Go look!

Some impressive rain amounts at Carolina Beach so far: https://x.com/NWSWilmingtonNC/status/1835689879344394682

Rainy and breezy here in Raleigh and feels a little more fall like than tropical right now.

This looks to be a nuisance event for most here.

Yep from the X flare yesterday. You should have a solid show with exception of the moonlight.

Yep it is a firehose today.

Just as the rain was about to start yesterday: