NorthHillsWx

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Exceptional, catastrophic, unimaginable flooding ongoing in the western Carolina’s. Unreal 

Downtown Greenville sustained 41 gusting 60

Anderson 67 mph gust

Just now, buckeyefan1 said:

Power here is out and I have underground utilities  Easily 60+ gusts and the freaky noises continue 

Gusts to 55 in Charlotte right now and over 60 in Clemson. That’s a large area of lights out

Clemson sustained at 33 kts gusting to 55 kts 

21 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Duke outages are skyrocketing. Up over 100k in last hour. Currently 176k and that’s likely to double 

Since I posted this 21 minutes ago. Outages have almost doubled. 350k in the dark and skyrocketing 

Escalating quickly 

First of likely many flash flood emergencies up. Avery county

Duke outages are skyrocketing. Up over 100k in last hour. Currently 176k and that’s likely to double 

82 mph gust in Augusta. Station went down immediately after. Unbelievable 

EDIT: back online and still gusting over hurricane force. That city is going to be unrecognizable in daylight. Lots of pine trees

https://x.com/nwscolumbia/status/1839601665202409626?s=46&t=NyKvXvI1o-sJQb-68mmo4g

Augusta is currently sustained 51 gusting to 73. That is one of the more impressive sustained inland wind readings I’ve ever seen from a non elevated site thus far from a tropical systems landfall. There is no doubt devastating tree damage occurring. The core of the hurricane force gusts looks aimed for Greenville to me

Beaufort SC gusting to 68 kts! Charleston area with several 50+ kt gusts around 

Greenville Spartanburg and Clemson all gusting over 40 now

This thing is WAY east of last nights forecast track

Augusta getting hurricane force gusts now

Augusta now sustained at 40 kts gusting to 64 kts 

Augusta just recorded a 58kt gust 

Still lightning ongoing in remnant eyewall. That tells me this thing is getting some upper level assistance and also that unusually deep convection for being this far inland will be efficient at mixing winds to the surface. Velocities over 90 kts showing on radar emphasize the wind potential this system continues to have. By all accounts, this is going to be one of the most prolific wind storms in the history of Georgia and possibly the upstate and mountains. I can see gusts of 70+ kts continuing into the mountains 

And it does appear to continue wanting to deviate east of track. Could increase wind threat for Charlotte and Greenville down the line if that continues 

That SE quadrant is benefiting from the 30 mph forward motion to keep these strong gusts going. I expect this to continue into the upstate and mountains. Augusta is about to get rocked, fully expect hurricane force gusts there

Looks like the main event is underway for the mountain and upstate areas. Will only go downhill the next few hours. Good luck to everyone in those areas and be safe 

On the main thread some current obs gusting over 100 inland still!!! Wherever that core sets up is going to get wrecked with the saturated soils ahead of it. 

57 minutes ago, GaWx said:

Wow, check this out from the NWS:

0124 AM TROPICAL CYCLONE SAVANNAH AIRPORT 32.13N 81.20W  
09/27/2024 CHATHAM GA ASOS  

SAVANNAH/HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MEASURED A  
65 KNOT (75 MPH) WIND GUST. THE SUSTAINED WIND SPEED WAS  
44 KNOTS (51 MPH).

This was certainly not predicted.

Shows what that east side is capable of. I saw that gust report on the most recent advisory from NHC and figured you were in for a wild night 

Probably 140 mph at this point

Wonder if this causes enough damage in the Clemson area to alter the game Saturday night