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[Paa Langfart]

Coastal Georgia, Eastern SC and Eastern NC - get ready- this is aiming to be a very slow moving soaker- characteristics of Matthew or Florence a few years back.  Possible catastrophic flooding

Ventusky - Wind, Rain and Temperature Maps

from NOAA 5AM advisory

Across portions of southeast Georgia, the coastal plain of South
Carolina, and southeast North Carolina, 10 to 20 inches of rainfall,
with local amounts to 30 inches, are expected through Saturday
morning.  This potentially historic rainfall will likely result in
areas of catastrophic flooding.

 

Edited August 5 by Paa Langfart

[rayzor]

lol i need to get my grass mowed.

no rain yesterday but i fell asleep in my recliner and missed the small window of cool before dark.

every other day last week when i'd get home from work and try to rush out there and mow it would start storming. 

i heard there was going to be about 6" of rain dumping in winston area with the hurricane coming.

[rayzor]

brace yourselves on the eastern part of the state. looks like it could be bad out y'alls way.

[Paa Langfart]

I guess here in SE NC we might get to see how wise it was for the various county " planning" boards and county commissioners to let out of state developers come in and clear cut/bulldoze thousands of acres of wetland and put up thousands of housing units while allowing for storm water retention for 25 year storms ( which wouldn't even handle an above normal year of precip).  Friggin idiots.

[jayboogieman]

22 minutes ago, Paa Langfart said:

I guess here in SE NC we might get to see how wise it was for the various county " planning" boards and county commissioners to let out of state developers come in and clear cut/bulldoze thousands of acres of wetland and put up thousands of housing units while allowing for storm water retention for 25 year storms ( which wouldn't even handle an above normal year of precip).  Friggin idiots.

Prepare for them to claim it's another 100 year flood. We've only had two of those the last couple decades or so.

[Paa Langfart]

 I have seen 4 big flood storms in the last 30 years in Eastern NC that I can think of off hand - Fran, Floyd, Mathew and Florence-  the climatologists have said this sort of lingering storm is going to become more and more frequent with AGW- and guess what?  It makes absolutely no sense to me to keep tempting fate with development where development should not be allowed.   I guess there is too much money to be fleeced off unsuspecting newcomers to do any different. 

[jayboogieman]

37 minutes ago, Paa Langfart said:

It makes absolutely no sense to me to keep tempting fate with development where development should not be allowed.   I guess there is too much money to be fleeced off unsuspecting newcomers to do any different. 

[Davidson Deac II]

12 hours ago, rayzor said:

brace yourselves on the eastern part of the state. looks like it could be bad out y'alls way.

Right now, the projected track has it moving up the middle of the state, although the heaviest rain might be on the eastern side.  I know in the Triad the weather guessers are calling for about a 95% chance of rain on Friday.  

[Butterflyj30]

Everyone be safe I'm wondering if we will get a lot of rain here in Charlotte

[CamWhoaaCam]

On 8/5/2024 at 10:12 PM, Butterflyj30 said:

Everyone be safe I'm wondering if we will get a lot of rain here in Charlotte

Most likely you will. The storm has shifted West slightly. Yesterday it was predicted to shift East.

[Butterflyj30]

1 hour ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Most likely you will. The storm has shifted West slightly. Yesterday it was predicted to shift East.

Thanks I looked at the map and yep I think we are going to get a ton of rain tomorrow

[Cullenator]

The center of circulation is forecast to move within a couple miles of the house.

 

Im glad the new roof and gutters went on within the last 2 weeks

[cookinwithgas]

I have a friend from New Zealand who is on a 90 day visa, driving all over the eastern United States. He was here for a few days, trapped with some medical issues as well as the crazy rain when he wanted to get to the hickory air Museum. Bit later now, he drove to Charleston just as the weather was starting to get bad and then decided for some reason to head up the coast to Wilmington. I think his brain is still on the other side of the planet or something. 

[jayboogieman]

Been an eventful morning in the eastern part of the state, especially in Wilson county. Lots of tornado warnings since shortly after midnight and the tornado watch is to 1pm or so.