Hurricane Irene

[Donovan]

Local Report: From SC
Seeing some clearning skys, but a possible rain band coming in from the East in the next few hours... looks like it might stay out of my area though. Saw the sun momentairily before it set. We're still getting some 20MPH winds.

[toxictwister00]

Tornado Watch #809 in effect for Eastern North Carolina via SPC

WOUS64 KWNS 270008
     WOU9
     
     BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
     TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 809
     NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
     815 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011
     
     TORNADO WATCH 809 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR THE
      FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     
     NCC013-019-031-049-055-095-103-129-133-137-141-177-270900-
     /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0809.110827T0015Z-110827T0900Z/
     
     NC
     .    NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
     
     BEAUFORT             BRUNSWICK           CARTERET           
     CRAVEN               DARE                HYDE               
     JONES                NEW HANOVER         ONSLOW             
     PAMLICO              PENDER              TYRRELL             
     
     
     AMZ130-135-150-152-154-156-158-250-252-270900-
     /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0809.110827T0015Z-110827T0900Z/
     
     CW
     
     .    ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE
     
     ALBEMARLE SOUND
     
     PAMLICO SOUND
     
     COASTAL WATERS FROM CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO OREGON INLET NC OUT
     20 NM
     
     COASTAL WATERS FROM OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT 20 NM
     
     COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HATTERAS TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT 20 NM
     
     COASTAL WATERS FROM OCRACOKE INLET TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT 20 NM
     
     COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM
     
     COASTAL WATERS FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM
     
     COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20
     NM
     
     ATTN...WFO...MHX...ILM...
     

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0809.html

[toxictwister00]

Wrightsville, NC and other webcams

http://www.surfchex.com/index.php

[WeatherWitness]

I can't believe NY has experienced its first-ever mandatory evacuations! To have the "city that never sleeps" come to a halt, especially for the weekend, must be quite something.

[toxictwister00]

Bryan Norcross said all NYC airports will be closing at noon tomorrow.

[gt1racerlHDl]

11:00 PM EDT Fri Aug 26
Location: 32.6°N 76.9°W
Max sustained: 100 mph
Moving: NNE at 13 mph
Min pressure: 951 mb

[Localonthe8s]

Well we just evacuated from Atlantic City and am now in Paramus. Now, we're only 7 miles from the Hudson and there could be possible evacuation orders for some parts of BEgen county too. Now, I'll be real pissed if we have to evacuate yet again...

[Pop Light Brown]

Seven miles from the Hudson? You and your family should be fine. Check with the hotel...or wherever yall are and ask do they plan on closing if the order is given.

[Eric]

Irene has been downgraded to a category 1 hurricane with winds of 90 mph.  One wonders how much strength it will maintain after crossing over far eastern North Carolina.  Certainly, rain and storm surge will remain a threat, especially considering the large size of the hurricane.

[toxictwister00]

Irene has been downgraded to a category 1 hurricane with winds of 90 mph.  One wonders how much strength it will maintain after crossing over far eastern North Carolina.  Certainly, rain and storm surge will remain a threat, especially considering the large size of the hurricane.

As you said, storm surge and flooding rains is what will be the problem for the NE, wind was expected to not be a major factor up there except to aid in bringing down trees in oversaturated areas. I'm not sure what the possibility of this happening right now, but there was a possibility going by some of the models with the incoming trough sitting out to the west that the jet-streak winds from that would aid in holding Irene together and maybe even restrengthen her a tad over land which is why said models such as the EURO and GFS were restrengthening her over NYC/LI.

Also as of 7:30am EDT, Hurricane Irene made landfall in Cape Lookout, NC.

[toxictwister00]

What an incredible hurricane, A Cat 1 and still plowing through strong.
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t2/flash-vis.html

[beanboy89]

http://i.imgur.com/u47K9.jpg

[phw115wvwx]

I find it a little ironic that my vacation a month and a half ago was in the Outer Banks, and now that area is getting hit by a hurricane.  I recognized the surroundings during Mike's live segments at Nags Head, NC.  I'm glad that I'm not there right now.

Even though we were due to have one hit the United States sooner or later, I hope you all realize how much worse this situation could have been.  What if this had occurred one week later during Labor Day weekend when a lot of people would be out traveling?  What if it was still a Category 3 hurricane or higher heading northward along the coast?  We've really dodged a major bullet here when you think about it.

[WeatherWitness]

Even though we were due to have one hit the United States sooner or later, I hope you all realize how much worse this situation could have been.  What if this had occurred one week later during Labor Day weekend when a lot of people would be out traveling?  What if it was still a Category 3 hurricane or higher heading northward along the coast?  We've really dodged a major bullet here when you think about it.

That's for sure. I hate to say this situation of Irene now is a "good" one (because a hurricane hitting the US is obviously not), but we were originally expecting a CAT 3 to hit. I really am starting to question how bad this will be. Are people going overboard in talking about the possible effects, or not?

[toxictwister00]

Even though we were due to have one hit the United States sooner or later, I hope you all realize how much worse this situation could have been.  What if this had occurred one week later during Labor Day weekend when a lot of people would be out traveling?  What if it was still a Category 3 hurricane or higher heading northward along the coast?  We've really dodged a major bullet here when you think about it.

That's for sure. I hate to say this situation of Irene now is a "good" one (because a hurricane hitting the US is obviously not), but we were originally expecting a CAT 3 to hit. I really am starting to question how bad this will be. Are people going overboard in talking about the possible effects, or not?

The biggest thing everyone should be focusing on is the flooding. Already areas of E. NC picking up 12-15 inches of rain and still raining in some of those areas. I've seen a picture of flood waters already close to the roof of a house. When I find it again, I'll post it here. The flooding makes me think of TS Allison from 2001. She's crawling to move NE.

Here's a picture posted on another forum from New Bern, NC.