(Super) Typhoon Sepat intercept thread - video posted!

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Re: (Super) Typhoon Sepat intercept thread - arrive Taiwan tonig

#21 Postby P.K. » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:10 am

James has made his way to Hualien on the east coast. Moderate rain as of four hours ago with lots of media satellite trucks in the area. He and Geoff have been considering if they should head south a bit.
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#22 Postby Chacor » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:50 am

Thanks for the update Peter.
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Re: (Super) Typhoon Sepat intercept thread - arrive Taiwan tonig

#23 Postby Typhoon Hunter » Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:50 am

Last update before landfall which is due in about 10 hours.

Wind is howling outside and heaving with rain. In the town of Hualien and looks like landfall will be just south of here. May have to adjust our position later.

The eye is massive and latest radar presentation amazing!

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Updates will also be posted at http://www.rambocam.com
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Re: (Super) Typhoon Sepat intercept thread - arrive Taiwan tonig

#24 Postby dizzyfish » Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:54 am

Wow.....I think you are in for a bumpy ride!!!

Stay safe.

Looking forward to your pics and the telling of your encounter!
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Re: (Super) Typhoon Sepat intercept thread - eye approaching

#25 Postby P.K. » Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:49 pm

Update:

"Driving south on highway 9. Furious wind and rain!"
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Re: (Super) Typhoon Sepat intercept thread - eye approaching

#26 Postby CronkPSU » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:04 pm

good luck man, this one looks nasty!!!
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#27 Postby wxmann_91 » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:05 pm

I think it's around 4 AM in Taiwan right now, correct? Eyewall coming ashore as we speak...
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Re: (Super) Typhoon Sepat intercept thread - eye approaching

#28 Postby P.K. » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:35 pm

Yes the eyewall is coming in based on the text I've just received. 4:35am at the moment.

"In the eyewall....mayhem..."
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#29 Postby Noles2006 » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:37 pm

Wow, amazing... good luck!
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Re: (Super) Typhoon Sepat intercept thread - eye approaching

#30 Postby tim_in_ga » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:54 pm

P.K. wrote:Update:

"Driving south on highway 9. Furious wind and rain!"


Yikes - highway 9 is dangerous on a good day. I'm watching ETTV right now and there's some serious flooding going on, but a lot of that was already happening from previous rains. Just saw a small car wrapped around a concrete power pole. My in-laws are not seeing anything yet in central Taiwan but they will get some heavy rain for sure later.
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#31 Postby wsquared77 » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:57 pm

Wow! :eek: We get so (understandably) caught up in our own storms that we forget what's happening elsewhere. It's fascinating to read these updates...

STAY SAFE!!!
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#32 Postby cyclonic chronic » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:06 pm

stay safe and be carefull typhoon hunter. cant wait for reports to come in. eyewall is making landfall, not sure where u are in relation to the map.
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Re: (Super) Typhoon Sepat intercept thread - eye approaching

#33 Postby P.K. » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:09 pm

Centre should make landfall in about 40 min from now. James is somewhere south of Hualien (24.0N) along the highway 9.
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Re: (Super) Typhoon Sepat intercept thread - eye approaching

#34 Postby wxmann_91 » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:16 pm

P.K. wrote:Centre should make landfall in about 40 min from now. James is somewhere south of Hualien (24.0N) along the highway 9.

That'd be approximately at sunrise - good time for the eye to come thru. :D
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Re: (Super) Typhoon Sepat intercept thread - eye approaching

#35 Postby P.K. » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:20 pm

Update

"We're in a hospital filming chaos from ambulance bay...blowing 120mi/h [193km/h] at least...can feel pressure dropping in ears!!"
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#36 Postby RL3AO » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:23 pm

wow
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Re: (Super) Typhoon Sepat intercept thread - eye approaching

#37 Postby tim_in_ga » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:53 pm

Over 60,000 people without power now in Hualien, and that keeps going up. The video from the live news crew shows lots of trees down and corrugated metal sheets flying around. They showed some video from earlier of police going around to small mountain villages and warning everyone. Amazing how many people refuse to leave.
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Re: (Super) Typhoon Sepat intercept thread - eye approaching

#38 Postby RL3AO » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:56 pm

tim_in_ga wrote:Over 60,000 people without power now in Hualien, and that keeps going up. The video from the live news crew shows lots of trees down and corrugated metal sheets flying around. They showed some video from earlier of police going around to small mountain villages and warning everyone. Amazing how many people refuse to leave.


Leave where? Its an island. Even going inland wouldn't have done much.
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Re: (Super) Typhoon Sepat intercept thread - eye approaching

#39 Postby tim_in_ga » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:59 pm

RL3AO wrote:
tim_in_ga wrote:Over 60,000 people without power now in Hualien, and that keeps going up. The video from the live news crew shows lots of trees down and corrugated metal sheets flying around. They showed some video from earlier of police going around to small mountain villages and warning everyone. Amazing how many people refuse to leave.


Leave where? Its an island. Even going inland wouldn't have done much.


Going to a sturdy concrete building is much better than staying in a loosely constructed shack with corrugated metal sheets for a roof. That's what I am talking about.
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Re: (Super) Typhoon Sepat intercept thread - eye approaching

#40 Postby MiamiensisWx » Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:14 pm

Sepat is moving inland - its structural appearance resembles Amber (1997) and other Taiwanese landfalling typhoons, especially because of the large double eyewall structure (undergoing EWRC). I would monitor the threat for heavy precipitation and mudslides over hilly interior terrain. Hopefully, James stayed safe and (undoubtedly) took some excellent footage! Good luck to all people in the storm's path.

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I think Sepat has been on the downswing before it came ashore on central Taiwan. Continental dry air intrusion has been impringing on the circulation, so I presume maximum winds (1-min and 10-min) would be reduced; I would guess the expanding weakening windfield would be disrupted by the land friction, too.
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