ATL HANNA: Extratropical - Discussion

[debbiet]

Hi...here, near Yorktown, VA I'm really surprised that we haven't gotten more rain, and the wind...while gusty, really hasn't been much to speak of...I've seen worse during a windy day in spring. Since the center of circulation will come pretty close to, if not directly over us in the coming hours, we may see a bit more...particularly with tidal flooding around 2 pm, but so far, so good. TS Earnesto a couple of years ago was MUCH worse than this in the way of sustained winds and torrential rain...so I'm very pleasantly surprised that this looks a bit like a non-event so far; hope it continues to be so...

[Ed Mahmoud]

JB is taking his son to the Jersey swamps so he can experience a tropical storm. JB's Dad lives in New Jersey. I think that is special, and nice.

His son is a few years older than when this picture was taken...

[jude]

[quote="Stephanie"]We're waiting for Hannah's full force here in Southern New Jersey. We've already had a few bands come through since last night. It is MUGGY as all get out.

We are under a Tropical Storm Wind Warning and Flood Watch. It looks like the majority of the rain will be to my west. We're looking at 4 - 7 inches of rain possible. It's going to be a wild afternoon and evening.[/quote]


Picking up in Cape May County.we NEED rain.......

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

http://hybridstorm-weatherblog.blogspot.com/

For those interested. Still blogging about TS Hanna. I'll update again this evening, or before if need be.

[Just Joshing You]

What can Nova Scotia, specifically Truro, expect from Hanna? From the looks of it, Hanna will go up the bay of fundy and truro is right on the flood plane, and will be on the eastern side of the storm.

[jimvb]

The prediction charts show Hanna going to Boston, then to Nova Scotia. I suspect you will get the same type of weather we had in Virginia - lots of rain and maybe some wind in some places. We had hardly any wind here in Chester, Virginia but I understand some places did have some wind in Virginia.

I think I know why it's going to Boston. It's heading to Harvard University, or maybe MIT. This is because "Tropical Storm Hanna" is "An Important Scholar", or at least you can rearrange the letters to have it spell that.

[weathermom]

Here in North Jersey it is pretty wet. Earlier today the air was so still and thick it was hard to breathe. Now the rain is here. Including the 1/2" that came through in the early morning hours we have had about 4" of rain so far. Had a band come through a little while ago that was coming down at 3.15 inches/hour.
Pressure is at 29.35 and appears to still be falling.

No wind to speak of, though I do live in a river valley and I don't get an accurate reading compared to the surrounding area.

[terstorm1012]

Just a good soaking rain here, that let up about 2 hours ago. The sun is starting to come out. It was starting to get bone dry in the region so this will help offset it.

No real wind but I didn't expect it.

[jimvb]

We had a huge rainfall on Friday in Chester, south of Richmond, and then two rainfalls on Saturday, totaling 2.81 inches. The fastest winds we had were about 25-30 mph, a strong breeze, right after all the rain was over - they put 3% of the area in the dark. It now is so clear out that I could easily see Venus near the horizon at dusk, as well as a nearly-half moon. Now I hope they repeal the mandatory watering restrictions here, and that Lake Chesdin has enough water to make the boats float.

[Category 5]

Torrential rain all afternoon, not alot of wind though, that seemed to be confined to the coast, 25mph I'd estimate as the highest I saw.

I'll post updates on flooding as I get them.

[RyanMcD29]

Kinda odd here on LI

The rain's stopped for about 2 hours now, but we're only getting the wind associated with Hannah right now as the center's starting to pass over by here I guess

[Just Joshing You]

I'll keep you guys updated tomorrow on Hanna... I live in a notorious flood plane and when we get ET storms, they're usually bad news, and it looks like hanna will be passing very close to me.

[Just Joshing You]

It's 2:00 am. It is raining hard enough to hear over the T.V outside and the storm isn't even close.

[fasterdisaster]

Does anyone have any information on the tornado warning previously in Fairfield County, CT? Any damage, injuries? My grandmother lives there so I'd like any verification of her safety.

[Hurricanewatcher2007]

Flood Warning

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1233 AM EDT SUN SEP 7 2008

MEC001-005-011-013-015-023-027-070900-
/O.CON.KGYX.FA.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080907T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ANDROSCOGGIN ME-KENNEBEC ME-WALDO ME-KNOX ME-SAGADAHOC ME-
CUMBERLAND ME-LINCOLN ME-
1233 AM EDT SUN SEP 7 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR URBAN
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN LINCOLN...CUMBERLAND...SAGADAHOC...KNOX...
WALDO...KENNEBEC AND ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTIES...

AT 1231 AM...BANDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE FROM
THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA. STORM TOTALS WILL BE 3 TO 5
INCHES...HOWEVER LOCALLY AROUND 6 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL. THIS
WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 4442 6898 4432 6893 4439 6886 4431 6887
4429 6899 4408 6908 4396 6934 4402 6939
4388 6951 4373 6986 4375 7004 4385 6998
4381 7009 4352 7031 4381 7079 4403 7047
4443 7021 4468 6889 4444 6884

$$
JC

[RevDodd]

Hanna was a prolific rainmaker in the Carolinas. Here's a nice little composite showing where and how much across the Carolinas and southern Va.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/news/conten ... infall.png
We went to downtown Faynam yesterday to take my daughter to an anime convention and Cross Creek (a usually tranquil little stream) had risen up and flooded several roads. If Hanna had been a slow mover, she could have been a real problem.

[capepoint]

Hanna was a prolific rainmaker in the Carolinas. Here's a nice little composite showing where and how much across the Carolinas and southern Va.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/news/conten ... infall.png
We went to downtown Faynam yesterday to take my daughter to an anime convention and Cross Creek (a usually tranquil little stream) had risen up and flooded several roads. If Hanna had been a slow mover, she could have been a real problem.

It dropped a lot of rain in interior NC, but was a very dry storm for the coast as far as tropical systems go. This was the type of dry storm that causes the salt spray to "burn" the trees and vegitation for several miles away from the beach. I noticed this morning some pecan trees are already turning brown. Other types will follow in a day or two. Also, we had more power outages after the winds had died down late yesterday afternoon than we did during the storm. A guy that works for the power company told me it was because the salt spray had collected on the power lines and was shorting out on the poles. Will keep on until it rains to clean the lines off.

Very strange system, not often do they have more moisture on the west side than east side.

[Stephanie]

I had 2.20" of rain in my rain gauge from Hannah. The majority of the rain was to the west - in Pennsylvania. We really didn't have any wind until Hannah's "center" came over us in the evening. By then the rain was already out of here. We had gusts of maybe 30 mph.

I'm glad she was gently on us - we really needed that rain though.

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

Does anyone have any information on the tornado warning previously in Fairfield County, CT? Any damage, injuries? My grandmother lives there so I'd like any verification of her safety.

Ask and ye shall receive :


http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--hanna-connecticut0907sep07,0,3542507.story

[bob rulz]

Apparently 3 more bodies have been found in Haiti due to Hanna (not to mention all the new deaths from Ike).