Alex Advisories

[ncweatherwizard]

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/radar/loop/DS.p ... kmhx.shtml

Tiny section of eye may have touched the cape. Check it out for yourself.

[MGC]

I never expected Alex to reach hurricane intensity.....MGC

[Brent]

No. The center of the eye did not. That's what's considered for a landfall. EXTREMELY close though.

[yoda]

I don't think so. Doesn't the whole eye have to be on the coast for it to be considered landfall?

[HurricaneGirl]

We were talking about it yesterday at work and thought it might strengthen to a weak Cat 1 because of the way it sat over the gulf stream.

[yoda]

I never expected it to reach Hurricane Status.. my max forecast was 70 mph...

[Derek Ortt]

This will be listed as a cat 2 hit on the Outer Banks

[dixiebreeze]

Once it passes the Outer Banks, it's gone. No more effects(outside of waves) for the mainland.

Hmmm. Hope you're right. No. 1: it wasn't supposed to become a 'cane. No. 2: it wasn't supposed to come so close to NC., etc.

[Yankeegirl]

Im not gonna lie and say I knew it would be a cat. 2... I thought maybe a strong TS, because of the close location to the East coast! I would have never thought it could have blown up into a cat 2, and still going! Way to go Alex!

[Wnghs2007]

Cat 1. Indeed I did.

[Stormsfury]

Honestly, in its inception stage, I never thought it was going to exceed 50 kts at the most, until early yesterday morning, when I started thinking that the small window of opportunity would allow Alex to reach minimal hurricane status ...

SO ... in hindsight, with regards to intensity in its inception, I busted miserably ...

[Brent]

I didn't expect it to become a weak hurricane until yesterday afternoon, but NEVER EVER expected it to become a Category 2 or even a Strong 1.

[soonertwister]

It appears that Diamond buoy is no longer functioning. The 12:50 EDT report never came in, and it's been over two hours since the last report.

Guess it got just too rough to handle.

[MGC]

Yep, even the pros at the NHC did not expect Alex to reach Cat 2....MGC

[Pebbles]

I think Alex had his laugh at us and is done with his tricks..

Edit: Hey..I just got upgraded LOL * Points to her depression status*

[Thunder44]

I was not suprised. I knew it had alot of potential over the those warm gulf stream waters. I wouldn't be suprised if it became a Cat 3 now.

[ncbird]

Local reports are saying eye never made landfall.

[Pebbles]

Thanks HG... 3 inches an hour is what we don't need. We're already saturated from recent rains.

I am working in Duck today... our parking lot is flooded due to heavy rains. The winds are picking up and our power is blinking.

At the same time, our island is crammed with tourists who are spending the day "rubbernecking"... so the roads are not only flooding... they're packed.

Doh! *rolls eyes*

[Wnghs2007]

The first update did not expect Alex to get over 45 Mph in winds before becoming Extratropical. Now look at it. 100 Mph and still strengthening.

[Thunder44]

Maybe partial landfal?