ATL: MATTHEW - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[CrazyC83]

Daytona International Speedway is completely under water.

wJXT TV-4 shoed a picture if it just a moment ago
Itwas an unbelievable picture. Trying to locate it.

I would assume it is due to freshwater flooding, since that is higher up from the sea near I-95.

[artist]

SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...29.4N 80.5W ABOUT 35 MI...55 KM ENE OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA ABOUT 95 MI...155 KM SE OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH...195 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 345 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...947 MB...27.97 INCHES

Ormond Beach.

Looking into the abyss but safe.

Post info on eye.

This must be Cat 3?

[Sanibel]

We used to live on Tybee island, a barrier island to Savannah. About 2 miles long and a mile wide. Really, just a glorified sandbar. I have many friends who are refusing to evacuate the island. The mayor has been pleading with people to list who's remaining behind. The only road in and out was closed at 11 am because it would be flooded with the tide. There's no way out now. I'll never understand why people choose to stay.

Fools. Matthew is already making reported surge.

[Sanibel]

I would assume it is due to freshwater flooding, since that is higher up from the sea near I-95.

Rain bands were training into Daytona all night.

[chris_fit]

Off topics - but how can I get the URL to some of these embedded videos - I want to share

[stephen23]

Significant damage being reported in Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach.

Where are you seeing this? I have been trying to look and haven't found anything. Very worried about family and friends in Volusia and Flagler counties.

Thank you

http://m.wesh.com/video/nowcast/25819262

Rail Dawg is reporting extensive damage in that area as well. He is chasing

[sbcc]

Daytona International Speedway is completely under water.

wJXT TV-4 shoed a picture if it just a moment ago
Itwas an unbelievable picture. Trying to locate it.

I would assume it is due to freshwater flooding, since that is higher up from the sea near I-95.

Old picture from 2009.

[artist]

SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...29.4N 80.5W ABOUT 35 MI...55 KM ENE OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA ABOUT 95 MI...155 KM SE OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH...195 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 345 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...947 MB...27.97 INCHES

Ormond Beach.

Looking into the abyss but safe.

Post info on eye.

This must be Cat 3?

[northjaxpro]

Where are you seeing this? I have been trying to look and haven't found anything. Very worried about family and friends in Volusia and Flagler counties.

Thank you

I posted some tweets. Twitter is good for this right now, search for #matthew

Great thank you!

Yeah, Go on Twitter. Sorry for not commenting on where to see the photos . I am shocked my wower is s till on to tell you the truth.

[La Sirena]

We used to live on Tybee island, a barrier island to Savannah. About 2 miles long and a mile wide. Really, just a glorified sandbar. I have many friends who are refusing to evacuate the island. The mayor has been pleading with people to list who's remaining behind. The only road in and out was closed at 11 am because it would be flooded with the tide. There's no way out now. I'll never understand why people choose to stay.

Fools. Matthew is already making reported surge.

I agree! When I first moved there everyone had the mentality that it could never happen here. Tybee hasn't been hit since the 1890's, I believe. Much if the island has been back filled overtime. There's not much to hold it together. Pretty sad if we lose the island and our friends, no matter how foolish.

[srainhoutx]

Daytona International Speedway is compltely under water.

 https://twitter.com/JimCantore/status/784415793010372608

That picture is from Fay 2008. A reminder that you need to know the real facts before believing or retweeting things on the internet...

[smithtim]

I must be close to eye.

Major damage S Daytona to Ormond.

I'm stopped N of Ormond watching wind shift by the 10 minutes.

Can you clarify what you mean by major damage? Do you mean windows / roof tiles etc OR do you mean total structure failure, flying roofs - i.e. is it bad like Andrew

Thanks and
BTW i live new Smyrna across street a1a from beach but have evacuated with family...

Thanks again and stay safe out there!!

[KenFL]

Hola all! Long time lurker. I live about 5 minutes away from Indialantic / Melbourne Beach and wanted to share with you my experience of the storm overnight. We had only (1) squall come through yesterday afternoon and it lasted a good 15 minutes. Other than that it was quiet till 1:00am. According to this tweet from the NWS station in Melbourne, the first recorded hurricane (gust) was 88mph around 4:08am.

https://mobile.twitter.com/NWSMelbourne ... 8752183296

I'd imagine that there were other cat. 1 force guests before then that weren't recorded. That said, we probably only had high end tropical force sustained winds here. I took snapshots of the doplar radar and it looked like my area was just outside the bigger eye wall. We had sustained tropical storm force winds from 1:00am till 5:30am EST.

The house I was staying had zero structural or cosmetic damage to it. Not even one screen on the pool enclosure was blown out. The power flickered a few times but we never lost it. I drove around west Melbourne and Palm Bay Florida this morning and saw no structural damages to businesses or homes. Some trees were down and privacy fences down as well, but no street lights and shopping center signs blown out like when Francis and Jeanne hit.

I just wanted to say thank you to all to those who support and dedicate their time to this site. It has had invaluable information for my family and friends. I pray for those still in the line of this storm and those whom been affected.

KenFL

[Stangfriik]

Does it look to anyone else per radar that it's almost stopped moving north?

[Airboy]

Looks like it's a bit stalled offshore Daytona when I watching it on radar.

[Sav_hurricane_hunter]

If it is stalling thats a sign that the turn is starting

[Weather Dummy]

Update from Jacksonville beach: winds don't seem to have changed much, consistent 40ish with occasional gusts of approx 55. Rain is coming down harder over the last hour, but still no flooding issues at my location approximately 1/2 mile from the beach. Power is good, no loss or even flickers yet. Directtv service is becoming spotty but still working about 2/3 of the time. No damage seen other than small to medium size limbs down in my immediate area. Will post further update as power allows.

[TropicalSailor]

Looks like a strong wobble to the NE on satellite just now but it could just be the burst of convection in the SE quadrant making it appear that way.

[d3v123]

Finally lost power here in Jax, I know lots of others have told me their power went in the last hour or so too.

[PTPatrick]

I just heard the Palm Bay mayor echoing that it was nothing like Jeanne and Frances there and around Melbourne. Of course my guess, and this is just a guess, is that areas north of that, from about Kennedy Space Center north thru New Smyrna and Daytona, will see worse effects from this than Frances and JeAnne, as those storms hit much further south and looking at old radar picks it appears their worst weather stayed Melbourne south in those.