ATL: IRMA - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[cycloneye]

BULLETIN
Tropical Storm Irma Intermediate Advisory Number 50A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL112017
200 PM EDT Mon Sep 11 2017

...IRMA CONTINUES TO SLOWLY WEAKEN WHILE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN
GEORGIA...


SUMMARY OF 200 PM EDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...30.8N 83.6W
ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM SSE OF ALBANY GEORGIA
ABOUT 55 MI...85 KM E OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 340 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...28 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB...28.94 INCHES

[Evil Jeremy]

I'm safe. Lost power at 7:30am yesterday morning. Still out now.

I woke up yesterday at 7am, and the last of the storm I saw was it's approach to the Keys. The 00z models slightly shifted east, with the UKMET and HWRF taking it inland before 82W. When I saw radar looks at 7am, it looked like Irma was moving almost due north overnight. So I went into the outage with a hunch that Irma might landfall a bit more east than forecast.

From late Friday until late Sunday, the weather was bad. This was the longest storm I've been through, given Irma's massive size. Solid Cat 1 gusts on Saturday from 1pm-4pm. 8ish inches of rain. Driving around Broward County today, good Cat 1 damage. Lots of trees down, branches and shrubbery in the streets, several intersections blocked off. Looks like a couple days of cleanup. Worse than Francess/Jeane for us, but not as bad as Wilma.

And is that the 12z UKMET showing Jose looping around to Florida? No thanks...

[JaxGator]

Me and my folks are ok and we just got our power back twice after losing it around 10 last night. The winds were unlike I've seen so far. My estamite would be 50-60 mph with gusts to 70-75. There was tree that fell access the street on the road, so me, my Dad and our neighbors helped to clear what we could so the the road is clear now. There is also more debris eveywhere, more than Matthew and the winds gusts still ongoing is making hard to clean up, but the wind field should clear out soon. We also have some shingle damage, but don't know to what extent yet. The flooding in and surrounding Downtown created by the storm surge is something we haven't seen since 1846 per NWS. It's bad in St. Augustine and the county too, but it should recide after high tide.

[Nasdaq]

Hurricane Irma, Florida Keys after the storm https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... wUBGv0nnMU

[CrazyC83]

Up over 1 million power outages in Georgia as well now - that number will likely continue to rise rapidly. Not sure the numbers from SC or AL.

[brghteys1216]

Lots of damage here in Orlando today, the street we live on was impassable due to downed trees. We had a tree uproot in both the front and back of our house. Our bedroom flooded due to water buildup and it came in through the sliding glass door. We do still have power but our apartment building's air conditioner isn't working.

[Kingarabian]

Up over 1 million power outages in Georgia as well now - that number will likely continue to rise rapidly. Not sure the numbers from SC or AL.

They must not be used to TC conditions. Tropical storm conditions will probably be considered 'severe' for them.

[tolakram]

 https://twitter.com/MeilinTompkins/status/907254881643372544



Meilin Tompkins @MeilinTompkins
This is Jacksonville... No words.
10:49 AM - Sep 11, 2017

[WeatherGuesser]

2nd Landfall (Marco Island, FL): 115 mph, 940 mb – Category 3
- Exact same latitude/longitude as well as same Saffir/Simpson Category at landfall as Wilma (2005): 25.9°N, 81.7°W

https://webcms.colostate.edu/tropical/m ... ecords.pdf

[Kingarabian]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/MeilinTompkins/status/907254881643372544[tweet]
Meilin Tompkins @MeilinTompkins
This is Jacksonville... No words.
10:49 AM - Sep 11, 2017

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Wow. I bet Jacksonville was not even expecting such conditions. Pays to be prepared no matter what.

[kaykayjs]

Does anyone know what the max winds were in Orlando, FL last night and if we got hit with a Cat 2 or 1?

It seemed like it was Cat 2 and that's the last I saw before it got really bad.

[jabman98]

Wow. That's crazy. I would guess that the folks in Jacksonville weren't expecting it to be quite like that for them.

[RL3AO]

:uarrow: Wow. That's crazy. I would guess that the folks in Jacksonville weren't expecting it to be quite like that for them.

Tampa, Jacksonville, and Miami had some remarkable flooding from surge. It's disturbing to think what the damage will be WHEN one of those cities takes a direct strike from a large and strong hurricane.

[AdamFirst]

Does anyone know what the max winds were in Orlando, FL last night and if we got hit with a Cat 2 or 1?

It seemed like it was Cat 2 and that's the last I saw before it got really bad.

According to NWS Melbourne, top gusts include: Azalea Park 84 MPH, Orlando International Airport 79 MPH, Orlando Executive Airport 78 MPH

Many stations weren't reporting last night, so wind gusts could have potentially been higher west of the Orlando metro as the eyewall passed over

[cycloneye]

BULLETIN
Tropical Storm Irma Advisory Number 51
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL112017
500 PM EDT Mon Sep 11 2017

...IRMA CONTINUES TO SLOWLY WEAKEN WHILE MOVING OVER SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA...


SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...31.5N 84.0W
ABOUT 10 MI...15 KM E OF ALBANY GEORGIA
ABOUT 150 MI...240 KM S OF ATLANTA GEORGIA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 340 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...28 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...985 MB...29.09 INCHES

[StormingB81]

Does anyone know what the max winds were in Orlando, FL last night and if we got hit with a Cat 2 or 1?

It seemed like it was Cat 2 and that's the last I saw before it got really bad.

According to NWS Melbourne, top gusts include: Azalea Park 84 MPH, Orlando International Airport 79 MPH, Orlando Executive Airport 78 MPH

Many stations weren't reporting last night, so wind gusts could have potentially been higher west of the Orlando metro as the eyewall passed over

I wonder what Rockledge was. According to WeatherBug the highest I saw was 86 but it was really blowing last night

[Otown_Wx]

Well here in Orlando with no power since 9:30 last night. No cell phone service or internet either not fun! Got in car and was driving then suddenly got signal so checking in. Rough times ATM but most importantly we are safe

[Aric Dunn]

East coast of florida at least in brevard county has quite a bit of wind damage over a wide area. winds estiamtes were gusting 90+ for many hours along the barrier islands. . entire roofs were peel away among many other things.

[ronjon]

:uarrow: Wow. That's crazy. I would guess that the folks in Jacksonville weren't expecting it to be quite like that for them.

Tampa, Jacksonville, and Miami had some remarkable flooding from surge. It's disturbing to think what the damage will be WHEN one of those cities takes a direct strike from a large and strong hurricane.

Actually tampa had very little surge flooding. Fortunately, the storm tracked east in Polk County and weakened considerably on its southern eyewall. West winds were considerably weaker than the northeast quad after the storm treked north.

[Sciencerocks]

:uarrow: Wow. That's crazy. I would guess that the folks in Jacksonville weren't expecting it to be quite like that for them.

Tampa, Jacksonville, and Miami had some remarkable flooding from surge. It's disturbing to think what the damage will be WHEN one of those cities takes a direct strike from a large and strong hurricane.

What kind of infrastructure investment would we need to protect these cities from the big one?