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  1. dwagner88
    I’m a little surprised Clemson was able to host this game.
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    I made a drive to McMinn county today to deal with a roadway issue (frankly inconsequential compared to what’s happening elsewhere), and I noticed way heavier than normal volumes on I-75. We actually had backups over white oak mtn. That normally only happens on holiday weekends. Likely to be the norm for a while unfortunately.
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    SR81, SR107, and I-26 are all gone. Not sure about any others. I imagine all will need to be inspected for scour damage even if they are still standing.
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    There is a tremendous amount of infrastructure damage. I shudder to think what traffic will be like on roads like US64 without I-40 and I-26 available to trucks. I've just seen a picture of I-26. It's going to be a while before we get even the major roads back to normal. Much less the countless smaller roads with slides and washouts.
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    Common denominator with the severe flooding in NE TN is the watershed. The Pigeon, the French Broad, and the Nolichucky all drain Western NC. Newport, for example, didn't even get very much rain. The 4 day rainfall total is around 4-5" per radar, but they are having record flooding because of the magnitude of the event that took place in western NC this week.
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    I wondered if maybe it overtopped for a while.
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    Apparently the waterville dam did NOT fail. May have been overtopped. But the dam itself is not in danger of failing and the NWS has cancelled the FF emergency for Cocke county.
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    Is I-26 also washed out or just flooded? I guess we don't really know yet.
  9. dwagner88
    Apparently the waterville dam has failed? That's a huge dam. I-40 is washed out on the TN side of the line.
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    Almost 5" in the bucket here. Really not much wind to speak of so far. It looks like the winds may come after the rain leaves later today.
  11. dwagner88
    So similar in behavior to Michael as it approached landfall. But this is a MUCH larger storm.
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    I've actually been thinking about this one. The resulting derecho in the Gulf produced a high storm surge at Cedar Key, FL (9.5 ft). Cedar Key is also expecting some of the worst of the surge from this one.
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    So far underperforming here. Only 0.40" in my bucket. Most modeling puts out 4-7" starting late this afternoon through mid day tomorrow. If we got the winds now, the saturated ground wouldn't be an issue, but if it rains that hard all night, we will have problems in the AM. I'll be shocked if anybody goes to school tomorrow. Our friends on the other side of the mountains are going to get a generational flooding event out of this. And most of that area is inside the TN river drainage basin.
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    I don't think storm surge is a concern for Tallahassee. It's at like 200' ASL.
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    The amount of rain being shown from the ULL is absolutely being influenced by Helene. That's the PRE.
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    Looks like this area may get a PRE ahead of Helene midweek. That will be very interesting to watch. Flash flooding will be a huge concern with the very hard and dry ground. The last one I can remember was in 2011 from a TS that hit LA and interacted with a front across the TN valley. We got 12" of rain from it.
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    KCHA is definitely going to blow past 100 today. 99 already. We had a great run of nearly 5 years with no triple digit heat, but it has come in somewhat of an abundance this summer.
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    We had horrible flooding in this corner of the state and throughout northern GA in September 2009. I think I ended that month with over 17" of rain and I don't think there was a single tropical system involved. Looks like we topped out at 97 at KCHA yesterday. Today's official forecast is for 100. At no point did the heat index exceed the air temp yesterday. It actually didn't feel too horrible. Just hot, not sticky.
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    Barely scratched the 50's here yesterday at 59.5. The high was 81.5. Still felt nice, but that August sun is hot on the skin even if the air temps are low.
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    I started watering again today. Thing's haven't dried out completely, but I'm trying my best to stay ahead of it. These next few days of slightly cooler weather could be fantastic for the grass if I can keep it happy with some water. EDIT: I should not have done this. An outer rain band has formed and it is raining sideways. Looks like it could train for a while too. . .
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    9.60" since 7/19. It's quite soggy.
  22. dwagner88
    Rained pretty hard all night last night. Now I’m up to 7.70”. This is one of the more shocking summertime pattern changes I can ever remember.
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    Last Friday morning saw the driest ground conditions I can remember for quite some time around here. Since then, I've had 5.70" of rain and now I have mushrooms in the front yard. Talk about a big swing.
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    Not a single drop again today. 80% yesterday, 70% today and nothing. It's been a long time since I've seen a forecast bust that badly two days in a row. At least it isn't hot anymore. Only mid 80's under cloud cover.
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    NWS forecast: High 92 80% rain Actual Conditions at KCHA: 97 HI 104 no rain in sight.
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