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ef4s and 5s are most common to debark trees

Yep. It seems to be agreed upon that it was very impressive how long this storm kept a good eye wall that far inland. I mean they issued an extreme wind warning in the far se al and sw Georgia counties

This will be an interesting hurricane up for debate for years to come on if it was a category 4 or 5. Who knows if later they upgrade it. Still incredible how it was at its peak at landfall and it held its structure well inland. This will be a debate like whether the Tuscaloosa tornado was ef4 or 5 or 2013 el reno was ef4 than downgraded to ef4 due to not enough structural damage even though mobile instruments measured 280 plus mph

Yep I remember it was in 2008 just not sure the date. Should have known easily being from the same regional forum lol

yep I remember that now too lol

There have been quite a few tornadoes that have had photos of train derailment. I do remember seeing photos of the may 22 2004 2.5 mile wide hallam ne ef4 do it and Tuscaloosa 2011 do it that I remember off the bat

proof?

What is funny about that guy is the mesonet sites were recording gusts over 110 120 already nearing cat 3 strength before the eye wall even reached. Obviously they were blown away or died after

Happened to me once too about Florence. Said it would be a min cat 1 at landfall and they deleted it don't feel so bad. But again this time there are plausible reasons (areas hit power without power and fresh hit less that 6 hours ago) Give it time

Don't think I've ever seen a hurricane like this where it didn't suddenly rapidly weaken after hitting land.

Opal had similar surge as to what's forecasted. I believe 15 ft surge was its highest

Rapid intensification for sure. Haven't seen a hurricane like that in the gulf for a while especially the cloud top colors. Cat 4 strength later update?

Maybe not 50-60 inch reports but I can definitely see 3 ft plus and some 40 inches

yep pretty pathetic, Especially for how hyped up people made it (Storm of a Lifetime) gtfo Im sure people from North and South Carolina have been through worse by far storms

957 mb? wow weaker wonder if it drops back