The main legacy of Hurricane Matthew in eastern North Carolina will be the catastrophic flooding over the Coastal Plains of eastern North Carolina. Hats off to our first responders, and those at JEA who are working so hard to try and restore power. You men and women have earned our deepest gratitude for all you do, and especially what you’ll be doing the rest of tonight and in the coming days.Ĭopyright 2016 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.Hurricane Matthew brought devastating flooding, strong winds and moderate storm surge to the coast of Eastern North Carolina during the afternoon and evening of October 8 through the early afternoon hours of October 9. Johns Counties have already seen the worst, while those in Glynn County will be the last to see things settle down. This was 4.32 feet above the predicted high tide of 2.59 feet NAVD88 datum, and ranks as the third-highest water level ever recorded there, behind the October 2nd, 1898, and October 19th, 1944, hurricanes, and ahead of Hurricanes Dora and Jeanne.Ĭonditions will gradually improve from south to north tonight. In Fernandina Beach, the tidal gauge reported a peak water level of 6.91 feet above NAVD88 datum. Persons remaining near the Green Way from Atlantic Blvd, State Road 200 South to Simmons Road need to seek high ground immediately, as do those on or near Jean Lafitte Boulevard, Blackbeard Place, Starboard Landing, Portside Drive, Crosswinds Drive North and South, Sea Grove Lane, Sadler Road Near Egans Creek, High Rigger Road, Robert Oliver Avenue, Ocean Ridge Drive, and Amelia Terrace Court. Winds are switching to the northwest, and additional storm surge is going to be pushed down the creek. The warning was set to expire at 6:15 p.m., but was just extended to 9:45 p.m. Storm surge caused big problems in some areas, and a Flash Flood Emergency was issued mid-afternoon for Egans Creek on Amelia Island as a major surge of water was moving down the creek. Heaviest totals, as expected, were closer to the coast, with diminishing amounts the farther west you are: But, as you know, water is a hurricane’s greatest punch, and we’ve had plenty of it, both from storm surge, and from the sheer amount of rain that has fallen. The water could reach 6 to 9 feet above ground from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, to Edisto Beach, South Carolina, if the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide.īut we’re still dealing with significant impacts this evening, and severe wind gusts have caused a lot of damage. The combination of a dangerous storm surge, the tide, and large and destructive waves will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline. The bad news is that Matthew (though a weaker storm) could touch the coast near Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday morning.įORECAST IMAGES: Matthew crawls up East CoastĪ hurricane warning is still in effect north of Fernandina Beach, Florida, to Surf City, North Carolina. The Category 2 hurricane is moving due north at about 12 mph, and this motion should continue overnight. Saturday, the National Weather Center reported that Matthew was about 45 miles south of Hilton Head, South Carolina with sustained winds of 105 mph. ![]() Instead, wind gusts have been “only” in the 60-80 mph range, with some high gusts. Had this 700-mile wide storm had tracked just one county farther west, then the destructive eyewall would have ravaged coastal communities with catastrophic wind. The eye passed only 40 miles offshore of St. Saturday, storm surge flooding continues in Florida and Georgia. – Arriving right on schedule Friday afternoon, Hurricane Matthew wreaked havoc on northeast Florida, devastating area beaches, downing hundreds of trees and knocking out power for a quarter-million people.īut even as the eye of the storm moved north toward the South Carolina coast about 2 a.m.
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