this or at least its remnants as we get into monday and tuesday of next week. tropical force wind threat, it s a high risk just east of charleston, wilmington s included, cape hatteras south of norfolk. a moderate risk includes charleston, norfolk, a slight risk into washington, d.c. the potomac may see real issues with flooding, jacksonville as well. we look at the storm surge threat. here s where i m most concerned, south of wilmington to moorhead city, a 6 to 12 foot wall of water pushing in. cape hatteras, while three to five feet doesn t sound like a lot, these barrier islands flood and wash out on a good rainstorm. this could be catastrophic. four to six feet around myrtle beach, charleston two to four feet. combine that with the large destructive winds we re looking at trouble. rainfall, we re talking
catastrophic rainfall. this is life-threatening flood conditions. we look at a minimum ten inches from wilmington to cape hatteras into central virginia. we re talking about 10 to 15, maybe 20 inches. it s not out of the realm of possibility that by monday we could be looking at three feet of rain out of this system. i mean, there really is a lot going on here, and to give you an idea of how active the tropics are right now, look at the map. we ve got hurricane helene, tropical storm isaac, florence. this system here invest 95 l probably going to cause problems for texas with flooding along the coast, and we ve got tropical storm olivia that s going to be affecting hawaii, so a lot going on. look at that map. the most pressing is hurricane florence. let s go to that coast on north carolina that you re most worried about where kerry sanders is right now in carolina beach, north carolina. and you ve seen enough of these things to know what al s talking about. people concentrate on
i think the biggest thing is going to be apathy and the fact it s been over 12 years since we had a major hurricane hit the united states. i think when you think with the numbers of people that have moved in into that area that never experienced a hurricane and maybe went through tropical storm alison and saw the storm further to the west people in houston may not pay much attention. this is what i suggestion we focus on. when the national weather service starts using the word catastrophic rainfall of 35 inches, 40, 45 inches on ground that s already saturated. that s when have you the serious flooding we had in 2001 which started with hurricane alison hitting landfall, turning into a tropical storm and causing some of the greatest damage in american history by any natural disaster, tropical storm alison. it s the complacency and the