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Latest on Elsa: Rain, Winds and Storm Threat Update
Elsa will bring heavy rain, flooding, gusty winds and even tornadoes to the Carolinas Thursday morning and afternoon. Author: Chris Mulcahy Updated: 11:56 PM EDT July 7, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C.
LATEST UPDATE: As of the 11 p.m. advisory, Tropical Storm Elsa is picking up speed and pushing NNE at 16 mph, with wind gusts of 45 mph. At 11 p.m. Elsa was located roughly 80 miles northwest of Brunswick, Georgia.
Still, Tropical Storm Elsa, picking up speed pushing NNE. Get ready for a wet morning Charlotte! pic.twitter.com/d6yTFdoNjo Chris Mulcahy (@YOURWEATHERMAN) July 8, 2021
Elsa Rainfall:
End Time: 8:12 p.m.
This tornado was only on the ground for one minute BUT that is all it took. Within a minute it damaged a mobile home and a window was blown out. Most of its path showed uprooted mature trees with a few smaller trunks snapped. The last thing this particular tornado took was a flat roof that was ripped off of a shed.
The trees had fallen in a convergent pattern which was the deciding factor to why this was deemed a tornado and not straight-line winds.
Credit: WCNC
This is now the 3rd tornado to be confirmed from this line of storms. The strongest was in Seneca, South Carolina.
How does this Easter compare to the last 10? How is Easter s date determined?
Easter Sunday 2021 will not have any extremes but overall looks to be just right. But what determines when Easter is? Author: Chris Mulcahy Updated: 10:58 AM EDT April 4, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Happy Easter everyone!
Easter in 2021 is a better one than last year. Sunshine will be wall to wall and rain will not bother the Charlotte area until later this week. We dropped down to 36 degrees this morning which tied 2015 for the coldest start to Easter over the past 10 years.
Our highs in the lower 70 s are near the average for an Easter Sunday in Charlotte which average around 71.4 degrees. This average is warmer than our typical average for April 4th due to Easter falling on different dates ranging from March to the end of April.