the inlets into charleston harbor, which could be close to a record since hurricane hugo in 1989. we re starting to see some winds up to 40s off the coast of charleston. we may see the winds scrape the coast of south carolina, in the harbor 1989, hugo had water levels up to 12 feet. this could be 10.3. that s damage alone, you toss in that storm surge that could be 6, 7 feet. not to mention the hurricane winds knocking out power and throwing around any loose objects well inland, not like the florida coast, which originally, we thought would be within 35 miles of cape canaveral, no, it s 112 from jacksonville, maybe cape fear, cape lookout, around hatteras, we have the possibility of a land fall. this is going to take several days, quickly for you in the charleston area. the winds are going to pick up overnight tonight.
region right here from myrtle beach toward wilmington and potentially on into hatteras for landfall there before the storm system hopefully by day number 12 finally exits stage right. of course, storm surge potential going to be significant here. four to seven feet along the carolinas. if you re in charleston, charleston harbor expecting a ten-foot crest across their rivers, across that region. the second highest since hurricane hugo made a 12-foot crest across the region in 1989. hugo was a category four, of course. it s important to note the conyers at this point do not make categories at this point do not make a difference. the energy is going to be pushed on toward close to the carolinas likely. it s called the low country for a reason. all there at sea level. thank you for that. we ll talk to you in a few minutes. more than 7,100 customers without power. the majority in brevard and indian river counties. for more on the current conditions in florida, let s go to jensen beach
then, it heads up to the north. we have a potential for this. it makes a complete hook to the right possibility. the other possibilities, it makes landfall some time on thursday, along the carolina coasts, south and north carolina are in play for that. 18 to 23 feet, some of the islands below that, you can imagine, the devastation. four to seven-foot potential. i want to show you this map. 119 gusting. watch the clock. tuesday evening. as we head throughout the day on tuesday and wednesday, still tropical storm force wind gusts. as we get into hatteras, we ll see the 70s and 80s, as far as wind gusts, not sustained winds. that remains to be seen. compared to what the bahamas are going through, nothing like that. not a complete miss for florida. but my goodness, compared to where we were last week, we thought there was a cat 4 on the way there. they dodged a bullet with dorian.
still includes charleston, georgetown, myrtle beach, wilmington, the wrightsville beach area, emerald isle, and then heading offshore as we go throughout the day on friday. and one of the things that we ll be watching, too, is how close does it get to areas like nova scot scotia, and we still have nantucket close to the storm, but that forecast has actually improved. and one of the things we watch is our computer model, one of the more accurate ones is our european computer model. in the new update out this afternoon, there s the heavy rain on the florida coast throughout the day tomorrow. watch the center. here s savannah and here s charleston. it gets up to this point as we get through wednesday night and thursday morning. we re like, wow, this is getting close to the coast. we need it to take that turn, it does. but it s very close to areas around georgetown, myrtle beach, the grand stand and then it almost goes over the top of wrightsville beach and just off the coast here of hatte
95, both of those have big chunks of it flooding is going over the highways or the interstate so they re closed down as well. heavy rains still in the exact same area right aren t wilmington right where the storm came on shore over 48 hours ago. almost 72 hours ago it was out here across areas like moorehide and the southern side of hatteras. a big chunk of the state has had over 20 inches of rain almost across the board with isolated spots over 30 inches. probably get into that 40-inch range. the center of the storm kind of around the augusta area headed maybe in towards shore likely will pull up towards the northwest, not before a break continuing to bring moisture near the coast. today raleigh, charlotte and i think a little bit later we ll see a lot of that cross the appalachians and that causes rapid flooding, talking about potential mud slides there. katie: thank you, rick, so much. turning to your headlines.