wilmington up to moorhead city. this water is going to push straight inland. it s also going to fill these rivers, and it is going to overflow the banks, cause major flooding, along with that the rain in interior locations. we always talk about getting away from the coast from these storms to evacuate. but you have to go far and wide to get away from the effects that this storm is going to bring. not only that storm surge, but the inland flooding, because this is going to be a slow-mover. we ll still be talking about this by the end of the weekend into the beginning part of next week, jim. yeah, be jennifer. you read this from the national hurricane center, life-threatening storm surge, it talks about there. and as you say, the threat extending inland. how long do we expect that threat to last? how long do we expect the storm to be sitting over those areas? this storm could be sitting here by the time we get into sunday. it could still be sitting here by the time we get into monday
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
hugs the coastline of north carolina. and hopefully being kicked out to sea for friday and saturday. still monitoring coastal massachusetts here, as if you go a little more westward u some of the models are trending toward the west. we could get a scrape by here of this hurricane on saturday. quick look at your forecast wind gusts. this is one of our computer models heading into thursday, coming very, very close to land, 9:00 p.m. we re talking about wind gusts in excess 90 miles per hour here on the northeast quadrant of this storm. there s moorhead city, landfall around midnight, and potentially a second landfall around the outer banks as we head into 4:00 a.m. friday. but a very strong, intensifying storm. this storm has a lot of warm water to play with, as it hugs the coastline. we could see a storm surge from three to six feet where we have hurricane warnings. and then battering waves and wind. we re going to see the potential
we ll get rid of this for a second. here is the radar right here, all of this onshore flow. the water piling up here, wilmington, moorhead city. i can prove it s piling up by this graphic right here. wilmington, seeing waves about a foot and a half higher than you should be. you re going to low tide, but later on tonight, you ll get to high tide and this is when the maximum erosion will happen along the beaches here. this is from surf checks.com, one of our cameras here. this is wilmington. the waves getting very angry. the waves are going down because we re going into low tide. but tonight after 6:00, all that turns around. the winds pick up. i could see right here at this exact location winds of about 100 miles per hour. that beach will be scoured and will be gone. brooke. chad, we ll keep in close contact with you. we have reporters up and down the coastline. to stay with us. go to cnn.com for the latest weather conditions. let s jump back to cobb county, georgia to this probable
along the coast from wilmington towards moorhead city. this will be a big event, a long-lasting one and potential for a stronger hurricane perhaps. so this is the advisory that we got as of 5:00 a.m., a new one coming out in less than an hour. we re really going to have to watch that track, okay? if it moves a little more westward, more impacts for more people. we really hope that it is going to get kicked out to sea. that is the conventional wisdom right now. again a lot of these models trending westward. i don t want you to let your guard down if you live across the mid-atlantic and northeast. there is the steering. we think front will approach and that will lift the thing towards the northeast. if the front slows down, then we ll be dealing with some issues. maybe that track goes a little more to the west. that is my concern. obviously very concerned for the carolinas but also don t want to let your guard down across the northeast and mid-atlantic heading into the weekend. patti ann