Breaking News: 4 PM EDT - 67,000 Without Power in Va., D.C.
UPDATED 4 PM EDT, September 6, 2008
By WeatherBug Meteorologists
4 p.m. EDT: About 67,000 people are without power in the Washington, D.C. metro area and Virginia.
2:30 p.m. EDT: Some Washington Metro service in northern Virginia has been cut due to track malfunction and flooding.
2:15 p.m. EDT: Thirty homes are being evacuated due to flooding in Huntington, Va. Fairfax County Police are going door-to-door, ordering the evacuation.
1:30 p.m. EDT: WeatherBug Tracking Station in Manassas, Va. has recorded 6.34 inches of rain so far today.
1:00 p.m. EDT: A WeatherBug Live Tracking Station in Virginia Beach, Va., recorded a gust to 64 mph.
11:30 a.m. EDT: Flash Flood Warnings issued for Washington, D.C., and its southern and western suburbs.
10:00 a.m. EDT: Monroe County Emergency Management issues a mandatory evacuation of all visitors, recreational vehicles, travel and boat trailors from the Florida Keys. Mandatory evacuations to begin for all residents on Sunday.
9:00 a.m. EDT: Outer rainbands moving up the I-95 corridor into Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Md., and Wilmington, Del.
8:00 a.m. EDT: Haitian police report the bodies of 495 people as flood waters receed, bringing the death toll to at least 529.
7:00 a.m. EDT: 911 center in Southern Pines, N.C., reports road closures along Midland Road and Central Drive. The exit ramp on southbound U.S. Highway 1 also had to be closed. Trees and powerlines also blown down.
6:40 a.m. EDT: WeatherBug Tracking Stations report nearly 4 inches in Raleigh, N.C., with Doppler radar estimates now over 6 inches west of Fayetteville. Numerous Flood Warnings remain in effect through mid-morning.
5:00 a.m. EDT: Hanna has weakened and is now has maximum winds of 60 mph and is located 25 miles northwest of Wilmington, N.C.
4:53 a.m. EDT: Heaviest rain shifts west of I-95 in North Carolina.
4:00 a.m. EDT: Roads in Fayetteville, N.C., are impassable due to high water. Rainfall totals have reached 4 inches. with most falling since midnight.
3:45 a.m. EDT: Highway 17 in Georgetown, S.C., is closed due to heavy rain and storm surge. Trees are down on highway 521 in S.C. Sullivan Drive between Dan Allen and Varsity Drive on the North Carolina state campus closed due to flooding.
3:23 a.m. EDT: The center of circulation of Hanna - observed on Doppler radar - makes landfall near North Myrtle Beach, S.C. - very near the S.C./N.C. border.
3:10 a.m. EDT: Storm makes landfall at high tide in Southeast N.C. Reports of moderate beach erosion with surge up to the dunes from Wrightsville to Oak Island.
2:30 a.m. EDT: Sustained wind of 43 mph with gust to 61 mph reported in Castle Hayne, N.C. Wrightsville Beach, N.C., reports sustained wind of 49 mph with gust to 63 mph. WeatherBug Tracking Station in Fort Caswell Beach, N.C., records a wind gust of 50 mph.
2:00 a.m. EDT: Hanna was located at 33.3N, 78.8W and 30 miles south of Myrtle Beach, S.C. Central pressure was measured at 983 mb. Peak winds are estimated to be 70 mph with a rare gust to 80 mph in the strongest storms.
1:50 a.m. EDT: WeatherBug tracking station in Oak Island, N.C., records gust to 48 mph. Center of Hanna is 50 miles SW
1:40 a.m. EDT: WeatherBug tracking station in Oak Island, N.C., records gust to 47 mph. Center of Hanna is 50 miles SW
1:25 a.m. EDT: Air Force hurricane hunter recon flight finds pressure has risen to 983 mb - up 5 mb since 11pm. Definate sign that Hanna`s intensity has peaked.
1:20 a.m. EDT: Highest wind gust since midnight recorded at North Myrtle Beach, S.C. - SE at 43 mph.
12:10 p.m. EDT: Heaviest rain band lining up along I-95 from Rocky Mount, N.C., southwest to Florence. Rain rates of .50"/hr to 2"/hr will continue for next several hours.
11:40 p.m. EDT: WeatherBug Tracking Station in Lumberton, N.C., recording rainfall rates in rain band that extends from coastal S.C. to southeast of Raleigh, N.C., as high as 2"/hr.
11:15 p.m. EDT: Hanna now tracking slightly east of North in direction. Forecast track on target for landfall near Myrtle Beach, S.C.
10:15 p.m. EDT: Between 1.50 and 3 inches of rain have fallen along Carolina coast so far. 3.05 inches recorded in North Myrtle Beach, S.C..
9:00 p.m. EDT: Air Force Hurricanes Hunter aircraft measure a minimum central pressure of 978 mb or 28.88 inches of mercury. This is a decrease of 3 mb in the last hour, indicating that Hanna may becomeing better organized before landfall.
8:00 p.m. EDT: Air Force Hurricanes Hunter aircraft measure a minimum central pressure of 981 mb or 28.97 inches of mercury. This is a decrease of 3 mb in the last 3 hours, indicating that Hanna may become slightly better organized before landfall tonight.
Be sure check back often for the latest on Tropical Storm Hanna.
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