Tropical Storm Fay

[Cil]

It's been blowing purty good here all day. No school today or tomorrow.
We lost our power a couple hours ago and went down to the beach to see what was going on. We were pelted with rain, salt and sand, paid our respects to Mother Nature, and returned home to see the power back on.

 

[beachmouse]

TROPICAL STORM FAY ADVISORY NUMBER 25
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062008
500 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008

...FAY EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY WESTWARD ACROSS FLORIDA...VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE...

AT 5 PM EDT...2100 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO COAST OF FLORIDA FROM THE SUWANNEE RIVER TO INDIAN PASS.

Despite the watch, the NHC doesn't seem too concerned yet about severe damage from landfall #4- no mention of 'preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion' like you get when they genuinely think it's going to be a bad one.

 

[NotDeadYet]

From the National Weather Service:

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...COFFEE...DALE...HENRY...GENEVA...HOUSTON...WALTON
...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...JACKSON...BAY...CALHOUN...GULF.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE MAIN THREAT FROM FAY WILL BE THE POTENTIAL OF CONSIDERABLE
FLOODING. THIS THREAT IS GREATEST IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. IF YOU LIVE
IN A LOW LYING AREA...MAKE PREPARATIONS TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IF FLOODING OCCURS. IF NECESSARY...SECURE SANDBAGS TO PROTECT YOUR
PROPERTY.
...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
REGION ON FRIDAY EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER RAIN BANDS MAY PRODUCE
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...OR MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE IN THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.
...INLAND FLOODING...
SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE DOMINANT THREAT FROM
TROPICAL STORM FAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN
EXCESS OF 10 INCHES NEAR THE GULF COAST WITH 8 TO 10 INCHES ALONG
THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR. AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHEAST ALABAMA COUNTIES NEAR THE FLORIDA
BORDER. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FURTHER NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA WILL
BE AROUND 4 TO 6 INCHES. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE MODERATE FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY WHERE HEAVIER RAINFALL OCCURS.
RIVER FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN THE DAYS AHEAD AS HEAVY RAINFALL
OCCURRING OVER SOUTH ALABAMA FILTERS DOWN INTO THE RIVERS.
...TORNADOES...
AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT EXISTS FOR TOMORROW EVENING AND
SATURDAY AS FAY MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 12 AM EDT FRIDAY...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

 

[Minnie]

If the track BB posted is correct, we are going to get soaked.

Guess I better get out my rain boots, galoshes, or as my Grandmother would have said,

"Don't you dare go out without your rubbers on"

God, I miss her.

 

[InletBchDweller]

I think I need rainboots for every occasion here. I think it has rained every day in P'ville since we have moved. :shock: Thank God we have high and dry land.

Stay safe SoWal!

 

[Beach Runner]

The 11 PM EDT report puts Fay as a tropical storm when it passes over SoWal. At 8 PM it was projected as a tropical depression.

 

[beachmouse]

Seems like they're thinking a slightly more southern track that will get the storm back over water for warmer. And we're now in the expanded watch area. (I had to look up the Aripeka breakpoint, and it's north of Tarpon Springs)

TROPICAL STORM FAY ADVISORY NUMBER 26
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062008
1100 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008

...FAY STILL DRIFTING WESTWARD AND DUMPING HEAVY RAINS OVER
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...

AT 1100 PM EDT...0300 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM ARIPEKA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TO INDIAN PASS...AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FROM WEST OF INDIAN PASS WESTWARD TO DESTIN.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SEBASTIAN INLET FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT THE BORDER BETWEEN GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

 

[ShallowsNole]

Should anyone care, Wal-Mart in Destin still has rubber boots and propane. Or at least they did about an hour ago.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Who needs rubber boots for rain? Why not just wear waterproof sandals?

 

[Here4Good]

Who needs rubber boots for rain? Why not just wear waterproof sandals?

Did you read about all the snakes in the flood water in So. Florida? I think I'll wear boots!