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Yahoo
05-07-2025
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Tropical Storm Chantal forms off South Carolina coast, impacts to be seen across Southeast
Tropical Storm Chantal formed off the South Carolina coast Saturday morning, prompting Tropical Storm Warnings across parts of South Carolina's beaches and promising a stormy end to the holiday weekend. Chantal has peak winds of 40 mph so far and is currently about 150 miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, essentially in a slow drift to the north, according to the National Hurricane Center. The tropical storm is expected to undergo a little more strengthening through the day Saturday before making an expected landfall on the northern South Carolina coast sometime Sunday morning. "The number one impact by far will be the locally heavy rain, especially along and where the center comes on shore north of (Folly Beach) sometime late tonight, but more than likely, sometime Sunday morning, maybe before sunrise, maybe just after sunrise," FOX Weather Storm Specalist Mike Seidel said from Folly Beach. "It's a broad center at this point." Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect from South Santee River, South Carolina to Cape Fear, North Carolina. A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect from Edisto Beach to South Santee River, South Carolina. How To Watch Fox Weather Tropical storm-force winds are expected in the warning areas starting Saturday evening and lasting into Sunday morning. Gusts to 40-45 mph are possible in the watch areas later Saturday. "With that said, if you get a gust 40 to 45 (mph), it probably is not going to cause any structural damage, likely not to knock out any power, a little if any power," Seidel said. "Once again, re-emphasizing the rain and then on these beaches, you'll have the wave action and certainly the rip currents, especially on the South Carolina coast up towards, say, Wrightsville." In addition, heavy rains are across the coastal plains of the Carolinas into Monday, with widespread areas receiving 2-4 inches. Some isolated spots could get up to 6 inches of rain, the NHC says. Chantal will even bring a minor storm surge to parts of the Carolina coasts. "The combination of storm surge and tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline," the NHC said. Hurricane Hunters Fly Into World's Worst Weather - See Which Storm Was The Bumpiest Peak surge could reach about 1-3 feet in the Tropical Storm Warning area, and about 1-2 feet in the watch area. Heavy surf and life-threatening rip currents will be an added danger for those along the beaches in Chantal's path. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. article source: Tropical Storm Chantal forms off South Carolina coast, impacts to be seen across Southeast
New York Post
05-07-2025
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Tropical Storm Chantal forms off South Carolina coast, impacts to be seen across Southeast
Tropical Storm Chantal formed off the South Carolina coast Saturday morning, prompting Tropical Storm Warnings across parts of South Carolina's beaches and promising a stormy end to the holiday weekend. Chantal has peak winds of 40 mph so far and is currently about 150 miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, crawling forward to the north at about 2 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. The tropical storm is expected to undergo a little more strengthening through the day Saturday before making an expected landfall on the northern South Carolina coast sometime Sunday morning. 'The number one impact by far will be the locally heavy rain, especially along and where the center comes on shore north of (Folly Beach) sometime late tonight, but more than likely, sometime Sunday morning, maybe before sunrise, maybe just after sunrise,' FOX Weather Storm Specialist Mike Seidel said from Folly Beach. 'It's a broad center at this point.' 4 Tropical Storm Chantal formed off the South Carolina coast. AP 4 The storm is expected to make landfall on the northern South Carolina coast Sunday morning. FOX Weather Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect from South Santee River, South Carolina to Cape Fear, North Carolina. A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect from Edisto Beach to South Santee River, South Carolina. Tropical storm-force winds are expected in the warning areas starting Saturday evening and lasting into Sunday morning. Gusts to 40-45 mph are possible in the watch areas later Saturday. 'With that said, if you get a gust 40 to 45 (mph), it probably is not going to cause any structural damage, likely not to knock out any power, a little if any power,' Seidel said. 'Once again, re-emphasizing the rain and then on these beaches, you'll have the wave action and certainly the rip currents, especially on the South Carolina coast up towards, say, Wrightsville.' 4 Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect from South Santee River, South Carolina to Cape Fear, North Carolina, with a Tropical Storm Watch in part of South Carolina. FOX Weather 4 Aerial view of the Outer Banks in North Carolina. oldmn – In addition, heavy rains are across the coastal plains of the Carolinas into Monday, with widespread areas receiving 2-4 inches. Some isolated spots could get up to 6 inches of rain, the NHC says. Chantal will even bring a minor storm surge to parts of the Carolina coasts. 'The combination of storm surge and tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline,' the NHC said. Peak surge could reach about 1-3 feet in the Tropical Storm Warning area, and about 1-2 feet in the watch area. Heavy surf and life-threatening rip currents will be an added danger for those along the beaches in Chantal's path. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.
Yahoo
19-06-2025
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Tornado Watch issued as millions in Midwest, Great Lakes region brace for powerful storms
A Tornado Watch was issued for parts of Missouri and Illinois on Wednesday morning as millions of people from the Midwest to the Great Lakes region brace for powerful storms. FOX Weather Storm Specialist Mike Seidel has the latest from Rosemont, Illinois, onJune 18.
Yahoo
29-03-2025
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How bad is the pollen in Georgia? Saturday has set a new record for most pollen in the air
Georgians, and all of the deep south, laugh at the measurement used for extreme pollen. Tree pollen is considered extremely high when it exceeds 1,500 grains per cubic meter of air. Saturday's number, according to Atlanta Allergy & Asthma: 14,801. That's nearly 10 times what is considered extremely high by pollen standards. That smashes the previous record of 9,368 set 13 years ago, according to meteorologist Mike Seidel. Atlanta meteorologist Brad Nitz of WSB-TV provided a look of previous records in the 35 years of pollen record keeping. Atlanta Allergy & Asthma also shows weed pollen being in the high range while mold and grass pollen are extremely low. The total on Sunday shot drastically high after much lower totals earlier in the week (although those, too, would be considered extremely high). Friday's total was 6,345 while Thursday (1,605) and Wednesday (2,896) were considerably lower. Ryne Dennis is the Deep South Connect Team Editor for Gannett/USA Today. Find him on X @RyneDennis and email at rdennis@ This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald: Georgia crushes record for most pollen in the air. How much was measured?
