September 26, 2024 • 4 mins
Hurricane Helene is already impacting us locally with high school football moving games and also a full slate of concerts at Louder Than Life. Joining Tony Cruise with the latest on it's impact locally is NBC News Radio's Jack Crumley.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
I'm Johnny Cruz News Ready away forty whs. Yeah, we're
going to have some rain and a little bit more,
it looks like for a lot of people down south,
obviously with Hurricane Helene. The latest now from Jack Crumley,
who joined us from NBC News Radio. Jack, Good morning,
What what's you track down?
Speaker 1 (00:17):
A good morning, Good morning to you.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Where are we tracking now?
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Well, so we are still in the Gulf of Mexico.
Hurricane Helen right now is still just the Category one
who wins up to about ninety miles an hour, but
the forecasting models now indicating it could be a Category
four when it makes landfall, which will just be later
on today. It's only moving at about twelve miles an hour,
but if it spins up into a category four status,
(00:43):
you're looking at, you know, one hundred and thirty mile
an hour wins. There's a possible twenty foot storm surge
that the Big Bend area of Florida's Gulf Coast is
looking at. But it's so much more than that we're
looking at, you know, hundreds of miles inland being affected
by the size of this storm. Tropical storm force winds
on Helene extend from three hundred and forty five miles
(01:04):
from the Center's that's New York City to Pittsburgh.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Wow, that is quite amazing. As you mentioned there, when
anytime where we know it's going to weaken, when it
hits the coast, it starts a weakening. But to your point,
I had no idea that the storms might wind up
in New York City for example.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Well, I'm just saying that's the that's the equivalent distance
three hundred and forty five miles from the Gulf coast.
That's the same as the distance from you know, New
York City to Pittsburgh. But you know, because things are
extending out so far, the National Weather Service has issued
what's a very rare high risk of excessive rain for
the Southern Appalachians, this area of northern Georgia, western South Carolina,
(01:48):
western North Carolina, where widespread flash floods are expected. There
are tropical storm warnings that cover Atlanta and at Asheville,
North Carolina. And it's going to bend to the west.
And I mean there are portions of Kentucky into the
weekend Saturday morning where you know it won't be the
same as tropical storm force winds. But that's when you
(02:09):
know a lot of the heavy rain and winds are
going to be felt in the Commonwealth.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Well, as you just mentioned my next question, that's other
states that are going to be impacted and how much
rain they're going to get. To your point, I did
not know until you brought that up about western North Carolina.
I travel there a lot for a vacation in North Georgia,
for example, they're in the Appalachians, and yes, you could
see just because of the terrain, how flooding could overwhelm
(02:34):
a lot of those creeks and waterfalls that are in
that area.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Yeah, I mean the idea that the excessive rain is
expected with widespread flash flooding that far north. That sort
of gives you an idea of the magnitude of this thing.
Forecasting on the storm went from a potential tropical cyclone
up to a category three in like sixty hours. That's
never happened before. This thing is growing very quickly in
(03:00):
strength in the Gulf of Mexico.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Governor ron As Santas has issued and declared a disaster
for a situation in sixty one counties there. In Florida,
which has already this year seen in some places record
flooding for that state.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Yeah, I mean, and we're talking about mandatory evacuations in
and around the Tampa area. There are already hundreds of
people in Florida in shelters. When Government Census was speaking
to reporters yesterday, he was putting out words saying, hey, look,
there's still time, there's still time to make a plan,
and you don't have to go hundreds of miles away.
You just got to get the safer ground. That's a
little higher up. But people you know in Florida for
(03:39):
sure should expect to lose power again. Hundreds people are
already in shelters.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
This is a big storm, big one, no doubt. Jack,
appreciate your time this morning. Thanks for joining us this
morning here on news RADIOA forty whs Jack Crumley, NBC
News Radio here on Kentucky at this Morning News. We've
got more coming your way with sports and Scott Fids,
jeral John Shannon with news all coming up in the
next few minutes, and so
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Walking away
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
I'm Johnny Cruz News Ready away forty whs. Yeah, we're
going to have some rain and a little bit more,
it looks like for a lot of people down south,
obviously with Hurricane Helene. The latest now from Jack Crumley,
who joined us from NBC News Radio. Jack, Good morning,
What what's you track down?
Speaker 1 (00:17):
A good morning, Good morning to you.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Where are we tracking now?
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Well, so we are still in the Gulf of Mexico.
Hurricane Helen right now is still just the Category one
who wins up to about ninety miles an hour, but
the forecasting models now indicating it could be a Category
four when it makes landfall, which will just be later
on today. It's only moving at about twelve miles an hour,
but if it spins up into a category four status,
(00:43):
you're looking at, you know, one hundred and thirty mile
an hour wins. There's a possible twenty foot storm surge
that the Big Bend area of Florida's Gulf Coast is
looking at. But it's so much more than that we're
looking at, you know, hundreds of miles inland being affected
by the size of this storm. Tropical storm force winds
on Helene extend from three hundred and forty five miles
(01:04):
from the Center's that's New York City to Pittsburgh.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Wow, that is quite amazing. As you mentioned there, when
anytime where we know it's going to weaken, when it
hits the coast, it starts a weakening. But to your point,
I had no idea that the storms might wind up
in New York City for example.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Well, I'm just saying that's the that's the equivalent distance
three hundred and forty five miles from the Gulf coast.
That's the same as the distance from you know, New
York City to Pittsburgh. But you know, because things are
extending out so far, the National Weather Service has issued
what's a very rare high risk of excessive rain for
the Southern Appalachians, this area of northern Georgia, western South Carolina,
(01:48):
western North Carolina, where widespread flash floods are expected. There
are tropical storm warnings that cover Atlanta and at Asheville,
North Carolina. And it's going to bend to the west.
And I mean there are portions of Kentucky into the
weekend Saturday morning where you know it won't be the
same as tropical storm force winds. But that's when you
(02:09):
know a lot of the heavy rain and winds are
going to be felt in the Commonwealth.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Well, as you just mentioned my next question, that's other
states that are going to be impacted and how much
rain they're going to get. To your point, I did
not know until you brought that up about western North Carolina.
I travel there a lot for a vacation in North Georgia,
for example, they're in the Appalachians, and yes, you could
see just because of the terrain, how flooding could overwhelm
(02:34):
a lot of those creeks and waterfalls that are in
that area.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Yeah, I mean the idea that the excessive rain is
expected with widespread flash flooding that far north. That sort
of gives you an idea of the magnitude of this thing.
Forecasting on the storm went from a potential tropical cyclone
up to a category three in like sixty hours. That's
never happened before. This thing is growing very quickly in
(03:00):
strength in the Gulf of Mexico.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Governor ron As Santas has issued and declared a disaster
for a situation in sixty one counties there. In Florida,
which has already this year seen in some places record
flooding for that state.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Yeah, I mean, and we're talking about mandatory evacuations in
and around the Tampa area. There are already hundreds of
people in Florida in shelters. When Government Census was speaking
to reporters yesterday, he was putting out words saying, hey, look,
there's still time, there's still time to make a plan,
and you don't have to go hundreds of miles away.
You just got to get the safer ground. That's a
little higher up. But people you know in Florida for
(03:39):
sure should expect to lose power again. Hundreds people are
already in shelters.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
This is a big storm, big one, no doubt. Jack,
appreciate your time this morning. Thanks for joining us this
morning here on news RADIOA forty whs Jack Crumley, NBC
News Radio here on Kentucky at this Morning News. We've
got more coming your way with sports and Scott Fids,
jeral John Shannon with news all coming up in the
next few minutes, and so
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Walking away
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