7 September 2008
After an erratic path around Haiti and the Dominican Republic, reaching category
1 hurricane strength, Hanna remained a tropical storm as it passed by Florida
and headed toward landfall on the North-South Carolina border. In a totally unexpected
manner, the southeast quadrant of the the storm brought significant rain, wind
and high waves to the Florida coastline from Miami northward as it passed,
bringing flood warnings from the National Weather Service to already soaked
eastern counties of the state.
The final report from the
Weather Channel
at 7:29 pm:
"At around 3:15 a.m. EDT Saturday morning, Hanna made landfall near the
South Carolina/North Carolina border producing tropical storm-force winds gusts
(occasional hurricane force) with some locations experiencing sustained tropical
storm-force winds.
Here is a short list of some notable gusts:
Kure Beach, NC: 77 mph
Wrightsville Beach, NC: 72 mph
Annapolis, MD: 54 mph
North Myrtle Beach, SC: 53 mph
Wilmington, NC: 54 mph
North Wildwood, NJ: 51 mph
Carolina Beach, NC: 50 mph
After making landfall, Tropical Storm Hanna moved up the East Coast and has now
moved away from New England Coast and lost its tropical characteristics."
