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Published: Thu, 12 Nov 2009
Description: Steve Doocy with today's national weather forecast
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" alert we showed you last hour some of the massive flooding caused by hurricane Ida. Inundating entire neighborhoods in and around the Atlanta area but now as the storm turns north hurricane I have threatened to -- nor'easter exploiting a wet weather ahead for much of the country Janice Dean is live here in the studio. -- For us non unfortunate when you see me on the set it's always that means I apologize for that this storm is actually more powerful right now as a nor'easter than it was. As tropical storm I had a couple of days ago making landfall in Alabama. We could see incredible amounts of rain. Wind gusts of close to hurricane force and this could rival -- Hurricane Isabel for the area of Virginia and North Carolina back in 2003. And the nor Easter is of 1998. And if you live in this area you know that this is serious when I'm talking about so here is the radar as you can see. We've got a clock counter clockwise winds around this low pressure got high pressure. Across the northeast and that's giving us a tight pressure gradient so all those winds are going right into Virginia Beach Hampton roads as -- Norfolk. You could actually be under water tomorrow we're talking about an eight. -- Water rise with the tide at three and 5 PM this afternoon and three at 5 AM tomorrow so. Area residents. Really need to be evacuating right now I you can see all that moisture moving in and this is going to be the scenario. Not only today tonight tomorrow for this region Delmarva peninsula up towards the northeast -- the switch sources I'll show you how much rainfall we're going to get. In terms of the heavy precipitation. Actually as we go to whether one that's where I can show you where we're gonna see the incredible amounts of rain or I can tell you right now three to five inches. -- rainfall. Sorry guys that is whether -- just the radar alone will tell you what we're gonna see in terms of water. We are gonna get pictures in overnight tonight certainly coastal areas need to be on alert. Coastal flood advisories we -- three decided to easily. And winds in excess of fifty miles per hour in this area that could be conservative okay so there's the satellite radar and then as we move further -- time I'll show you the rainfall amounts that -- going to see. In this region there's the bullseye right now outer banks follow up. To the Delmarva peninsula just south. Of new York -- New Jersey you're certainly going to feel the effects of the storm. As -- sorry that we consent order I I think an eight foot tidal surge is serious about her enormous yes absolutely it could be actually historic. Well storm surge so. You know we can't tell people and not to release heed the warnings I think they've declared a state of emergency for Virginia at least coastal Virginia we'll keep up to date from fox thanks -- going to be ugly weekend to. Yeah unfortunately yes individually. Also we wanna see your pictures or video of this story can have an email that she was at the address on your screen there. It is you report the Fox News dot -- get yesterday. And your location as well also -- 58 try to describe what we're looking at because sometimes these pictures can be a little confusing. As we get those today Aaron Simon put it on television but he's seeing things all right in --"
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