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Tropical Storm Debby is forecast to make a second U.S. landfall as a tropical storm in South Carolina around Thursday. A record-breaking and historic flooding event is expected along the coast of South Carolina, including in Charleston where between 20 and 30 inches of rain could fall. The storm is expected to linger in the Carolinas for days. The flash flooding threat from Debby extends across bo...

Tropical Storm Debby is expected to bring excessive rainfall and a high-end flash flooding threat to both North Carolina and South Carolina this week. Here's the latest on the storm from the Carolina Weather Group. #northcarolina #southcarolina #weather #ncwx #scwx #podcast 🧢 MERCH: https://rstrm.io/e/YDmSpk 💸 LEAVE A TIP: https://streamelements.com/carolinawxgroup/tip 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PO...

Tropical Storm Debby is expected to strengthen into a hurricane before a Florida landfall on Monday. The storm is then expected to cross Florida and stall near the Carolina coast. This could create days of prolonged, excessive rainfall in both North Carolina and South Carolina. Along the South Carolina coast, places such as Hilton Head, Beaufort, Charleston and Myrtle Beach could see record-breaki...

Tropical Storm Debby has formed in the Gulf of Mexico. The Carolina Weather Group is LIVE tracking the forecast for Debby, which is expected to bring a flooding threat to the Carolinas in the week ahead. Plus, live-time storm tracking with numerous severe thunderstorms moving through both North Carolina and South Carolina on this Saturday. #northcarolina #southcarolina #weather #ncwx #scwx #podcas...

A tropical wave could develop into a tropical depression or a tropical storm by this weekend. The National Hurricane Center says there is a 60% chance these thunderstorms could develop into a tropical cyclone by this weekend. The storm could develop near the Greater Antilles, Bahamas, and Florida before turning north. The Carolina Weather Group provides early forecast analysis for the scenarios th...

Math, science and technology are all critical skills for any student looking to study and get a job at the National Weather Service. This week on the Carolina Weather Group, Frank Strait talks with Clay Chaney, a meteorologist with the NWS office in Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina. Frank and Clay briefly worked together at Accuweather before getting jobs in the public sector. Now at NWS GSP...

The crash of USAir Flight 1016 from Columbia to Charlotte led to the creation of Charlotte's first radar and the fast-tracking of the FAA's terminal doppler radars to airports nationwide. This week on the Carolina Weather Group podcast, we revisit a 2019 conversation about how this deadly microburst forever changed how weather is forecast and monitored in the world of aviation. WCNC Charlo...

The chance a tropical weather system could develop off the coast of the Carolinas could spell drought relief for farmers and others living in North Carolina and South Carolina. This week, the Carolina Weather Group is LIVE! with the latest forecast on the potential tropical weather along the Carolina coast. How much rain could this system bring? And what impact will that have on the rapidly increa...

It's the Fourth of July holiday weekend and people will travel to beach vacations. One of those popular locations is North Carolina's Outer Banks. This week on the Carolina Weather Group, Scotty Powell helps you prepare for travel by talking to North Carolina Department of Transportation spokesperson Tim Hass, who is the Communications Officer for all of NCDOT's Ferry and the state&#39...

A special edition of the Carolina Weather Group: Countdown to launch! The GOES-U satellite, the final addition to GOES-R series, will help to prepare for two kinds of weather — Earth and space weather. Once operational, this new satellite will be renamed GOES-19 and take on the role of GOES East. As GOES East, the satellite will serve a critical role in providing continuous weather coverage over t...

All the world-renowned forecasters are saying the same thing: expect an active hurricane season this year. One of those meteorologists is Dr. Phil Klotzbach. He is a senior research scientist for the Department of Atmospheric Science in the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering at Colorado State University. He has worked in the department for the past 23 years and was co-author on the Atlantic...

Years in the making, the "OUTBRK: Storm chasing simulator" video came for the computer is nearly here. On Friday, June 28, 2024, the long-awaited online, multiple-player game will become available in "early access" on the Steam gaming platform. This will allow those who choose, the option to purchase the game and play the game while it remains in ongoing development. (Those who...

It's a live mishmash of topics this week on the Carolina Weather Group. Frank Strait with insight into why we can expect an active tropical season. A look at Scotty Powell's experience at a rained-out Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. And James Brierton with an update on the OUTBRK storm chasing video game - and a special, limited edition train coming to Pinehurst, North Carolina....

It's race week in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the Carolina Weather Group's James Brierton and Scotty Powell are live from Freedom Park. This week: A look ahead at the NASCAR race forecast at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Coca-Cola 600. Plus a look back at the flooding seen during the All-Star race weekend at North Wilkesboro Speedway. And NOAA is out with the 2024 hurricane season...

#weather #northcarolina #southcarolina #hurricane #severeweather See why IBHS is expressing serious concerns about North Carolina's building codes when it comes to hurricane readiness -- and why South Carolina continues to hold strong. With the traditional start of hurricane season just weeks away, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) has released its Rating the States...

The first round of severe weather Wednesday caused extensive power outages, downed many trees and produced up to two inch size hail. And now another line of severe storms is approaching both North Carolina and South Carolina for the overnight hours. A possible third line could come during Thursday morning's commute. The Carolina Weather Group's James Brierton has the latest impacts on the...

#weather #tornado #stormchasing South Carolina-based storm chaser Chris Jackson and LSM's Brett Adair share video and insights from their severe weather chase last week during the historic tornado outbreak across the United States. See their footage from the tornado outbreak that impacted Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma, and Kanas between April 25 and April 28, 2024. Plus South Carolina's changin...

This week, WCNC Charlotte Chief Meteorologist Brad Panovich talks about two very important, and yet very different, topics: The cicada emergence and a destructive severe thunderstorm in Rock Hill, South Carolina. This year will have the return of two different broods of cicadas, the Periodical Cicadas, also known as Brood XIX or Brook 19. They return every 13 years and are expected here in the Car...

This week on the Carolina Weather Group, James Brierton and producer Tim Pounds introduce us to railfanning by hitting the road to visit Altoona, Pennsylvania and visiting the world-famous Horseshoe Curve. Join them on their journey through smoke and rain as they explore a train enthusiast's dream of model trains, big-scale engineering, and personal railroad stories. 🧢 MERCH: https://rstrm.io...

Chris Jackson is a South Carolina-based storm chaser and a trained first responder. On April 13, 2020, he chased severe weather as it raced across his home state. The early morning event was a continuation of what became known as the Easter tornado outbreak of 2020, which caused damage across much of the South before coming into the Carolinas. In South Carolina, there were 5 EF-3 tornadoes, 2 EF-2...

The Carolina Weather Group talks with Doug Marcy, Senior Coastal Hazards Specialist at NOAA Office for Coastal Management, about the threat of sea level rise. Doug and Shea discuss how a changing environment is causing our oceans to observe more heat, more water, and thus rise along the shorelines. To hear an extended version of this conversation, join us at https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergrou...

This week we chat with NOAA's Doug Hilderbrand about how we can build safety and resiliency toward severe weather by becoming a Weather-Ready Nation. On April 3, join us for "Safe Place Selfie Day," when we'll be posting pictures to social media from our "safe place," the place we go at-work, at-home, or at-school to seek shelter during tornadoes and other severe weathe...

Don't start gardening yet. Even though you can start gardening outdoors earlier this year in the Carolinas thanks to a change in the USDA's classification of Plant Hardiness Zones for North Carolina and South Carolina, we've got at least one more cold snap this week. This week on the Carolina Weather Group, Candice Jordan hosts a special conversation with her colleague from the Schiele Museum of N...

#space #science #eclipse #northcarolina #southcarolina #weather #ncwx #scwx The Monday, April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Unlike 2017, the totality will not pass directly through the Carolinas. But still, at about 80% totality, there will still be some solar eclipse to experience in both North Carolina and South Carol...

This year, the Carolina Weather Group was proud to sponsor the National Storm Chaser Summit in Texas. Our Dan Whittaker, on behalf of CWG and his company Environmental Solutions Group, represented our podcast at the convention earlier this month. Dan interviewed chasers, toured chase vehicles, and gave away a WEATHERmeter thanks to our friends at WeatherFlow! This entire series was available earli...