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Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Tropical Cyclone Helene is forecast to make landfall over the Florida Panhandle late today, with the remnant circulation moving quickly north bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to our area tonight into Friday. Expect a calmer weekend with temperatures near seasonal normals.
As of 3am, 342 Duke Energy customers and 84 Haywood EMC customers were without electrical service in Macon County. Crews for both utilities were out restoring power.
Duke Outages: 250 customers west of the Macon County Airport and 92 customers on Poplar Cove Road.
Haywood EMC Outages: Two outages between Scaly Mountain and Highlands with 62 customers in one and 23 customers in the other.
Previously published posts regarding this storm event:
• Rainfall Event Update as of 9.11pm on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 [LINK]
Tornado-Warned Storm Approaching Scaly Mountain and Highlands Area [LINK]
Hurricane Local Statement and Tropical Storm Watch Issued for Macon County [LINK]
Safety Information for the Upcoming Severe Weather Event (Wednesday-Friday) [LINK]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers. The rain could be heavy at times. Patchy fog before 2pm, then patchy fog after 4pm. Highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds becoming east 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 2 and 3 inches possible.
Tonight
Tropical storm conditions possible. Showers. The rain could be heavy at times. Areas of fog. Lows in the mid 60s. The chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Friday
Tropical storm conditions possible. Showers, mainly before 3pm. The rain could be heavy at times. Areas of fog before 9am. Highs in the lower 70s. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the evening decreasing to light winds and shifting to come out of the southeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs near 70.
Saturday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers before 9am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 9am and 10am, then showers after 10am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Areas of fog. Highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. The chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 3 and 4 inches possible.
Tonight
Tropical storm conditions possible. Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Areas of fog. Lows around 60. The chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts in excess of 4 inches possible.
Friday
Tropical storm conditions possible. Showers. The rain could be heavy at times. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the mid 60s. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between 3 and 4 inches possible.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Saturday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers. The rain could be heavy at times. Areas of fog before 3pm, then areas of fog after 4pm. Highs near 70. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 8 mph. The chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 3 and 4 inches possible.
Tonight
Tropical storm conditions possible. Showers. The rain could be heavy at times. Areas of fog after 7pm. Lows in the mid 60s. The chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 2 and 3 inches possible.
Friday
Tropical storm conditions possible. Showers, mainly before 3pm. The rain could be heavy at times. Areas of fog before 9am. Highs near 70. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph decreasing to light winds and shifting to come out of the south after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Saturday
A slight chance of rain before 9am, then a chance of showers, mainly after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. The chance of rain is 40%.
Saturday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog. Highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Tonight
Showers before 2am, then rain between 2am and 4am, then showers after 4am. The rain could be heavy at times. Areas of fog. Lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the east 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. The chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 2 and 3 inches possible.
Friday
Tropical storm conditions possible. Showers before 7am, then rain between 7am and 9am, then showers likely after 9am. The rain could be heavy at times. Areas of fog before 9am. Highs near 70. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday
A slight chance of rain before 10am, then a chance of showers, mainly after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. The chance of rain is 40%.
Saturday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers before 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s.
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Hazards
A tropical system is expected to strengthen over the Gulf of Mexico today as it tracks northward. This system will impact the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia today and Friday, bringing gusty winds, heavy rainfall, and flooding to the area.
Macon County is under multiple weather advisories. They are posted below for your convenience:
Hurricane Helene Local Statement Advisory Number 11 National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC AL092024 1109 PM EDT Wed Sep 25 2024
This product covers the western Carolinas and NE Georgia
**HELENE TO BRING SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING AND STRONG WIND GUSTS TO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA**
NEW INFORMATION
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- None
* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Abbeville, Anderson, Avery, Buncombe, Burke Mountains, Caldwell Mountains, Catawba, Central Greenville, Cherokee, Chester, Cleveland, Eastern McDowell, Eastern Polk, Elbert, Franklin, Gaston, Graham, Greater Burke, Greater Caldwell, Greater Oconee, Greater Pickens, Greater Rutherford, Greenville Mountains, Greenwood, Habersham, Hart, Haywood, Henderson, Laurens, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell Mountains, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Northern Jackson, Northern Spartanburg, Oconee Mountains, Pickens Mountains, Polk Mountains, Rabun, Rutherford Mountains, Southern Greenville, Southern Jackson, Southern Spartanburg, Stephens, Swain, Transylvania, Union NC, Union SC, Yancey, and York
* STORM INFORMATION:
- About 860 miles south-southwest of Greenville/Spartanburg SC or about 900 miles south-southwest of Asheville NC
- 23.1N 86.6W
- Storm Intensity 85 mph
- Movement North or 360 degrees at 9 mph
SITUATION OVERVIEW
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Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall over the Florida Panhandle Thursday evening and race north across Georgia. Significant flash flooding and mainstem river flooding is expected Thursday into early Friday, especially along the Blue Ridge Escarpment. Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be associated with Helene as the storm tracks just west of the County Warning Area Thursday night into Friday morning. The combination of saturated soils and strong wind gusts will result in widespread trees down, leading to numerous power outages. Numerous landslides may occur across the mountains, with a couple of large, damaging debris flows or slope failures. Isolated tornadoes will be possible during this event as well.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* FLOODING RAIN:
Protect against life-threatening rainfall flooding having possible devastating impacts across the North Carolina mountains, northeast Georgia, and Upstate South Carolina. Potential impacts include:
- Extreme rainfall flooding may prompt numerous evacuations and rescues.
- Rivers and tributaries may overwhelmingly overflow their banks in many places with deep moving water. Small streams, creeks, canals, arroyos, and ditches may become raging rivers. In mountain areas, deadly runoff may rage down valleys while increasing susceptibility to rockslides and mudslides. Flood control systems and barriers may become stressed.
- Flood waters can enter numerous structures within multiple communities, some structures becoming uninhabitable or washed away. Numerous places where flood waters may cover escape routes. Streets and parking lots become rivers of raging water with underpasses submerged. Driving conditions become very dangerous. Numerous road and bridge closures with some weakened or washed out.
* WIND:
Protect against hazardous wind having possible limited impacts across most of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia. Potential impacts include:
- Damage to porches, awnings, carports, sheds, and unanchored mobile homes. Unsecured lightweight objects blown about.
- Many large tree limbs broken off. A few trees snapped or uprooted, but with greater numbers in places where trees are shallow rooted. Some fences and roadway signs blown over.
- A few roads impassable from debris, particularly within urban or heavily wooded places. Hazardous driving conditions on bridges and other elevated roadways.
- Scattered power and communications outages.
* TORNADOES:
Protect against a tornado event having possible limited impacts across the western Carolinas and NE Georgia. Potential impacts include:
- The occurrence of isolated tornadoes can hinder the execution of emergency plans during tropical events.
- A few places may experience tornado damage, along with power and communications disruptions.
- Locations could realize roofs peeled off buildings, chimneys toppled, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, large tree tops and branches snapped off, shallow-rooted trees knocked over, moving vehicles blown off roads, and small boats pulled from moorings.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
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* EVACUATIONS:
Follow the advice of local officials.
* OTHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION:
Now is the time to complete all preparations to protect life and property in accordance with your emergency plan. Ensure you are in a safe location before the onset of strong winds or possible flooding.
It is important to remain calm, informed, and focused during an emergency. Be patient and helpful with those you encounter.
Rapidly rising flood waters are deadly. If you are in a flood-prone area, consider moving to higher ground. Never drive through a flooded roadway. Remember, turn around don`t drown!
If a Tornado Warning is issued for your area, be ready to shelter quickly, preferably away from windows and in an interior room not prone to flooding. If driving, scan the roadside for quick shelter options.
Closely monitor weather.gov, NOAA Weather radio or local news outlets for official storm information. Be ready to adapt to possible changes to the forecast. Ensure you have multiple ways to receive weather warnings.
* ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- For information on appropriate preparations see ready.gov
- For information on creating an emergency plan see getagameplan.org
- For additional disaster preparedness information see redcross.org
Tropical Storm Warning
Helene Local Watch/Warning Statement/Advisory Number 11
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC AL092024
1059 PM EDT Wed Sep 25 2024
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- Franklin
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: Below tropical storm force wind
- Peak Wind Forecast: 20-30 mph with gusts to 50 mph
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: Potential for wind 39 to 57 mph
- The wind threat has remained nearly steady from the previous assessment.
- PLAN: Plan for hazardous wind of equivalent tropical storm force.
- PREPARE: Remaining efforts to protect property should be completed as soon as possible. Prepare for limited wind damage.
- ACT: Move to safe shelter before the wind becomes hazardous.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: Limited
- Damage to porches, awnings, carports, sheds, and unanchored mobile homes. Unsecured lightweight objects blown about.
- Many large tree limbs broken off. A few trees snapped or uprooted, but with greater numbers in places where trees are shallow rooted. Some fences and roadway signs blown over.
- A few roads impassable from debris, particularly within urban or heavily wooded places. Hazardous driving conditions on bridges and other elevated roadways.
- Scattered power and communications outages.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: Flood Watch is in effect
- Peak Rainfall Amounts: Additional 8-12 inches, with locally higher amounts
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: Potential for extreme flooding rain
- The flooding rain threat has remained nearly steady from the previous assessment.
- PLAN: Emergency plans should include the potential for extreme flooding from heavy rain. Evacuations and rescues are likely.
- PREPARE: Urgently consider protective actions from extreme and widespread rainfall flooding.
- ACT: Heed any flood watches and warnings. Failure to take action will likely result in serious injury or loss of life.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: Devastating to Catastrophic
- Extreme rainfall flooding may prompt numerous evacuations and rescues.
- Rivers and tributaries may overwhelmingly overflow their banks in many places with deep moving water. Small streams, creeks, canals, arroyos, and ditches may become raging rivers. In mountain areas, deadly runoff may rage down valleys while increasing susceptibility to rockslides and mudslides. Flood control systems and barriers may become stressed.
- Flood waters can enter numerous structures within multiple communities, some structures becoming uninhabitable or washed away. Numerous places where flood waters may cover escape routes. Streets and parking lots become rivers of raging water with underpasses submerged. Driving conditions become very dangerous. Numerous road and bridge closures with some weakened or washed out.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- Situation is unfavorable for tornadoes
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: Tornadoes not expected
- The tornado threat has decreased from the previous assessment.
- PLAN: Tornadoes are not expected. Showers and thunderstorms with gusty winds may still occur.
- PREPARE: Little to no preparations needed to protect against tornadoes at this time. Keep informed of the latest tornado situation.
- ACT: Listen for changes in the forecast.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: Little to None
- Little to no potential impacts from tornadoes.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- https://readync.org
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
714 PM EDT Wed Sep 25 2024
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of northeast Georgia, including the following area, Rabun, western North Carolina, including the following areas, Avery, Buncombe, Burke Mountains, Caldwell Mountains, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Macon, Madison, McDowell Mountains, Mitchell, Northern Jackson, Polk Mountains, Rutherford Mountains, Southern Jackson, Swain, Transylvania and Yancey, and upstate South Carolina, including the following areas, Greenville Mountains, Oconee Mountains and Pickens Mountains.
* WHEN...Through Friday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in significant and damaging flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Areas that are not typically impacted by floodwaters may flood. Numerous landslides are possible in areas of steep terrain. A couple of large, damaging debris flows are possible.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall are expected due to the interaction of tropical moisture along a stationary front, followed by the passage of Tropical Storm Helene. Storm-total rainfall of 10-15 inches with locally higher amounts is expected along the entire length of the Blue Ridge Escarpment with widespread 5-9 inches expected across the remainder of the mountains. This has the potential to be an extremely rare event with dangerous catastrophic flash-flooding along numerous streams.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Flood Watch for flash flooding means there is a potential for rapid onset flooding based on current forecasts. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation and may impact areas that do not typically flood. Please monitor the latest forecasts and be prepared to take action quickly should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
Rainfall of more than five inches in similar storms has been associated with an increased risk of landslides and rockslides. If you live on a mountainside or in a cove at the base of a mountain, especially near a stream, be ready to leave in advance of the storm or as quickly as possible should rising water, moving earth, or rocks threaten. Consider postponing travel along mountain roads during periods of heavy rainfall.
Low-lying areas adjacent to streams, including campgrounds, are especially vulnerable to flooding. If you live or are vacationing next to a stream, please have a plan in place to seek higher ground once heavy rainfall develops. Flash floods can occur quickly and overwhelm adjacent low-lying areas with little warning. Once the stream starts to rise, you may only have minutes to evacuate. Flash floods can cause catastrophic damage and be powerful enough to sweep away campers, vehicles, and mobile homes. Consider temporarily relocating away from streams until the heavy rainfall threat passes.
Tropical Update
[Wednesday] Hurricane Helene to Bring Extreme Hazards to Florida; Landfall Thursday Evening
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Thu Sep 26 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Helene, located over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and on newly formed Tropical Storm Isaac, located over the central Subtropical Atlantic Ocean.
1. Eastern and Central Tropical Atlantic (AL98):
Showers and thunderstorms have increased this morning in association with a broad area of low pressure along a tropical wave located several hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands. However, earlier satellite wind data suggested the system still lacks a well-defined circulation. Environmental conditions appear favorable for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form during the next day or two while it moves westward to west-northwestward at around 15 mph across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent.
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Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (0.7 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.7 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for September 26th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2023)
Highest Temperature 89°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2019
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Highlands in 2001
Greatest Rainfall 2.82 inches in Highlands in 2002
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of September Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on 09-29-1964
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for September 26th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 100°F in Monroe, Union County in 1931
Lowest Temperature 28°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1943
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.53 inches in Lexington, Davidson County in 1956
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of September Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 108°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 09-25-1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Marion, McDowell County on 09-28-2000
Greatest Rainfall 21.00 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County on 09-17-2018
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during August in the state)
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
September 2024 Schedule
9-28-24---Steve Greenberg and Charlie Simmons—Enjoy the voice of Steve Greenberg on his folk covers along with the finger-style picking of award-winning guitarist, Charlie Simmons.
For other Music and News follow us on Facebook at Friends of the Greenway, Inc. and Instagram at friends_of_the_greenway_inc. To find out more about the Greenway and our organization, our website is: littletennessee.org.
Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
News Briefing
William Doyle, Former Fed Maritime Commissioner & Exec Director Port of Baltimore talks Port Strike | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (9-25-24): House, Senate pass 3-month gov't funding extension, avoid shutdown Oct 1 | C-SPAN
Global National: Sept. 25, 2024 | Israel warns ground invasion into Lebanon could be imminent
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 25, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | September 25, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 25, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Sept. 25, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
We've Reached a Point Where We Can Now See Surfaces of Distant Stars | Anton Petrov
The Level1 Show September 24th: U Got A License For That Rocket? | Level1 Techs
Travel Flow Charts - DTNS 4858 | Daily Tech News Show
• Is the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• The Sky This Week from September 20 to 27: Neptune at Opposition [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 20 – 29 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
Sky & Telescope's Sky Tour Podcast – September 2024 | The Equinox and the Summer Triangle
• The Decade-long Hunt for Arrokoth, a Strange New World in the Outer Solar System [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• The New Horizons Extended Mission Target: Arrokoth Search and Discovery [The Planetary Science Journal]
Near-Collision With Other Star Jumbled Up Our Solar System, Physicists Says | Sabine Hossenfelder
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On This Day
September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 96 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.
715 – Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.
1087 – William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.
1212 – The Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.
1345 – Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns.
1371 – Serbian–Turkish wars: Ottoman Turks fought against a Serbian army at the Battle of Maritsa.
1423 – Hundred Years' War: A French army defeats the English at the Battle of La Brossinière.
1493 – Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Spanish, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.
1580 – Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth in Plymouth, England.
1687 – Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces.
1688 – The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
1777 – American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
1789 – George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
1799 – War of the 2nd Coalition: French troops defeat Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign.
1810 – A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates, and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
1905 – Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
1907 – Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
1910 – Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
1914 – The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
1917 – World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
1918 – World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
1923 – The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
1933 – As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
1934 – The ocean liner RMS Queen Mary is launched.
1936 – Spanish Civil War: Lluis Companys reshuffles the Generalitat de Catalunya, with the marxist POUM and anarcho-syndicalist CNT joining the government.
1942 – Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
1950 – Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
1953 – Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends
1954 – The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
1959 – Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
1960 – In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
1969 – Abbey Road, the last recorded album by the Beatles, is released.
1973 – Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
1980 – At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.
1981 – Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
1983 – Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
1983 – Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.
1984 – The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.
1997 – A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234.
1997 – An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
2000 – Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
2000 – The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
2002 – The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
2005 – The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout.
2008 – Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
2009 – Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
2014 – A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico.
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Published at 5:00am on Thurssday, September 26, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to the following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center.
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (0.7 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.7 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for September 26th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2023)
Highest Temperature 89°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2019
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Highlands in 2001
Greatest Rainfall 2.82 inches in Highlands in 2002
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of September Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on 09-29-1964
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for September 26th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 100°F in Monroe, Union County in 1931
Lowest Temperature 28°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1943
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.53 inches in Lexington, Davidson County in 1956
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of September Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 108°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 09-25-1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Marion, McDowell County on 09-28-2000
Greatest Rainfall 21.00 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County on 09-17-2018
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during August in the state)
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Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
September 2024 Schedule
9-28-24---Steve Greenberg and Charlie Simmons—Enjoy the voice of Steve Greenberg on his folk covers along with the finger-style picking of award-winning guitarist, Charlie Simmons.
For other Music and News follow us on Facebook at Friends of the Greenway, Inc. and Instagram at friends_of_the_greenway_inc. To find out more about the Greenway and our organization, our website is: littletennessee.org.
Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
News Briefing
William Doyle, Former Fed Maritime Commissioner & Exec Director Port of Baltimore talks Port Strike | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (9-25-24): House, Senate pass 3-month gov't funding extension, avoid shutdown Oct 1 | C-SPAN
Global National: Sept. 25, 2024 | Israel warns ground invasion into Lebanon could be imminent
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 25, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | September 25, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 25, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Sept. 25, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
We've Reached a Point Where We Can Now See Surfaces of Distant Stars | Anton Petrov
The Level1 Show September 24th: U Got A License For That Rocket? | Level1 Techs
Travel Flow Charts - DTNS 4858 | Daily Tech News Show
• Is the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• The Sky This Week from September 20 to 27: Neptune at Opposition [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 20 – 29 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
Sky & Telescope's Sky Tour Podcast – September 2024 | The Equinox and the Summer Triangle
• The Decade-long Hunt for Arrokoth, a Strange New World in the Outer Solar System [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• The New Horizons Extended Mission Target: Arrokoth Search and Discovery [The Planetary Science Journal]
Near-Collision With Other Star Jumbled Up Our Solar System, Physicists Says | Sabine Hossenfelder
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On This Day
September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 96 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.
715 – Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.
1087 – William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.
1212 – The Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.
1345 – Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns.
1371 – Serbian–Turkish wars: Ottoman Turks fought against a Serbian army at the Battle of Maritsa.
1423 – Hundred Years' War: A French army defeats the English at the Battle of La Brossinière.
1493 – Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Spanish, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.
1580 – Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth in Plymouth, England.
1687 – Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces.
1688 – The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
1777 – American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
1789 – George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
1799 – War of the 2nd Coalition: French troops defeat Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign.
1810 – A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates, and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
1905 – Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
1907 – Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
1910 – Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
1914 – The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
1917 – World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
1918 – World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
1923 – The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
1933 – As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
1934 – The ocean liner RMS Queen Mary is launched.
1936 – Spanish Civil War: Lluis Companys reshuffles the Generalitat de Catalunya, with the marxist POUM and anarcho-syndicalist CNT joining the government.
1942 – Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
1950 – Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
1953 – Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends
1954 – The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
1959 – Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
1960 – In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
1969 – Abbey Road, the last recorded album by the Beatles, is released.
1973 – Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
1980 – At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.
1981 – Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
1983 – Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
1983 – Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.
1984 – The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.
1997 – A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234.
1997 – An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
2000 – Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
2000 – The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
2002 – The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
2005 – The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout.
2008 – Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
2009 – Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
2014 – A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico.
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Published at 5:00am on Thurssday, September 26, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to the following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center.
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