Power Outage Report for Saturday, October 05, 2024

**5.10pm** POWER OUTAGE UPDATE
SATURDAY 10-05-2024

Macon County will open a Hurricane Helene Donation and Distribution Center on Monday, October 7, 2024. The location will be the former Ingles in the Holly Springs Shopping Center, 183 Holly Springs Plaza, Franklin, NC. Hours for donation and unmet needs pickup will be 9:00am until 4:00pm. This center is expected to remain open until Friday, October 11, 2024 at 4:00pm; however, this is subject to change as the situation evolves. Learn more at https://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/press-releases-from-macon-county.html

(remember that a power utility customer may include a household with multiple people, the actual number of people w/o power is higher)
. Power utility crews are contiung to work to repair and replace downed lines and poles in the areas that have been impacted by the recent storms. Duke Energy have finished their task in Macon County and will move to assist other counties who still have thousands of customers without electrical service. A little over 600 Haywood EMC customers in Macon County are without service this morning.
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North Carolina 3.23%
173,902 customers from multiple power utilities

South Carolina 5.54%
157,962 customers from multiple power utilities

Georgia 2.92%
145,949 customers from multiple power utilities

Florida 0.03% out
3,411 customers from multiple power utilities

Macon County 561 (1.92%)
Duke Energy - 1 (0.00%)
Haywood EMC - 560 (22.83%)

Jackson County 539 (1.79%)
Duke Energy - 41 (0.15%)
Haywood EMC - 498 (21.26%)

Swain County 0 (0%)

Rabun County 90 (0.56%)

Other Counties of Interest

Mitchell County 8,444 (69.89%)
Yancey County 6,934 (47.47%)
Henderson County 31,404 (45.32%)
Avery County 805 (44.65%)
Buncombe County 74,420 (46.89%)
Transylvania 5,201 (21.66%)

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Published at 5:10pm on Saturday, October 05, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins

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Waves in the Clouds

This is a short timelapse of the clouds I shot while shopping yesterday.


Here are a few other shots I took yesterday:

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Convection

This is a brief look at a thunderstorm (12 minutes compressed into 30 seconds) that was located in Rabun County, Georgia and moving into Oconee County in South Carolina. I was in Macon County North Carolina, about 4 miles NE of Franklin. 

I apologize for the lack of detail on the clouds...as my primary camera (a Kodak Zi6) died on me Tuesday night while covering the primary races. I filmed this with my Kodak Z950. It is a good still camera, or for taking videos of close subjects, but sucks at my favorate activity...taking time lapse videos in HD.

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A Brief History of a Tornado Warning 01/24/2010

Graphic Courtesy Iowa State University

**7.02pm** Yes, I've typed 2009 instead of 2010 in several places. LOL. I'll fix the map later.

The area above was placed under a Tornado Warning by the National Weather Service for a brief time this afternoon after radar indicated conditions favored the formation of a tornado in Henderson and Buncombe Counties in western North Carolina.

I posted a radar image of the vortex on Twitter via TwitPic.

Here is the way the regional map for the GSP Office of the National Weather Service looked at the time the Tornado warning was issued:

And here is the statement issued:



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
523 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 521 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FLETCHER...
OR 8 MILES NORTH OF HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SKYLAND...BILTMORE FOREST...FAIRVIEW...SWANNANOA...BLACK MOUNTAIN
AND MONTREAT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.

TO REPORT TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...
THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...
1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3575 8234 3571 8227 3564 8229 3561 8227
3559 8229 3556 8226 3554 8219 3533 8246
3547 8261 3580 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 216DEG 41KT 3545 8249

$$
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UPDATE #1

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

539 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

NCC089-242248-

/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100124T2300Z/

HENDERSON NC-

539 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IS

CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORMS SUSPECTED OF PRODUCING A TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST

AND OUT OF HENDERSON COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR

NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3580 8234 3575 8234 3571 8227 3564 8229

3561 8227 3559 8229 3556 8226 3554 8219

3548 8237 3546 8240 3547 8243 3555 8252

TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 217DEG 49KT 3558 8234

$$

NCC021-242300-

/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100124T2300Z/

BUNCOMBE NC-

539 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR EASTERN

BUNCOMBE COUNTY...

AT 533 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRVIEW...OR 10

MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLACK

MOUNTAIN AND MONTREAT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.

OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME

OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS

BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR

NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3580 8234 3575 8234 3571 8227 3564 8229

3561 8227 3559 8229 3556 8226 3554 8219

3548 8237 3546 8240 3547 8243 3555 8252

TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 217DEG 49KT 3558 8234

$$

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UPDATE #3

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
548 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

NCC021-242258-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100124T2300Z/
BUNCOMBE NC-
548 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO HAS DISSIPATED OVER EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3580 8234 3575 8234 3571 8227 3564 8229
3561 8227 3559 8229 3556 8226 3554 8219
3548 8237 3546 8240 3547 8243 3555 8252
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 217DEG 49KT 3569 8224

$$

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TWITTER RESPONDS...

Also, there were a number of tweets issued by people during this event, and here are 

some of them using the word tornado and the #avlnews hashatg:

SmithMillCreek: RT @edgymama: Tornado watch for Buncombe, etc., just cancelled. #avlnews
Jan 24, 2010 11:02 PM GMT · from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
edgymama: Tornado watch for Buncombe, etc., just cancelled. #avlnews
Jan 24, 2010 11:00 PM GMT · from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
bullheaded82: A tornado warning is in effect until 6pm for E. Buncombe County and northeast Henderson County. Ppl reported seeing funnel clouds. #avlnews
Jan 24, 2010 10:58 PM GMT · from txt · Reply · View Tweet
iriley: RT @AskAsheville Tornado Watch in East Buncombe #Asheville #avlnews#avl911
Jan 24, 2010 10:40 PM GMT · from Twittelator · Reply · View Tweet
McRaeHilliard: Tornado warning sirens heard in Arden. #avlnews
Jan 24, 2010 10:38 PM GMT · from UberTwitter · Reply · View Tweet
keenerwalk: RT @ThunderPig: #avlnews #wnc #ncwx TORNADO WARNING issued for Buncombe/Henderson counties http://bit.ly/5J3A9S (expand)
Jan 24, 2010 10:37 PM GMT · from web · Reply · View Tweet
KathyLoh: RT @pattidigh: RT @AshevilleNews: Tornado Watch in East Buncombe#Asheville #avlnews #avl911 http://ff.im/-eMaor
Jan 24, 2010 10:34 PM GMT · from web · Reply · View Tweet
localguysmover: RT @pattidigh: RT @AshevilleNews: Tornado Watch in East Buncombe #Asheville #avlnews #avl911 http://ff.im/-eMaor
Jan 24, 2010 10:34 PM GMT · from web · Reply · View Tweet
ThunderPig: http://twitpic.com/zlzpf - Vortex Signature of Tornado via NEXRAD of Weather UNderground #avlnews #ncwx
Jan 24, 2010 10:33 PM GMT · from TwitPic · Reply · View Tweet
VisualPoetry: RT @ecarolinatech: RT @AskAsheville: Tornado Watch in East Buncombe #Asheville #avlnews #avl911 #nc
Jan 24, 2010 10:33 PM GMT · from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
ecarolinatech: RT @AskAsheville: Tornado Watch in East Buncombe #Asheville#avlnews #avl911 #nc
Jan 24, 2010 10:31 PM GMT · from Swift · Reply · View Tweet
h0zae: RT @ThunderPig: #avlnews #wnc #ncwx TORNADO WARNING issued for Buncombe/Henderson counties http://bit.ly/5J3A9S (expand)
Jan 24, 2010 10:31 PM GMT · from UberTwitter · Reply · View Tweet
McRaeHilliard: Tornado Warning NOW South #Asheville. #Avlnews #fletcher#Arden Expires at 6 tonight per NOAA http://tinyurl.com/y99xb2y (expand)#avlweather
Jan 24, 2010 10:31 PM GMT · from web · Reply · View Tweet
pattidigh: RT @AshevilleNews: Tornado Watch in East Buncombe #Asheville#avlnews #avl911 http://ff.im/-eMaor
Jan 24, 2010 10:30 PM GMT · from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
DaniFakeWebb: RT @AskAsheville: Tornado Watch in East Buncombe #Asheville#avlnews #avl911
Jan 24, 2010 10:29 PM GMT · from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
ThunderPig: #avlnews #wnc #ncwx TORNADO WARNING issued for Buncombe/Henderson counties http://bit.ly/5J3A9S (expand)
Jan 24, 2010 10:29 PM GMT · from web · Reply · View Tweet
mvwilliams: Tornado warning for Bun. Hen Counties thur 6pm: Severe thunderstorm near Fletcher/H'ville, says NWS http://bit.ly/64c4Uz (expand) #avlnews
Jan 24, 2010 10:28 PM GMT · from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
AskAsheville: Tornado Watch in East Buncombe #Asheville #avlnews #avl911
Jan 24, 2010 10:28 PM GMT · from UberTwitter · Reply · View Tweet
McRaeHilliard: Tornado warning fletcher biltmore forest. #avlnews. Until 6 tonight
Jan 24, 2010 10:27 PM GMT · from UberTwitter · Reply · View T

**7.06pm**

Here are a couple of storm reports from the public I found posted on the NWS website:


2010-01-24 11:00 AM
NON-TSTM WND DMG (NOT MEASURED)
LOCATION: ROBBINSVILLE, NC (GRAHAM COUNTY)
SOURCE: COUNTY OFFICIAL
REMARKS: SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES. MANY POWER OUTAGES REPORTED.



2010-01-24 11:00 AM
NON-TSTM WND DMG (NOT MEASURED)
LOCATION: WAYNESVILLE, NC (HAYWOOD COUNTY)
SOURCE: COUNTY OFFICIAL
REMARKS: TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES NEAR JOHNSON CREEK



2010-01-24 05:23 PM
FUNNEL CLOUD (NOT MEASURED)
LOCATION: 10 SW HENDERSONVILLE, NC (HENDERSON COUNTY)
SOURCE: PUBLIC
REMARKS: PUBLIC REPORT OF FUNNEL CLOUD AND ROARING SOUND.


2010-01-24 05:53 PM
FUNNEL CLOUD (NOT MEASURED)
LOCATION: ANDERSON, SC (ANDERSON COUNTY)
SOURCE: PUBLIC
REMARKS: PUBLIC REPORT OF FUNNEL CLOUD OVER ANDERSON.


2010-01-24 06:45 PM
FLASH FLOOD (NOT MEASURED)
LOCATION: CLEMSON, SC (PICKENS COUNTY)
SOURCE: COUNTY OFFICIAL
REMARKS: DOWNS LOOP ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.



2010-01-24 06:45 PM
FLASH FLOOD (NOT MEASURED)
LOCATION: PICKENS, SC (PICKENS COUNTY)
SOURCE: COUNTY OFFICIAL
REMARKS: CITY LAKE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO 12 INCHES OF WATER ON ROADWAY.

**7.52am January 25, 2010**

The GSP Office of the National Weather Service now has an experimental Damage Report graphical interface that is worth checking out. Here is the archive for the time period of the storms yesterday. You can use your mouse to get more information from the icons on the map.

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Morning Time Lapse

Here is a short time lapse I shot this morning at dawn.

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Afternoon Time Lapse 07-31-2009

I'm a bit of a weather geek, and love everything weather-related and that includes just simply watching the clouds go by when I can find the time. I took this video last Friday afternoon. If you have a high-speed internet connection, press the HD button on the video player to watch a higher quality version.



I hope you enjoy it!

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