Jerry Jarrell
Jerry Jarrell
carolina causing heavy moving north outer strong winds
It is now moving away from the North Carolina Outer Banks. It is still causing strong winds and heavy rain.
almost close coast days east luck miss three turn worry
We think Dennis will turn up the East Coast and with any luck will miss everything, but it will come close enough where we'll worry about it. In three days it can be on almost any of us.
central florida hit north watch
We may hit everything from central Florida through North Carolina, at some point, with a (hurricane) watch or (hurricane) warning.
happening understand
I don't understand what's happening out there, but things are popping.
strong surf winds
That suggests that they're going to get strong winds (in Florida) and they're really going to get some strong surf out of this.
chance reasonable
I think there's a reasonable chance it will get stronger.
expect hurricane storm whether
We don't expect Dennis to become a hurricane again. Whether the storm makes landfall is questionable.
category origin system
The origin of the system is being better organized, and more like your classical-looking hurricane. It could go back to a category 3 storm.
hope might miss
There's a glimmer of hope that it might miss the whole coastline altogether.
beginning miss models
There's some glimmer of hope. Some of the (computer) models are beginning to show that it may miss the coast.
eventually inches next rio rivers three
We've had (rain) accumulations of as much as 25 inches in some locations. We're going to see that show up in the rivers for the next two or three days, eventually into the Rio Grande.
concerned far georgia northern primarily west
We're very much concerned about the coast, primarily Georgia and the Carolinas, but it could still be even as far west as northern Florida. It's erratic. It could do something weird.
across barrier bit came category fact land
We thought it may have been weakening a little bit before it came over land. In fact ... it probably was not a Category 4 (hurricane) when it came across the barrier islands. It may have already been down to a (Category) 3 (hurricane).
actual concerned depending storm
Storm surge (in coastal areas) could be a real problem, depending on where the actual landfall is. That's the thing we are most concerned about.