Governor Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency for over half of North Carolina on Monday afternoon ahead of Hurricane Matthew. This is in preparation of a potential landfall in the state later this week going into the weekend. This state of emergency covers counties in the central and eastern portion of the state. This will essentially allow the state to put the resources it will need for a potential landfall of this hurricane into place ahead of time. The models today have pushed the track further west than previously thought and a potential landfall in the Carolina’s will be possible late this week or the weekend. Below is our analysis of the overall situation concerning Hurricane Matthew.
Hurricane Matthew is currently a strong category 4 hurricane with winds near 140 mph. The storm is expected to make landfall on the eastern tip of Haiti early Tuesday morning likely still as a major hurricane. The storm will then push to Cuba later Tuesday where it will also likely make landfall as a major hurricane. After that the storm will likely pass over the Bahamas Thursday morning with the eye being around 200 miles off the coast of Florida, which could possibly bring Tropical Storm force winds to the eastern coast of Florida Wednesday night into Thursday. This storm will continue to track up the coastline with the eye remaining around 200 miles from the coast through Saturday morning. Saturday morning the coast of North Carolina could possibly begin the see rain and tropical storm force winds. The forecast after this point is still up in the air and we will likely have a more definitive idea on Tuesday evening concerning if the storm will make landfall in North Carolina. The possibility of this happening is very much possible and now is the time to begin planning and start checking the weather daily. We will have a complete update on Matthew this evening following more analysis on this evenings model runs.
Affected Counties: Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Chatham, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gates, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Martin, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Sampson, Scotland, Stokes, Surry, Tyrrell, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wilson, and Yadkin counties
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