Rain Totals From Hanna

The center of Hanna is long gone (now in New England). Below is a map of estimated rain totals across the area from today. As you can see from the map, west of I-95 got hit the hardest with heavy rains.

We have a lot of moisture in the air from these heavy rains, so expect patchy fog to develop tonight and into tomorrow morning. The fog will lift in the late morning hours and Sunday will finish partly cloudy. Enjoy it!

Aaron

Hanna Quickly Exits

Showers have now tapered to isolated sprinkles across our area as the center of Hanna races into Delaware. Winds are from the northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Winds will diminish to 10 to 20 mph from 8-10 PM, then drop to 5 to 10 mph later tonight.

Most areas around Richmond and Petersburg received 2 to 4" of rain. Totals were much higher to the west of I-95, where areas received 5 to 7". The hardest hit were Buckingham, Prince Edward and Charlotte counties, where isolated areas exceeded 8"!

Here is a map of current stream and river flow. As expected, streams are flowing well above average along and west of I-95 (indicated by the blue dots). Some streams are overflowing, which are indicated by the black dots. Also notice the red dots to the southwest corner of the state. This area received almost no rain today, so streams are flowing well below normal.

Gusty Northwest Winds in the Metro Area

Northwest winds of 15-25 mph with gusts to 35 have moved back into the Richmond Metro Area. We will also receive one last burst of moderate rainfall before things taper off around 3 pm. The center of tropical storm Hanna is located just northeast of Williamsburg, and the storm continues to move northeast at 25 mph. Maximum sustained winds are 50 mph.

Zach

1 PM Update

Winds out at RIC have shifted from southeasterly at noon to northwesterly at 1 PM, indicating the passage of tropical storm Hanna. The barometric pressure has been dropping all morning, and appears to have bottomed out at 29.43 in. of mercury. While winds have been generally light in the metro over the past few hours, a stronger northwest wind is expected over the next few hours. A new advisory with the speed, intensity, and location of Hanna will be released just before 2 PM, and the details will be included here on the CBS 6 Storm Team Blog.

Zach

Noon Update

The center of tropical storm Hanna is now located on the Sussex/Southampton county border, and moving NE at 24 mph. A statement was just released from Mecklenburg county reporting numerous trees down. Total rainfall at RIC has been about 2", with 3-6" already being reported in many areas west of I-95.

Zach

11 AM Hanna Update

At 11 AM, Hanna remains a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. The movement of the storm is to north-northeast, and has increased to 24 mph. The rain should taper off in the Richmond metro area around 3 PM.

Zach

Core Of Hanna About To Enter Virginia

Winds are picking up ahead of Hanna, which is now centered just to the northeast of Raleigh NC...right on top of I-95. In fact, Hanna is moving along I-95 to the northeast at 22 mph. We will have periods of heavy rain through late this afternoon and then we will dry off later this evening. We will have the very latest information in our live interactive storm chat. See you there!

Heavy Rainfall Far South

The heaviest rainfall this morning has been southwest of metro Richmond. Brunswick, Charlotte, Halifax, Lunenburg and Prince Edward counties have picked up between 2-3 inches of rainfall since this morning.

Jennifer

Hanna 5:00 AM Advisory

Tropical Storm Hanna's maximum have weakened to 60 Mph since making landfall this morning. The center of Hanna will move across southeastern Virginia early this afternoon.
A tornado watch is in effect for portions of the southeast until 1:00 PM today.

Hanna Makes Landfall

National Weather Service Radar indicates that Tropical Storm Hanna made landfall near the border of South & North Carolina at 3:20 Am. More details will come shortly after 5:00 AM.

Jennifer

Local Weather Update

Hello everyone! This is Jennifer Haynes in the CBS 6 Weather center. Hanna is getting closer to making landfall near the border of North & South Carolina.

Weather conditions are fairly quiet here. We are tracking some heavy rainfall west of the I-95 corridor. The good news is there are no severe storms at the moment.

I just checked the latest surface observations and noticed the winds gusts are peaking up to 40 Mph in Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.



Jennifer

Hanna 2:00 AM Update

Tropical Storm Hanna is very close to making landfall near the border of South & North Carolina. The latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center shows Hanna has maxium winds at 70 Mph and is moving northeast at 21 Mph.

The center of storm will pass through southeast Virginia later this afteroon. Meanwhile, expect the rainfall and winds to intensify throughout the morning and afternoon.

Expect another update shortly after 5:00 AM.

Jennifer