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HURRICANE NICOLE MAKES LANDFALL IN FLORIDA AS WINDS INCREASE, WATERS RISE


STORM IS FORECAST TO DELIVER HEAVY RAIN ALONG ENTIRE EAST COAST

By Matthew Cappucci
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Jason Samenow
 
Updated November 10, 2022 at 3:31 a.m. EST|Published November 9, 2022 at 10:07
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Nicole made landfall on the east coast of Florida early Thursday morning after
it had intensified into a Category 1 hurricane Wednesday evening. Conditions
were deteriorating as the storm approached, with the worst expected overnight
into early Thursday morning.


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It made landfall on North Hutchinson Island, about 140 miles north of Miami,
with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center
said at 3 a.m.



The National Hurricane Center predicted the unusually late-season hurricane
would unleash a dangerous storm surge, or rise in ocean water above normally dry
land, very heavy rain and damaging winds gusts. And such conditions were
underway Wednesday night.

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Reports of coastal flooding increased earlier in the day as winds gusted over 60
mph and downpours intensified. The incoming storm surge had already damaged
docks, boardwalks and some buildings.

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Ahead of the storm, the surge threat prompted mandatory evacuations in several
coastal areas, including Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach County, where Donald Trump was
staying. The former president did not plan to leave, an adviser said, although
his club was closed.

The surge was forecast to increase Wednesday night into Thursday morning,
peaking up to 4 to 5 feet above ground level, as the core of Nicole came ashore.



While the surge could be Nicole’s biggest hazard, especially for coastal areas,
inland flooding from heavy rain and power outages from strong winds were also
forecast.

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The blow to Florida’s Atlantic coastline was expected to be just the first act
for the large and fast-moving storm. After sweeping ashore between West Palm
Beach and Melbourne, the storm was forecast to quickly head toward Tampa early
Thursday, enter the Gulf of Mexico, make a second landfall on Florida’s Big Bend
in the evening and then work its way up the East Coast Friday.

STORM EFFECTS SO FAR

Water levels began rising along Florida’s east coast Tuesday, and, by Wednesday,
social media video showed the ocean already overwhelming beaches, leading to
coastal erosion and flooding.

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Martin County, Fla., which includes Stuart, reported flooded roads Wednesday
afternoon because of the incoming surge. Social media also revealed images of
flooding around Palm City, Jupiter and Lantana.

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Around Daytona Beach, video emerged of sea walls destroyed and a beach safety
building collapsed into the ocean. A condo building in Daytona Beach Shores was
evacuated amid fears of collapse due to erosion.




At 10 p.m. Eastern, Nicole’s peak winds were 75 mph after having just made
landfall on Grand Bahama Island four hours earlier when it was declared a
hurricane. Centered 75 miles east of West Palm Beach, Nicole was moving
west-northwest at 13 mph.

In its 10 p.m. discussion, the Hurricane Center wrote that the storm had little
time left to strengthen before making landfall.


Satellite view of Nicole on Wednesday afternoon.

Because of its origins as a subtropical system, possessing some of the
characteristics of mid-latitude cyclones, the storm’s wind field was enormous.
In fact, tropical-storm-force winds exceeding 40 mph extended outward up to 485
miles from the storm’s core.

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Through 10 p.m., winds had gusted over 60 mph in Daytona Beach, Stuart Beach and
Cape Canaveral, according to AccuWeather.

WARNINGS AND EVACUATIONS

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Nov. 9 announced that Tropical Storm Nicole is
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Hurricane warnings spanned from near Boca Raton to Daytona Beach, including Palm
Beach, Port St. Lucie and the Space Coast. Tropical storm warnings extended as
far north as Charleston, S.C., and were also expanded to include the Florida
Gulf Coast from near Fort Myers to Tallahassee.

Storm surge warnings for a “life-threatening” rise in ocean water stretched from
North Palm Beach northward to southeastern Georgia midway between Jacksonville
and Savannah.

Mandatory evacuation orders were issued Tuesday for vulnerable zones of Palm
Beach and Volusia counties in Florida in anticipation of the surge. St. Lucie,
Brevard, St. Johns, Indian River and Martin counties advocated voluntary
evacuation for some. Zones of greatest concern include barrier islands, mobile
homes and homes in areas prone to flooding.


In Miami Beach, Robert Wright wrangles beach furniture. (Michael Robinson
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The National Weather Service wrote that the surge could have “significant
impacts,” especially from Palm Beach northward, with damage to buildings,
marinas, docks and piers, as well as the washing out of roads and major beach
erosion.

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Storm surge warnings also covered coastal regions from north of Tampa Bay
through the Big Bend on Florida’s west coast, where up to 4 or 5 feet of
shoreline inundation was possible, mainly on Thursday.

Where will Nicole hit hardest? Here’s the outlook for 13 cities.

FLORIDA IMPACT


Simulated radar for Nicole between midnight Wednesday and 5 a.m. Thursday.

The storm was expected to deliver a host of effects:

 * The entire Atlantic coast of Florida north of the storm’s center was to
   expect gusts of 35 to 65 mph. Near where the core of Nicole’s circulation
   moves ashore, a few gusts flirting with 75 mph were possible. Such gusts
   could cause some tree and minor structural damage, as well as power outages.
 * North of the storm’s center, onshore winds were expected to push water
   against the coastline and cause flooding. Near and north of Palm Beach as
   well as in the Big Bend area, a spike of 3 to 5 feet in water levels was
   anticipated.


 * A widespread 2 to 5 inches of rain with localized 6-inch totals was forecast
   for much of the Florida Peninsula and the Big Bend. Ordinarily this would be
   unremarkable for Florida, but many locations were still reeling from flooding
   left over from Hurricane Ian’s assault on the state in late September. The
   St. Johns River, already at flood stage, was expected to rise further.
 * A few tornadoes were likely north of the storm’s center, primarily within
   small, low-topped thunderstorm cells that pivot ashore. The National Weather
   Service Storm Prediction Center highlighted a level 2 out of 5 “slight risk”
   of severe weather.

Tropical storm conditions were also possible between Tampa and Mexico Beach,
Fla., on Thursday.

RAINFALL ON THE EAST COAST



Nicole was headed west because of a blocking dome of high pressure at the
mid-latitudes that had been exerting a southward push on it. By Thursday
morning, that high was forecast to shift offshore, allowing Nicole to turn
northward ahead of an approaching low-pressure system over the Midwest.

That low was swinging a cold front east. The front was expected to help focus
moisture from Nicole, which was to stream northward.



A widespread 2 to 4 inches of rain was forecast up the Appalachians as a result.
It was unclear if the higher terrain or the cities to the east along Interstate
95 would see the jackpot totals; that would be ironed out once Nicole’s path
became more certain. The storm was forecast to retain gusty winds as it
transitioned from a tropical to a mid-latitude storm.

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“Isolated flash, urban, and small stream flooding will also be possible on
Friday in the Southeast through the southern and central Appalachians, including
the Blue Ridge Mountains, and extending northward through west-central
Pennsylvania into western New York by Friday night,” the Hurricane Center wrote.

RARE NOVEMBER LANDFALL

November is an unusual month for a hurricane to strike Florida. In fact, only
three hurricanes on record have made landfall in the United States in November,
and only one after Nov. 4: Kate, on Nov. 21, 1985. That hurricane struck the
Florida Panhandle. Before that, you’d have to go back to an unnamed Category 2
hurricane that hit Miami on Nov. 4, 1935.

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If Nicole were to maintain its strength until landfall, it would become the
latest-occurring hurricane on record on the east coast of Florida, tweeted Phil
Klotzbach, a tropical weather researcher at Colorado State University.



Nicole became the third hurricane to form so far this month in the Atlantic,
meaning 2022 is now tied with 2001 for most November Atlantic hurricanes on
record, according to Klotzbach. Nicole followed Lisa and Martin, which also
reached hurricane strength.

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Despite Nicole’s unusual lateness, the 2022 season was still running slightly
behind average, defying expert predictions of an active season. From a
standpoint of ACE, or accumulated cyclone energy, the season to date was lagging
22 percent behind historical averages; ACE is a product of storm intensity and
duration, and quantifies how much energy from warm ocean waters storms churn
through.

Bryan Pietsch, Tim Craig and Josh Dawsey contributed to this report.

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