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Isaias spares Tallahassee, but topples trees and creates power struggle
Hurricane Isaias delivered a grazing but still powerful blow to the Big Bend, knocking out power to tens of thousands of customers — including the Franklin County jail, where a backup generator failed — and flooding some coastal and low-lying areas. Isaias, the first hurricane of an otherwise underactive Atlantic season to form and make U.S. landfall, came ashore around 9:30 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, Oct. 9, near Destin as a high-end Category 2 storm with 105 to 110 mph winds. Tallahassee, which was on the eastern or “dirty” side of the hurricane, managed to avoid some of the more dire scenarios that concerned forecasters — namely a small outbreak of tornadoes or rainfall totals of a foot-plus. Official rainfall totals at Tallahassee International Airport hit a modest 2.77 inches through midnight, though other area saw as much as 4 inches. Parks Camp, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Tallahassee, said the city didn’t pick up much more rain after that. “We had tropical storm-force conditions generally as we expected with a pretty decent shot of rainfall and some gusty winds that caused some power outages, some trees down,” he said Saturday, Oct. 10, the morning after landfall.
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FDEP reports 3 sewage spills in Tallahassee caused by Hurricane Isaias
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Hurricane Isaias caused three sewage spills in Tallahassee Friday night, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). The untreated wastewater spilled at three different locations in Tallahassee around 9:30 p.m., but crews reportedly contained the overflows within 10 minutes. FDEP says the areas were all cleaned and disinfected.
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Summer makes a return this week☀️
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Perfect weather to get outside over the next several days!. A cold front is passing through the eastern Big Bend and will usher in drier air, leaving us with plenty of sunshine and warmth. Highs will be warm in the mid-80s. Cool and clear tonight as temperatures fall into the upper 50s.
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Fire sparked after tree fell onto Tallahassee home during Hurricane Isaias, TFD says
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - During Hurricane Isaias’s landfall, a fire sparked at a home after a tree fell onto it, according to the Tallahassee Fire Department. The fire occurred at about 9:35 p.m. Friday on Cavalcade Trail in north Tallahassee. Downed power lines were near the home as smoke and flames burst through the roof when firefighters arrived.
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Views from Tallahassee to Apalachicola after Hurricane Isaias
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Flood warning issued for Ochlockonee River near Thomasville from Saturday night
The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Ochlockonee River near Thomasville at US 84, with minor flooding forecast from late Saturday into next week. The warning covers the river in Thomas and Grady counties. It begins at 11 p.m. Saturday, October 10, and runs through Wednesday afternoon, according to the NWS Tallahassee bulletin issued at 9:05 p.m. Friday.
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South Florida Urban Search and Rescue task forces making their way to Tallahassee in preparation for Hurricane Isaias
MIAMI (WSVN) - South Florida search and rescue teams have begun preparations to assist those hundreds of miles away as Hurricane Isaias approaches. In Miami, the South Florida Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 2 has been prepping since about 4 a.m. Thursday morning making sure everything is in order so they can get up to Tallahassee by Thursday afternoon.