Tropics Update: Elsa Racing Toward the Carolinas
Elsa is racing toward the Carolinas with local impacts arriving overnight through the first half of Thursday for the Charlotte area.
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A Charlotte native, Kaitlin graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2015 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Meteorology. Before returning home, her broadcast career took her to Albany, New York; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; and Pensacola, Florida. From hurricanes and tornadoes to excessive heat and snow – she is knowledgeable about and familiar with a variety of weather conditions.
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Elsa is racing toward the Carolinas with local impacts arriving overnight through the first half of Thursday for the Charlotte area.
Tropical Storm Elsa is racing toward the Carolinas.
At least one dead after a tree falls on a car in Jacksonville, Florida.
Elsa impacts to begin on Thursday across the WCCB area
Elsa Has Reintensified Into a Hurricane. Hurricane Warnings Have Been Issued For Portions of Florida's Gulf Coast.
Elsa is expected to become a hurricane before landfall on Florida's west coast. Local impacts from Elsa will be begin late Wednesday into early Thursday.
Hurricane Elsa continues racing through the Caribbean.
A beautiful holiday weekend across the Carolinas with lower humidity in wake of Fridays cold front.
There is a Flash Flood Watch in effect for the Mountains as rounds of heavy rain could lead to flash flooding.
Elsa is the earliest 5th named storm on record in the Atlantic basin.
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