Hurricane Earl Storm Chase - South Nags Head North Carolina September 3rd, 2010 - 60-80 mph gusts

Even though Hurricane Earl decided to pass east of the North Carolina Outer Banks we decided a storm chase was worthwhile. Myself (Jeremy Gilchrist), Kevin Smith, and Todd Ferebee. We arrived in Nags Head, NC at around 8:30pm and stayed at the Comfort Inn where most of the media was stationed. We recorded many gusts in the 60-80mph range, with an skywatch impeller hand held anemometer, throughout the overnight hours One monster clocked in at 88.6 mph. Nearby Oregon Inlet measured 82 mph as a peak gust. The hurricane force gusts are supported by surrounding reports in the area in addition to our measurements. This video shows wind gusts approaching that hurricane force threshold at times.

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• Hurricane
• Earl
• Nags
• Head
• Outer
• Banks
• North
• Carolina
• Storm
• Chasing
• 2010
• Weather
• Meteorology

[jamiechilcote]

Thats my truck! haha. Good video dude :)

[eyewall41]

@jamiechilcote Very cool you looked like you were well prepared for the chase. See anything interesting out there? Did you take any video?

[hurricaneadventures]

HI Jeremy-excellent job capturing this footage!:) I enjoyed meeting You, Todd, and Kevin on this particular chase event. I am currently editing parts of my own footage and will gladly get that to you as soon as I can. Once again, great job!

[eyewall41]

@hurricaneadventures It was great meeting you too and I can't wait to see the footage of us on the dunes! Just to let you know in support of our obs Mark of hurricanetrack measured a sustained 65 with a gust to 85 just south of the inlet.

[WeatherWarriordotnet]

I like the creative way they set-up the cameras inside, yet still use the backdrop of the conditions to show what it is like outside. I sure wouldn't be putting all that expensive equipment outside in that stuff. I shot from near Avalon Pier at one point, and the amount of sand getting on the car looked like a light snow at times. Talk about a "sand blast".

[eyewall41]

@WeatherWarriordotnet Allow me to correct my response LOL I didn't realize you were referring to the news crew. Anyway I blew 2 cameras outside which is why I chose to film from this spot. It was the best possible location to catch the wind and protect my best camera. In fact even there it was tough because water was pouring through ceiling and light fixtures in a number of places. We were outside a number of times to take wind obs with my anemometer before it too eventually died.

[liquidstl]

Great video!