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The Tehachapi Wind Resource Area (TWRA) is a large wind resource area along the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains in California.It is the largest wind resource area in California, encompassing an area of approximately 800 sq mi (2,100 km 2) and producing a combined 3,507 MW of renewable electricity between its 5 independent wind farms.
Further inland, several weather stations reported hurricane-force winds. The Weather Bureau office in Wilmington, North Carolina, reported maximum sustained winds of 88 mph (142 km/h) and a peak gust of 135 mph (217 km/h), exceeding the previous record for fastest measured wind speed of 98 mph (158 km/h) set during Hurricane Hazel in 1954. [1]
In Huntington, a wind gust of 70 mph (110 km/h) was recorded; which was the second highest wind gust ever recorded at that station. [297] In Illinois, Helene's remnants produced heavy rains and high winds, causing several thousand outages. [298] The waves on Lake Michigan were as high as 10 ft (3.0 m). [299]
Sassafras Mountain in Pickens County saw top wind speeds of 73 mph during Hurricane Helene, marking the highest rate of wind in South Carolina. Greenville-Spartanburg recorded 68 mph winds due to ...
The hurricane center warned in a 1 a.m. CDT update that Helene will bring catastrophic winds and storm surge to the northeastern Gulf Coast and that "preparations to protect life and property ...
As of 11 a.m. EST Wednesday, the storm was about 500 miles from Tampa, Florida with maximum sustained winds of 80 m.p.h.
The Tehachapi Pass wind farm is one of the first large-scale wind farms installed in the U.S., with around 710 megawatts (950,000 hp) produced by about 3400 wind turbines. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Overview
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on Hurricane Helene from Thursday, Sept. 26. For the latest news on the storm, read USA TODAY's live updates for Friday, Sept. 27.. TALLAHASSEE, Fla ...