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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]
The 1974 Guin tornado had the highest forward speed ever recorded in a violent tornado, at 75 mph (121 km/h). The deadliest tornado in world history was the Daulatpur–Saturia tornado in Bangladesh on April 26, 1989, which killed approximately 1,300 people. [1]
The sustained wind speed was 51 mph. 1:58 a.m. Friday : South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on US-21. 7:22 a.m. Friday : Bluffton Township Fire District reported numerous roads ...
The highest rainfall total was in Busick, with a three-day total of 31.33 inches — more than 2.5 feet. ... Rare mountain tornado as Helene's winds move in. Notable wind gusts and confirmed ...
Helene, which was 255 miles southwest of Tampa, Florida, at 10 a.m. Thursday morning and packing 105 mph wind speeds, is a “very” large storm and is rapidly intensifying, possibly hitting ...
As Helene moved through South Carolina, it spawned an F2 tornado in Martin that killed one person, injured six, and damaged 12 houses. [ 1 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] The highest rainfall in the United States associated with Helene was a total of 9.60 in (244 mm) in Bamberg , [ 24 ] though weather radar images estimated totals of up to 14 in (360 mm).
The second-highest wind gust from Hurricane Helene was recorded on top of Mount Mitchell, North Carolina, more than 430 miles from landfall. The peak's unique height, at 6,684 feet, poked up into ...
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]