Stadium Effect News Today

Coast, with heavy rain and strong winds. A record storm surge, up to 13 feet possible. Already tonight here, an outbreak of tornadoes. More than 20 reported tornadoes touching down already. A confirmed tornado crossing i75. And the images of one tornado tonight tearing right through a neighborhood. You can see everything as it goes dark. Tonight here, my interview with the hurricane hunters flying right into this hurricane what they want you to know about the strength of this storm. Tonight, aut...

Through it, they drop weather instruments to tell us what the pressure is. here is some imagery inside the eye of the storm. this is called the stadium effect. >> wow. >> this is like being on the field of a football stadium and looking up at the stands all around you. instead of fans in the stands it is thunderstorms in the eye wrapping all around you. so they go through violent turbulence, punch through the storm and all of a sudden they come out and can see blue skies above them. they can loo...

>> a spectacular sight, harris. its incredible. during this incredibly powerful storm right now. the pressure has dissipated some, but the stadium effect of the eye wall was absolutely spectacular on the inside. when i cced him affect, when youre inside eye, its like being on the 50-yard line for the coin toss. if you look up come all the seats in the stadium would be cause. its like being in the bondable bull. it spectacular to see. >> harris: thats an interesting way to describe it. when you t...

Its unclear though what efforts they made to help the passengers. just one of so many questions we all have on this horrific tragedy. steve, ainsley, and brian. steve: todd, thank you so much. just trying to figure it out. brian: lets go to this story. incredible footage from inside the storm we have been tracking. ainsley: hurricane hunters completing a 10-hour mission through the eye of hurricane dorian as it unleaderboard the devastating winds down on the bahamas. steve: this shot capturing w...

My babys only 4 months old. please pray for us. im begging yall to play for us. >> you just feel the fear that shes dealing with in that situation. the flooding is also a big concern. the storm surge up to 23 feet or 7 meters. the northwest bahamas could see as much as eight months worth of rain in just a few days alone. >> this is now my house. the water is up to my calf. lost the kitchen. stove. >> and this is what dorian looks like from the international space station. >> wow. >> it is the st...

Year. also noaa released pictures of dorians eyewall that showed the clouds curving outward. thats a phenomenon known as a stadium effect. lets bring in ivan cabrera. >> you saw the sun there with that picture. the hurricane hunters there, you can see bright blue skies, sunshine, and then beneath them, of course, the washing machine that is the claatlantic ocean, caribbean sea at this point. what theyre going through right now, we dont know because it hasnt happened before. lets show you the pic...

And ripped the roofs off buildings in the abaco islands. years, for most part as strong flooding is also a major concern as you make your background checks, they would not have stopped any of it. with the storm surge up to 23 so its a big problem. feet or 7 meters. its a mental problem. its a big problem. the northwest bahamas could see as much as eight months worth of rain in just a few days. >> and then take a look at this. >> thnatasha lindstaedt is a you get a sense of how big and vast this ...

At a resort and they had to come of rain in just a few days. here to the shelter. >> this is now my house. waiting to ride out the storm. the water is up to my calf. for some of them, this is their first time experiencing a there is the kitchen. hurricane, so im spending time stove. trying to help them along. >> and this from the so at the end of the day they dont get too terrified. international space station. >> im sure. because youve been through this it has captured these pictures before, as...

Could see off in the distance how large the waves wiere. it was something to see. >> the stadium effect is something i cant imagine being in. we get a sense of it from the picture. it was 185 mile-an-hour winds when you were flying through. what was that like? >> yes. it was rather remarkable. we entered the storm when it was a category 4. as we continued to fly, we saw the pressure continue to drop inside the center. and the winds continued to pick up. and the final report when we left, right a...

First off. glad to be here. yeah, dorian is a very powerful category 4 storm. like mentioned, its sort of the same for us every time we go out and fly. every storm has its own unique personality so you never really know what to expect. but dorian, shes very powerful and shes been holding this very tight eye wall and a really well confined stadium effect the last couple of days. so the crews that are flying in and out of dorian now, daily now, the squadron is on its 13th mission right now. we sta...