Worst Coastal Storm in 25 Years? Rainfall So Far

UPDATE: Here's a model prediction of what the wave heights will look like Thursday night. Remember, this starts this afternoon and runs through Saturday so the coast is going to get a long pounding. That's over 24 feet offshore, 12 feet on the Outer Banks.

Also did you see this crazy rockslide video out of Tennessee yesterday (heavy rains from Ida's remnants no doubt contributed to it).

Here are the highest gauge amounts by state that I have seen reported so far from Tropical Rainstorm Ida (mostly courtesy the HPC and CoCoRaHS):

Near Opelika, Alabama: 9.83" Gonzalez, Florida: 6.78" Forsyth, Georgia: 6.86" Saluda, North Carolina: 5.76" Walhalla, South Carolina: 5.10"

As you can see the NWS estimate map above shows several areas where rainfall may have exceeded 6 inches in the Carolinas and Virginia. As I said yesterday the story is not over and as we tweeted this morning, one of our meteorologists believes this could be "the worst long-duration wind and rain event for the Middle-Atlantic Coast in the last decade" due to the storm's slow and erratic movement. Joe Bastardi adds "Though not the strongest nor'easter wind-wise for the mid-Atlantic states in the last 25 years, the most dangerous." Stay tuned to AccuWeather.com for forecast headlines detailing the storms affects and please, if you observe flooding, high waves, winds or coastal damage, tweet it to us, let us know on Facebook, and upload photos to our Photo Gallery. And keep an eye on that Outer Banks Cam - it's sure to get interesting!