Dorian crawls, takes nearly a day to travel the length of the Bay Bridge

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Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Dorian crawls, takes nearly a day to travel the length of the Bay Bridge
Dorian has been an excruciatingly slow-moving storm. In fact, in one 19 hour period, the storm only moved the distance equivalent to the length of the Bay Bridge.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Dorian has been an excruciatingly slow-moving storm. In fact, in one 19 hour period, the storm only moved the distance equivalent to the length of the Bay Bridge.

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Early Monday morning the storm was crawling west at one mile-per-hour. Five hours later in the afternoon, the storm stalled and completely stopped moving for 14 hours.

From 9 AM Monday to 4 AM Tuesday morning, Dorian only traveled five miles, the length of the Bay Bridge.