Wakefield NWS Post-Storm Report on Tropical Storm Ernesto (05L)

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000 NOUS41 KAKQ 022011 PNSAKQ VAZ0048-049-060>100-MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-031200- PRELIMINARY POST STORM REPORT...TS ERNESTO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 400 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2006 ...GENERAL INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO MOVED NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AFTER MAKING LANDFALL NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA/SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS OF THURSDAY AUGUST 31, 2006. THE REMNANTS OF ERNESTO...COMBINED WITH STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTHWARD FROM NEW ENGLAND AND SOUTHEAST CANADA...BROUGHT STRONG WINDS...HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING TO NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. ERNESTO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL AS IT STALLED OVER SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA FRIDAY EVENING. A. HIGHEST WINDS...ALL WINDS IN MPH AND TIMES IN UTC. LOCATION         SUSTAINED WIND  MAX GUST  MAX GUST TIME ELIZABETH CITY NC (KECG)  33             41     0854 UTC 9/1 OCEANA NAS VA (KNTU)      33             52     1111 UTC 9/1 NORFOLK VA (KORF)         41             53     1153 UTC 9/1 NEWPORT NEWS VA (KPHF)    45             55     1345/1516 UTC 9/1 LANGLEY AFB VA (KLFI)     47             67     1243 UTC 9/1 WEST POINT VA (KFYJ)      31             62     1642 UTC 9/1 MELFA VA (KMFV)           39             54     1442 UTC 9/1 LEWISETTA VA              43             63     1800 UTC 9/1 WALLOPS ISLAND VA (KWAL)  56             68     2131 UTC 9/1 SALISBURY VA (KSBY)       45             62     2135 UTC 9/1 OCEAN CITY MD             49             58     0038/0055 UTC 9/2 BISHOPS HEAD MD           44             75     2030 UTC 9/1 CAMBRIDGE MD              41             56     0000 UTC 9/2 RAPPAHANNOCK LIGHT        55             67     1812 UTC 9/1 KIPTOPEKE                 34             51     1248 UTC 9/1 YORK RIVER RANGE LIGHT    60             76     1318/1418 UTC 9/1 YORK RIVER USCG           60             75     1436 UTC 9/1 CAPE HENRY                58             66     1342 UTC 9/1 B. PRESSURE DATA...ALL TIMES IN UTC (SUBTRACT 4 HOURS FOR EDT) ELIZABETH CITY NC (KECG)                   1012.1 MB/0654 9/1 29.89 INCHES NEWPORT NEWS VA (KPHF)                     1000.6 MB/1755 9/1 29.52 INCHES VIRGINIA BEACH VA (KNTU)                   1002.1 MB/1856 9/1 29.59 INCHES NORFOLK NAVAL STATION (KNGU)               1001.8 MB/1753 9/1 29.58 INCHES LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE (KLFI)              1001.4 MB/1855 9/1 29.57 INCHES WAKEFIELD VA (KAKQ)                        1000.9 MB/1954 9/1 29.52 INCHES FRANKLIN VA (KFKN)                         1000.6 MB/1940 9/1 29.51 INCHES C. RAINFALL...STORM TOTALS IN INCHES LOCATION                          AMOUNT (INCHES) NORTH CAROLINA... ELIZABETH CITY USCG STATION        5.07 MARYLAND... ...SOMERSET COUNTY... PRINCESS ANNE                   5.90 ...WICOMICO COUNTY... SALISBURY                       5.60 ...WORCESTER COUNTY... SNOW HILL                       7.19 VIRGINIA ...ACCOMACK COUNTY... CHINCOTEAGUE                    8.00 WALLOPS ISLAND                  4.53 ...AMELIA COUNTY... AMELIA COUNTY                   6.60 ...CAROLINE COUNTY... RUTHER GLEN                     4.75 ...CHARLES CITY COUNTY... CHARLES CITY                    6.22 ...CHESTERFIELD COUNTY... CHESTER                         4.40 BON AIR                         3.00 MIDLOTHIAN                      2.50 ...CITY OF CHESAPEAKE CHESAPEAKE                      8.93 ...CITY OF HAMPTON HAMPTON                         7.00 ...CITY OF HOPEWELL HOPEWELL                        4.15 ...CITY OF NORFOLK NORFOLK                        10.00 ...CITY OF PORTSMOUTH PORTSMOUTH                      7.11 ...CITY OF RICHMOND RICHMOND                        5.73   WTVR-CBS RICHMOND                        4.20   WWBT TV/SOUTHSIDE RICHMOND                        3.95   CARYTOWN RICHMOND                        3.46   BYRD MIDDL SCH/WEST RICHMOND                        2.95   STONY PT MALL/WEST END ...CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH VIRGINIA BEACH                 10.43   THOROUGHGOOD VIRGINIA BEACH                  9.69   GLENWOOD VIRGINIA BEACH                  9.20   SANDBRIDGE ...DINWIDDIE COUNTY... CARSON                          7.70 ...ESSEX COUNTY... TAPPAHANNOCK                    4.50 ...FLUVANNA COUNTY... FLUVANNA COUNTY                 2.57 ...GOOCHLAND COUNTY... FIFE                            4.00 ...GREENSVILLE COUNTY... PURDY                           3.76 ...HANOVER COUNTY... COATESVILLE                     3.80 ...HENRICO COUNTY... VARINA                          2.21 ...ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY... WINDSOR                         7.63 ...JAMES CITY COUNTY... TOANO                           8.73 JAMESTOWN                       8.25 ...KING AND QUEEN COUNTY... LITTLE PLYMOUTH                 9.25 ...KING WILLIAM COUNTY... MANGOHICK                       5.20 CENTRAL GARAGE                  5.00 MANGOHICK                       4.40 ...LANCASTER COUNTY... WEEMS                           8.00 ...LOUISA COUNTY... LOUISA                          4.30 MINERAL                         3.60 ...MATHEWS COUNTY... GWYNNS ISLAND                   8.00 ...NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY... REEDVILLE                       4.20 ...POWHATAN COUNTY... POWHATAN                        3.16 ...PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY... DISPUTANTA                      5.10 ...RICHMOND COUNTY... WARSAW                          5.20 NEWLAND                         4.50 ...SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY... COURTLAND                       5.75 ...SUSSEX COUNTY... WAKEFIELD NWS                   6.62   24 HOUR TOTAL 9/1 WAKEFIELD NWS                  10.62   TOTAL SINCE 8/29 YALE                            7.50 ...WESTMORELAND COUNTY... COLONIAL BEACH                  3.40 D. STORM TIDES TIDAL DEPARTURES RANGED FROM 2 TO 4 FEET ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM VIRGINIA BEACH INTO CURRITUCK COUNTY...WITH 3 TO 4.5 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL TIDES RECORDED IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...AND ATLANTIC COAST FROM WACHAPREAGUE NORTH TO OCEAN CITY MD. LOCATION            MAX WATER      DATE/TIME (TIMES IN UTC) LEVEL (MLLW) DUCK NC               4.26 FT       0640 UTC 9/1 RUDEE INLET VA        6.12 FT       1754 UTC 9/1 CHESAPEAKE BB TUNNEL  5.55 FT       1854 UTC 9/1 SEWELLS POINT VA      5.52 FT       1742 UTC 9/1 KIPTOPEKE VA          5.81 FT       1836 UTC 9/1 YORKTOWN VA (USCG)    5.97 FT       1712 UTC 9/1 WINDMILL POINT VA     5.23 FT       1912 UTC 9/1 LEWISETTA VA          5.5  FT       0000 UTC 9/2 BEAVERDAM CREEK MD    2.92 FT       0254 UTC 9/2 BISHOPS HEAD MD       4.05 FT       0006 UTC 9/2 CAMBRIDGE MD          4.15 FT       0006 UTC 9/2 WACHAPREAGUE VA       7.77 FT       2112 UTC 9/1 /DATA QUESTIONABLE/ OCEAN CITY INLET MD   4.34 FT       2154 UTC 9/1 E. BEACH EROSION NO SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION REPORTED AT THIS TIME. F. FLOODING FLASH FLOODING FROM VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. NO SUBSTANTIAL FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE WAS REPORTED... ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS ROADS WERE CLOSED. STORM SURGE/TIDAL FLOODING WAS EXTENSIVE FROM THE YORKTOWN/POQUOSON AREAS NORTHWARD UP THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND INTO THE TIDAL SECTIONS OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK AND POTOMAC RIVERS. FLOODING OF HOMES WAS REPORTED...AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PIERS AND SOME BOATS WAS ALSO OBSERVED DUE TO THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS AND HIGH WAVES. G. TORNADOES THERE WERE NO TORNADOES. H. STORM EFFECTS IN VIRGINIA...2 FATALITIES WERE DIRECTLY RELATED TO ERNESTO WHEN A TREE FELL ON A RESIDENCE IN GLOUCESTER. DOMINION POWER REPORTED THAT OUTAGES AFFECTED MORE THAN 600,000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN ITS SERVICE AREA WHICH COVERS MUCH OF VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. DELMARVA POWER REPORTED 49,000 RESIDENTS WERE WITHOUT POWER ON THE MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE. $$ WRS/CULLEN/ARK