If you are looking for fresh snow by Christmas morning or are curious about potential travel disruptions, the best chances for at least 1" of new snowfall early this week exist across the mountainous West, Great Lakes, and Northeast. Otherwise, temperatures this last full week of December will average above normal for much of the lower 48 states. Read More >
FLOYD WILL BE BEST REMEMBERED FOR THE RAIN HE PRODUCED THROUGHOUT THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. A STALLED FRONTAL SYSTEM ORIENTED FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST FROM THE NORTHERN DELMARVA INTO CENTRAL NEW JERSEY PROVIDED A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR HEAVY RAIN AS FLOYD MOVED NORTH. NEW RECORDS WERE SET IN PHILADELPHIA FOR THE MOST AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A CALENDAR DAY (6.63 INCHES), AND 14 INCHES WAS REPORTED IN KENT COUNTY MARYLAND. RECORD FLOODING OCCURRED AT 12 RIVER GAGE LOCATIONS, AND RECORD FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN NUMEROUS OTHER AREAS OF THE CWFA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED IN DELAWARE, NEW JERSEY, AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
A. PEAK WINDS... LOCATION SUSTAINED TIME PEAK TIME ATLANTIC CITY NJ 290/23KT 16/2345Z 110/34KT 16/1914Z (POMONA) PHILADELPHIA PA 350/32KT 16/2136Z 350/42KT 16/2116Z (INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT) WILMINGTON DE 030/32KT 16/1238Z 310/40KT 16/2214Z SANDY HOOK NJ 330/34KT 17/0024Z 330/45KT 17/0024Z BUOY 44009 120/39KT 16/1800Z 120/52KT 16/1800Z CAPE HENLOPEN DE 56KT 16TH PM PILOT TOWER B. LOWEST PRESSURE... LOCATION PRESSURE TIME ATLANTIC CITY NJ 980.2 MB (28.95 INCHES) 16/2054Z PHILADELPHIA PA 985.0 MB (29.09 INCHES) 16/2136Z WILMINGTON DE 986.0 MB (29.12 INCHES) 16/2106Z SANDY HOOK NJ 981.0 MB 16/2306Z BUOY 44009 976.0 MB 16/1900Z C. RAINFALL...(STORM TOTAL FOR 9/15 TO 9/17) LOCATION COUNTY TOTAL CHESTERTOWN KENT MD 14.00 INCHES SOMERVILLE SOMERSET 13.34 WHITE HOUSE HUNTERDON 12.98 VERNON KENT DE 12.36 FEDERALSBURG CAROLINE 11.20 PEQUANNOCK MORRIS 11.04 GREENWOOD SUSSEX DE 10.58 AMERICAN CORNERS CAROLINE 10.20 DOYLESTOWN BUCKS 10.07 NESHANIC SOMERSET 10.05 D. STORM TIDES... LOCATION TIDE DEPARTURE TIME SANDY HOOK NJ 6.57 MLLW +1.91 FT 16/1748Z ATLANTIC CITY NJ 6.22 MLLW +2.02 FT 16/1612Z CAPE MAY NJ 7.36 MLLW +2.60 FT 16/1818Z LEWES DE 6.76 MLLW +2.55 FT 16/1900Z PHILADELPHIA PA 9.34 MLLW +2.82 FT 16/2236Z
E. BEACH EROSION
ONLY MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE BEACH EROSION OCCURRED. NO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH BEACH EROSION WERE REPORTED BY ANY COASTAL JURISDICTIONS.
F. FLOODING...
ALL RIVER BASINS IN THE PHI CWFA EXPERIENCED RAPID RISES AS A RESULT OF PRECIPITATION FROM FLOYD. FLASH FLOODING AND FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WAS WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE REGION. RECORD FLOODING OCCURRED ON THE RARITAN RIVER IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND ON TRIBUTARY STREAMS TO THE DELAWARE RIVER IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN DELAWARE. RECORD CRESTS ARE LISTED BELOW:
RIVER/STREAM LOCATION CREST STAGE FLOOD STAGE BRANDYWINE CHADDS FORD PA 17.15 FT 9 FT BRANDYWINE DOWNINGTOWN 14.74 7 CHRISTINA COOCHS BRIDGE 13.92 9 RIDLEY MEDIA 14.98 N/A CRUM NEWTOWN SQUARE 11.89 N/A VALLEY CREEK VALLEY FORGE 14.48 7 WISSAHICKON PHILADELPHIA 10.69 5 TOHICKON PIPERSVILLE 11.84 N/A RARITAN BLACKWELLS MILLS 20.97 9 RARITAN RARITAN 18.87 10 RARITAN MANVILLE 25.70 14 RARITAN BOUND BROOK 42.13 28 NESHAMINY (record 22.84) LANGHORNE 21.91 9
G. TORNADOES...
NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.
H. STORM EFFECTS
THERE WERE 14 FATALITIES REPORTED IN THE MT. HOLLY SERVICE AREA... MOST DUE TO FLOODING. EIGHT DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...FOUR IN NEW JERSEY...AND TWO IN DELAWARE. SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS ARE STILL REPORTED AS MISSING...AND THE DEATH TOLL MAY INCREASE.
DOLLAR DAMAGES WERE CAUSED PRIMARILY BY INLAND STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING. DAMAGE ESTIMATES ARE STILL PRELIMINARY AS WATER IS STILL RECEDING IN SOME LOCATIONS...BUT THEY WILL BE IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. NUMBER OF PEOPLE EVACUATED IS ROUGHLY 10000...AGAIN MAINLY CAUSED BY RIVER FLOODING. MOST HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES.
SZATKOWSKI/MIKETTA/NICKELSBERG