26-Foot Waves and 150,000 Without Power
UPDATE: We have a number of Raw Video feeds here showing flooding in Virginia. Several amateur stations showed gusts near or over 100 mph yesterday but looking at the data, I do not believe the reports to be reliable. There was nothing close to that nearby, hourly reports from the same stations showed nothing over 50 mph, and in some cases the sensors were clearly malfunctioning (one was reporting "99" as "not available").
The strong coastal storm continues to cause damage to beachfront property in North Carolina and Virginia this morning. Waves have now exceeded 26 feet offshore (and steady) at Buoy #44066 off the Virginia coast. They are also over 20 feet and still increasing at Buoy #44008 off of Nantucket. Highway 12 on the Outer Banks (shown below in a snap from the webcam) is said to be under water and impassable.
COMPLETE LIST OF STORM WEBCAMS
Power outages now number over 155,000 customers in southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina (Dominion's territory). The rain is almost all over onshore (flooding will continue as rivers rise) but this Water Vapor image does a good job at showing the location and enormity of the storm:
Winds onshore are decreasing this morning. The highest winds were recorded yesterday or last night in Virginia (NWS): Oceana, VA: 75 mph Cape Henry, VA: 72 mph Norfolk, VA: 74 mph Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, VA: 71 mph
An interesting note: The highest winds have been onshore. This is not the case with purely tropical systems because their highest winds are around the center. In this case, the highest winds were at the southwest end of the fetch: southeast Virginia.
The following rainfall amounts of over 10 inches were recorded yesterday in Virginia (NWS):
Suffolk: 10.98" Hampton: 10.59" Norfolk: 10.14"
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