A coastal storm today will bring heavy, wind-driven rain to the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic. Meanwhile, much calmer conditions will spread across areas of the Southeast that were raked by deadly tornadoes and storms on the weekend. A secondary coastal storm that formed to the east of North Carolina on Sunday night has brought nasty weather today to the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic.
Before the storm moves from the coast of Virginia into the open waters of the Atlantic it will bring heavy rain and flooding to areas from Virginia to southern New England. Earlier today, wet snow fell in the mountains of central Pennsylvania.
The
Severe Weather Center lists the updated flood-related
watches and warnings in effect over the region.
The
East Regional News story reports beach erosion and coastal flooding will affect New Jersey to the Delmarva. Urban and street flooding is likely today in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., as 1 to 3 inches of wind-whipped rain falls today along the Interstate 95 corridor.
The storm today is dropping heavy rain on areas that were struck by a May nor'easter late last week. Washington, D.C., received more than 3 inches from the last storm. As of 4 a.m. EDT this morning, the city had already received 2.0 inches of rain from the current storm.
Associated Press reports high tides and heavy rains have flooded roads and communities in Delaware. According to Allen Metheny, assistant director of emergency management in Kent County, evacuations are underway in many of the coastal communities. The Delaware National Guard and the Delaware State Police are assisting local authorities in the evacuation operation.
Wind gusts in the storm today are on par with a tropical storm.
Wind gusts reported this morning included:
- Atlantic City Airport, N.J.: 49 mph
- Wildwood, N.J.: 51 mph
- Toms River, N.J.: 44 mph
- Dover, Del.: 41 mph
Today's storm comes a decade after a major storms slammed portions of the mid-Atlantic. Over the four day period between May 8 - 12, 1998, Atlantic City, N.J., was recorded 5.23 inches of rain. The coastal storm affecting the region today will clear out of the area faster than this historic storm.
An area of high pressure over eastern Canada will steer the storm out to sea and away from most of New England, with light rain forecast overnight in southern New England.
The storm system sparked deadly storms across the Southeast over the end of the weekend. Today, the Southeast will have much calmer weather as high pressure moves into the western Gulf of Mexico.
According to the
South Regional News story, drier air will press into the Southeast ahead of the high, allowing abundant sunshine to spread across much of the Southeast. The coastal storm will produce showers across the central to southern Appalachians before it moves away from the coast.
The weekend storms are blamed for at least 23 deaths, hundreds of injuries and millions of dollars in damage over a widespread area stretching from Texas to Georgia.
More details on the storms and the destructive tornadoes that touched down can be found on the AccuWeather.com
Weather Summaries page.
Since January 1, the deaths of 98 people have been attributed to tornadoes, making 2008 the deadliest year since 1998, when 115 were killed by tornadoes through May.
The
Midwest Regional News story reports warm air today will surge into the northern Plains ahead of a storm which is bringing showers to the Rockies. The warming will set the stage for the next severe weather outbreak on Tuesday in areas of the southern Plains that have been the repeated target of the destructive storms.
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