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. $$ WRS/CULLEN/ARK ===== PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 600 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 2006 24 HOUR PRECIPITAION ENDING 7 AM FRIDAY. (UPDATED TO INCLUDE BEAUFORT (MRH)) LOCATION NAME 24 HR ======== ==== == == GRTN7 GRIFTON 9.85 KNNN7 KINSTON 9.57 WCEN7 WALLACE 8.00 RILN7 RICHLANDS 7.06 PGVN7 GREENVILLE 6.96 TRAN7 WASHINGTON 6.93 OAJ RICHLANDS 6.75 NPTN7 NEWPORT-CROATAN RAWS 6.12 CLJN7 SANDY RUN RAWS 5.68 EWN NEW BERN 5.60 LZZN7 SNOW HILL 8NE 5.38 HFMN7 JACKSONVILLE 6NE 5.34 NCA NEW RIVER MCAS 5.23 BNYN7 BUNYAN 3ESE 5.05 PYTN7 PERRYTOWN 5.00 MRH BEAUFORT 4.76 HSE CAPE HATTERAS 4.57 POCN7 WENONA 7E 4.47 NBRN7 NEW BERN RAWS 4.13 NKT CHERRY POINT MCAS 4.01 ...WIND GUSTS AS OF 6 AM FRIDAY...(UPDATED AGAIN TO INCLUDE OCRACOKE) GREENVILLE (PGV) 45 MPH NEW BERN (EWN) 59 MPH RICHLANDS (OAJ) 53 MPH KINSTON (ISO) 44 MPH CEDAR ISLAND 53 MPH PEA ISLAND 49 MPH NEW RIVER AIR STATION/JACKSONVILLE (NCA) 59 MPH CAPE HATTERAS (HSE) 51 MPH KENANSVILLE (DPL) 59 MPH RISELY PIER (ONSLOW COUNTY) 68 MPH MOREHEAD CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT 61 MPH BEAUFORT (MRH) 52 MPH OCRACOKE 50 MPH BUOYS DUCK 45 MPH DIAMOND SHOALS 49 MPH CAPE LOOKOUT 56 MPH 5 MILES EAST OF JACKSONVILLE 60 MPH $$ JBM =====