Tropical Storm — Newport News, Virginia
2011-08-27 to 2011-08-28 · Newport News, Virginia
1
Direct deaths
$100K
Property damage
Event narrative
Tropical storm force winds knocked down several trees and power lines, as well as caused some significant property damage. The highest sustained wind of 35 knots (40 mph) with a peak gust of 52 knots (60 mph) was recorded at PHF (Newport News/Patrick Henry Field). Storm total rainfall generally ranged from five to ten inches.
Wider weather episode
Hurricane Irene moving northward over the outer banks of North Carolina and just off the Virginia coast produced tropical storm force winds across portions of southeast Virginia from early Saturday morning, August 27th into Sunday morning, August 28th.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 344117. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.