Tropical Storm in Newport News, Virginia

Tropical Storm August 27, 2011 – August 28, 2011 · Newport News, Virginia

Death

$100K

Damage as recorded

$500K

Crop damage

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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 344117. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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