Coastal Flood in Newport News, Virginia

Coastal Flood October 28, 2012 – October 29, 2012 · Newport News, Virginia

$200K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Water levels reached 2.5 feet to 3.5 feet above normal adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay and James River resulting in moderate to severe coastal flooding.

The wider storm

Tropical Cyclone Sandy moving northward well off the Mid Atlantic Coast then northwest into extreme southern New Jersey produced very strong northeast winds followed by very strong west or northwest winds. The very strong winds caused moderate to severe coastal flooding across portions of eastern and southeast Virginia.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 418268. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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