Coastal Flood — Accomack, Virginia

2012-10-28 to 2012-10-30 · Accomack, Virginia

Event narrative

Water levels reached 3.0 feet to 5.0 feet above normal adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean resulting in moderate to severe coastal flooding. Wachapreague reached a tide height of 8.40 feet MLLW. The towns of Chincoteague, Saxis and Sanford received the most significant damage, with estimated losses near two million dollars in Chincoteague alone.

Wider weather episode

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 the Virginia Eastern Shore.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 418289. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.