Coastal Flood in Accomack, Virginia

Coastal Flood October 28, 2012 – October 30, 2012 · Accomack, Virginia

$6.0M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

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 the Virginia Eastern Shore.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 418289. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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