Noreaster 4/15-16 2007

[Category 5]

My NOAA Weather Radio had gone off 9 times since Sunday afternoon (5 times today)

I took this about a half hour ago

[angelwing]

No snow, but its still raining, sigh.

[Category 5]

Weather radio just went off for the 10th time.

[Stephanie]

Cat - was that the SUN that was reflecting off of those clouds???

[Extremeweatherguy]

The word of the day is "Chaos"

Trees down, power lines down, widespread power outages and flooding. Schools are closed. It's a mess.

Currently, it's 36 with wet snow. Some rain could be mixed in. The pressure is down to 972.2mb. I just had a wind gust to 31mph.

So far we've had almost 5 inches of precip.

Yeah, that just sounds like a recipe for disaster. With all that precipitation it doesn't take much wind to knock those trees onto powerlines and create a huge mess. Stay safe up there!

[HurricaneBill]

Ok, river has crested, power is back on.....

Lowest pressure this morning 28.33

Whoa! That's around 959mb! That would be the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane!

[Category 5]

Cat - was that the SUN that was reflecting off of those clouds???

Whats the sun?

I haven't seen it since I got back from Florida last thursday.

[angelwing]

Around 4PM when I was driving home I saw this strange whitish yellow orb in the sky for about 10 minutes...I think it was a UFO!

[MiamiensisWx]

The lowest pressure near the surface low center was 964 mbar (28.47) at New Brunswick, New Jersey. The readings in the surrounding vicinities (967 mbar on Long Island) were very impressive! A buoy south of Islip (Long Island) recorded a 966 mbar reading.

[Stephanie]

Around 4PM when I was driving home I saw this strange whitish yellow orb in the sky for about 10 minutes...I think it was a UFO!

It was trying to come out. Maybe tomorrow it will come out to play.

This mid February weather is for the birds - and THEY don't even like it!

[Category 5]

Final Numbers

Total Rainfall: 5.5" (Plus a tenth of an inch of snow)
Lowest Pressure: 972.2mb
Highest Wind Gust: 31.1mph (No doubt we had higher)

We got more rain then from the July 12-13 2004 storm. The same one that dumped 5 inches of rain on Tabernacle New Jersey in one hour and proceeded to flood Medford Lakes.

In fact the only time I can remember getting more rain was from Hurricane Floyd.

Comparing it to recent flood events

Hurricane Floyd: 7.4"
April 15-17 2007: 5.74"
August 26 2006: 5.25" (From a single thunderstorm)
October 2005: 5"
Hurricane Jeanne: 4.5"
July 12-13 2004: 4.3"
June 23-28 2006: 3.3"
November 7-8 2006: 2.86"
Tropical Storm Ernesto: 2.77"
Tropical Storm Allison: 2"

[Category 5]

Wiki is fast

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Nor ... er_of_2007

[Cyclenall]

Wiki is fast

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Nor ... er_of_2007

Actually, that took long enough for the Nor'easter of 2007 to appear on Wikipedia and I was searching for an article for days. I was expecting the article to be created like 3 days ago but it never occurred (odd, it was a huge weather event). It's finally now on there though . Wikipedia was fast at creating the shooting article though.

[Stephanie]

Final Numbers

Total Rainfall: 5.5" (Plus a tenth of an inch of snow)
Lowest Pressure: 972.2mb
Highest Wind Gust: 31.1mph (No doubt we had higher)

We got more rain then from the July 12-13 2004 storm. The same one that dumped 5 inches of rain on Tabernacle New Jersey in one hour and proceeded to flood Medford Lakes.

In fact the only time I can remember getting more rain was from Hurricane Floyd.

Comparing it to recent flood events

Hurricane Floyd: 7.4"
April 15-17 2007: 5.5"
October 2005: 5"
Hurricane Jeanne: 4.5"
July 12-13 2004: 4.3"
June 23-28 2006: 3.3"
Tropical Storm Ernesto: 2.77"
Tropical Storm Allison: 2"

That storm that flooded out Medford Lakes, Tabernacle and Lumberton in July 2004 dropped a total of 14 inches of rain, if I'm not mistaken. Those dams in Medford and Medford Lakes were in need of repair and I think that three of them failed.

[Category 5]

NWS Mount Holly's summary

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/phi/storms/04162007.html

[Stephanie]

That was a great summary. Thanks for the link!

I think it's safe to say that the Cape May Ferry didn't sail on the 16th!