STORM2K

for a wierd small coastal storm which struck Delaware and supposedly had an eye-like feature. Either way, living on the coast it was easily the worst I've been through. Love to find that old satellite data.

I found the following. You could might try contacting NOAA to see if they have any photos for that day.

January 4,1992 -

A subtropical low pressure area developed explosively over the Gulf stream waters east of Cape Hatteras, NC and apparently deepened 18 millibars in just 3 hours. The central pressure dropped from 994 to 976 millibars and bottomed out at 968 millibars 3 hours later. An offshore buoy recorded a pressure drop of 9.2 millibars in just one hour. Major coastal flooding and beach erosion occurred along the New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia coasts as the storm "made landfall". A wind gust to 83 mph was recorded at Indian River, Delaware and a gust to 89 mph occurred at Chincoteague, VA. Ocean City, MD was hit "very hard" with winds sustained at 50 mph and gusts to 70 mph. At the Ocean City airport, the runway flooding was the worst ever observed. Substantial beach erosion was reported at Rehoboth Beach, DE which rivaled damage one by the Great March 1962 storm. Total damage reached $45 million in New Jersey alone. Rainfall at inland locations over the mid-Atlantic was very heavy in some places with Witts Orchard, VA checking in with a 24 hour total of 7.56 inches.

I don't have any satellite pictures of the event, but here's some reanalysis maps (500mb maps) ... amazing stuff ... although, the heights weren't that low per se, strongly NEG TILT full latitude trough and an embedded s/w in the southern stream had SOME phasing, however, as the 500mb low moved off the Carolina coast, it split and cut off ...

CLICK HERE for January 4th, 1992 @ 00z

CLICK HERE for January 4th, 1992 @ 12z

CLICK HERE for January 5th, 1992 @ 00z

CLICK HERE for January 5th, 1992 @ 12z

Wow. This one i do remember well. (Couldnt exactly remember the date. thanks btw) A couple of homes went into the sea in Dewey Beach during that storm if i remember correctly, and as well i remember a picture on the front page of the dispatch that showed a shed that had washed out onto RT1 in Dewey Beach the day after it. I lived in Long Neck at that time which ends at/near the Indian River inlet. Lots of damage especially to Mobile homes/Trees on Long Neck from that storm. The winds were incredible with that storm.

Thanks for all the info.

Like i said worst I've seen and the winds came up SO fast that morning. I was living in Bethany Beach at the time and now in Milton.