EAST COAST DEVELOPMENT

[Category 5]

Cool, rain, and wind, feels like a fall nor'easter.

Don't know why this is in TT.

[Category 5]

[terstorm1012]

This would have been one heck of a snow storm had it been late January...

[Category 5]

This would have been one heck of a snow storm had it been late January...

Was just thinking this.

[HURAKAN]

Oh, please!!!

Unnamed Storm Slams the Mid-Atlantic with Heavy Rain
Posted: 11-SEP-2009 4:50pm EDT

A storm from the ocean, with tropical characteristics, made landfall over southern New Jersey Friday. It was the same storm that has been hovering just off the East Coast of the U.S. since the start of the week.

From six to ten inches of rain fell on portions of eastern North Carolina earlier in the week as the system brushed the coast. Heavy rains swung ashore over the Delmarva and New Jersey Thursday into Friday.

Here is a look at storm total rainfall for selected areas in the mid-Atlantic this week.

* Surf City, N.C.: 9.10 inches
* Cape Hatteras, N.C.: 8.96 inches
* Wallops Island, Va.: 7.08 inches
* Norfolk, Va.: 6.27 inches
* Rio Grande, N.J.: 4.45 inches
* Atlantic City Airport, N.J.: 4.21 inches
* Millville, N.J.: 3.49 inches
* Tom's River, N.J.: 2.97 inches
* Dover, Del.: 3.78 inches
* Georgetown, Del.: 3.44 inches
* Lancaster, Pa.: 2.18 inches
* York, Pa.: 2.09 inches

Significant rain has ended over these areas. However, locally heavy rain will fall over portions of the interior mid-Atlantic and New England into Saturday.

Story by AccuWeather.com Expert Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski

[somethingfunny]

Those are some impressive rainfall totals, similar to what we're seeing in Texas with our own non-tropical system. Just like you were thinking about the snowstorm, I was thinking just tonight about what a sick ice storm this would have made if it were colder outside.

[Stephanie]

All of Delaware and most of coastal New Jersey (that is to say, the majority of the state) is under a Tornado Watch from this storm.

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/phi/

It was a HORRIBLE morning to dry to work from 15 minutes south of Philadelphia to Atlantic City. IMHO, this is the closest to having any kind of tropical storm we've had in a while. It was like driving through a heavy thunderstorm for 50 miles straight. White knuckle all the way.

As someone said, this Nor'easter/hybrid storm would've been a devastating snow storm if it hit in January. It was wild!

I don't think we actually had any tornado warnings, but the whole area was in a tornado watch until noon that day.