Extropical Storm Chantal; Newfoundland Island Damage

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

Chantal has caused a surprising amount (for her relative strength and speed of forward motion) of flooding on the Rock. Click on the below link for further information:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-l ... storm.html

[Chacor]

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POST-TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL HAS DUMPED LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN OVER
THE AVALON PENINSULA THIS MORNING. WHITBOURNE REPORTED 150 MM
(6 INCHES) OF RAIN. ST JOHNS HAS RECEIVED ABOUT 90 MM. FLOODING HAS
BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE AVALON WITH ROAD WASHOUTS AND LOW-LYING
ROADWAYS INUNDATED WITH WATER. THE LAST OF THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXITING
THE NORTH PART OF THE AVALON AT BULLETIN ISSUE TIME.

THE CENTRE OF THE STORM APPEARS TO HAVE PASSED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN
PORTION OF THE AVALON PENINSULA. WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT MORE
INFORMATION LATER TO PIN-DOWN THE "LANDFALL" LOCATION. WEATHER IS
NOW IMPROVING DRAMATICALLY OVER THE REGION. OCCASIONALLY GUSTY
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE AVALON THIS AFTERNOON
WITH SOME SUNNY PERIODS.

[MiamiensisWx]

Those precipitation totals are very impressive for the region! It resembles "tropical" moisture. I think baroclinic support and the thermodynamics aided Chantal's heavy rainfall.

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

AWCN16 CWHX 011838
SPECIAL WEATHER SUMMARY MESSAGE FOR NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR ISSUED
BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:08 PM NDT WEDNESDAY 1 AUGUST 2007.

POST TROPICAL CHANTAL BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN OVER THE AVALON BURIN AND
BONAVISTA PENINSULAS WITH RECORD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE AVALON.
STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 69 KM/H/43 mph WERE OBSERVED AT CAPE RACE AND
UNOFFICALLY 88 KM/H/55 mph AT CAPE PINE ON THE SOUTHERN AVALON.

HERE IS A RECAP OF THE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH CHANTAL:

STATION .............. RAINFALL
ST. JOHN'S AIRPORT ... 96.6 MM/3.80 Inches
ST. JOHN'S WEST ...... 93.2 MM/3.69 Inches
ARGENTIA ............. 89.9 MM/3.54 Inches
WHITBOURNE ........... 150 MM/5.91 Inches
CAPE RACE ............ 28.3 MM/1.11 Inches
BONAVISTA ............ 28.0 MM/1.10 Inches
ST. LAWRENCE ......... 55.2 MM/2.17 Inches

END/NLWO


Source:

http://www.atl.ec.gc.ca/weather/bulleti ... 023.txt.en

[Category 5]

I wouldn't of guessed that Chantal would have caused that many problems.

[HURAKAN]

Yes, impressive little system. This just highlights that you don't need a major hurricane to cause serious problems.

[garbeat]

just in case someone is interested.... here are a few pictures from the damage in one community here in newfoundland, there were about 6 communities that had declared a state of emergency....... damage was significant with the approximately 100mm of rain that fell in about 5 hours..

http://picasaweb.google.com/w09wrw/FloodingInDunville

[CrazyC83]

Were there any fatalities?

[Javlin]

Rain,Hills and Mountains just don't mix very well do they,Geez.

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

Were there any fatalities?

Luckily I have not heard of any.

Here is a story on the aftermath of the damage:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-l ... eanup.html

Truly impressive for a Tropical, or in this case Extratropical, storm. It is reminiscent of the type of flooding caused by the remnants of TS Harvey that befell Nova Scotia and SE New Brunswick back in 1999:

[Cyclenall]

Something here isn't right:

SUMMARY TABLE

NAME DATES MAX WIND DEATHS U.S. DAMAGE
MPH $MILLION
---------------------------------------------------------------
TS CHANTAL 31 JULY-1 AUGUST 50 0 0
--------------------------------------------------------------

NOTE...DATES BASED ON COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC)

The Weather Network reported that the damage will be in the millions. This will need to be changed.

[Chacor]

Chantal never affected the United States, so it's not possible there was U.S. damage.

[Cyclenall]

Chantal never affected the United States, so it's not possible there was U.S. damage.

It said US damage $, which means the damage is in that currency format right?. That would be pretty strange if they only counted damage from the US and not other countries.

[Chacor]

Chantal never affected the United States, so it's not possible there was U.S. damage.

It said US damage $, which means the damage is in that currency format right?. That would be pretty strange if they only counted damage from the US and not other countries.

Nope, it means U.S. damage, in millions of US$.

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

Another article on the aftermath of Chantal:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-l ... riday.html