10 Years Ago Tonight!

10 years ago tonight, I learned a lot about chasing in the Deep South at night. Moral of the story, DON'T DO IT unless you have a lot of training/experience!

Here is a blog post I wrote about it on the 9th anniversary, which will take you to a link of the 8th anniversary post with the chase account... 

http://ldctstormchaser.blogspot.com/2011/11/november-10th-2002.html

The "Other" La Plata, MD Tornado

La Plata, MD Supercell - April 28th, 2002


People forget this tornado! Only focus on 4/28/02... RT @wxhistorian 11/9/1926: Maryland's deadliest #tornado killed 14 at LaPlata. #weather

16 died (mostly children) according to these two sources. Very interesting/powerful reads if you like historical weather, especially in the Washington DC region...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/washington-dcareas-worst-five-tornado-events/2011/04/27/AFN1BAyE_blog.html

First hand account:

http://weblogs.marylandweather.com/2009/11/an_account_of_deadly_1926_la_p.html

Textbook #Nor'easter

Textbook  #Nor'easter

Some early storm surge photos out of NYC

This is why I was SO worried about the storm surge from Hurricane Sandy.  Tomorrow, we'll wake up to a catastrophe!  A benchmark storm we'll tell our kids about!

Also, here is some dramatic video of an explosion at a ConEd Facility in NYC.  Starts at ~ 19 secs...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTjKSgabsw8&feature=youtu.be

"Sandy" Makes Landfall

000
WTNT63 KNHC 300002
TCUAT3

POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL182012
800 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012

...POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY MAKES LANDFALL ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

SUMMARY OF 800 PM EDT...0000 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...39.4N 74.5W
ABOUT 5 MI...10 KM SW OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY
ABOUT 40 MI...65 KM NE OF CAPE MAY NEW JERSEY
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 23 MPH...37 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...946 MB...27.93 INCHES

SURFACE...RADAR...AND AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT DATA INDICATE THAT POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY MADE LANDFALL NEAR ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY AROUND 800 PM EDT...0000 UTC...WITH

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 80 MPH...130 KM/H. 

NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE TIDE GAUGES HAVE RECENTLY REPORTED STORM SURGE HEIGHTS OF 11.9 FEET AT KINGS POINT NEW YORK...8.4 FEET AT THE BATTERY NEW YORK...AND 8.6 FEET AT SANDY HOOK NEW JERSEY.

WITHIN THE PAST HOUR OR SO...A SUSTAINED WIND OF 49 MPH WITH A GUST TO 73 MPH WAS REPORTED AT JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN NEW YORK. A WIND GUST TO 71 MPH WAS RECENTLY OBSERVED AT FARMINGDALE NEW YORK. 

ANOTHER UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AT 900 PM EDT. NHC WILL ISSUE ITS LAST ADVISORY ON SANDY AT 1100 PM EDT. THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...HPC...WILL BEGIN ISSUING PUBLIC ADVISORIES AT 500 AM EDT TUESDAY. HPC PUBLIC ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED UNDER THE SAME WMO AND AWIPS HEADERS AS THE NHC PUBLIC ADVISORIES...AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE VIA THE NHC WEBSITE.

$$
FORECASTER BROWN/ROBERTS

I'll leave you with another image from Atlantic City, NJ.  The surge is going to be the HUGE story with "Sandy".  Catastrophic is a better word honestly...  NYC has set its all time storm surge record (13.9 feet), easily surpassing the old record set during the Hurricane of 1821 (11.2 feet)...  

Storm Surge

Storm Surge has always been the biggest concern of mine with Hurricane Sandy.  Above is a picture from Atlantic City, NJ showing a large section of the boardwalk washed away.  Unfortunately, this will be just one of many pictures from Sandy showing her power.  Again, 940mb!  Historic!

*This Rapid Scan is just incredible...  MUST WATCH!

GOES-14 1-minute Super Rapid Scan visible images (via CIMSS) of Sandy, from sunrise to near landfall today...

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/srsor/1080x1920_GOES_B1_RSRSO_SANDY_DAY_animated_2012303_111500_182_2012303_212100_182_X.mov

940mb

Sandy is now down to 940mb!  I'm honestly at a loss for words...  I thought 950mb was the absolute max last Friday.  By Saturday, it became apparent that 950mb was becoming likely.  However, 940mb?  I never saw that coming at all...  

http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/templates/loop_directory.asp?data_folder=dev%2Flindsey%2Floops%2Fgoes14&image_width=1020&image_height=720&number_of_images_to_display=50

Hurricane Sandy Rapid Scan... Just insane! Truly historic!