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PRELIMINARY POST STORM REPORT...TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV
NATIONAL SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1215 AM EDT FRI SEP 13 2002 

...GENERAL INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV BEGAN AS A SUBTROPICAL STORM ON SEPTEMBER 
8...AND BECAME A TROPICAL STORM ON SEPTEMBER 10.  GUSTAV TRACKED 
JUST SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS ON SEPTEMBER 11...AND OUT TO SEA EARLY 
SEPTEMBER 12.  GUSTAV DID NOT HAVE MUCH IMPACT ON THE COAST OF 
CURRITUCK COUNTY OR VIRGINIA...BUT WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE FIRST 
SUBTROPICAL STORM EVER TO BE NAMED.

A.  HIGHEST WINDS...ALL TIMES UTC
LOCATION                      SUSTAINED/TIME        GUST/TIME 
ELIZABETH CITY (ECG)          26 KT/2054 10TH       38 KT/2134 10TH 
NORFOLK (ORF)                 22 KT/2151 10TH       29 KT/2107 10TH 
NORFOLK NAS (NGU)             21 KT/2355 10TH       28 KT/2341 10TH 
OCEANA (NTU)                  23 KT/2056 10TH       32 KT/2109 10TH 
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL  28 KT/2042 10TH       32 KT/2131 10TH 
SEWELL'S PT.                  22 KT/0042 11TH       29 KT/2330 10TH 
NEWPORT NEWS/PATRICK HENRY FIELD (PHF) AND LANGLEY AFB (LFI)...NO 
WIND OR GUSTS ABOVE 25 KT.


B.  LOWEST PRESSURE...ALL TIMES IN UTC
ELIZABETH CITY (ECG)                     999 MB/2145 10TH 
NORFOLK                                 1000 MB/0451 11TH 
NORFOLK NAS                             1000 MB/0455 11TH 
NEWPORT NEWS/PATRICK HENRY FIELD (PHF)  1001 MB/0754 11TH 
LANGLEY AFB (LFI)                       1002 MB/1056 11TH 
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL             999 MB/0830 11TH 
SEWELL'S PT.                            1001 MB/0830 11TH


C.  RAINFALL...STORM TOTALS IN INCHES
ELIZABETH CITY (ECG) 0.61
NORFOLK (ORF)        0.23
OCEANA (NTU)         0.13


D.  STORM TIDES

STORM TIDES WERE 1 TO 1.2 FT ABOVE NORMAL...KEEPING THE WATER 
LEVEL BELOW 5 FT MLLW IN HAMPTON ROADS...AND JUST OVER 5 FT MLLW 
OVER THE OUTER BANKS OF CURRITUCK COUNTY.  NO FLOODING WAS REPORTED.


E.  BEACH EROSION

MODERATE BEACH EROSION IN VIRGINIA BEACH (SANDBRIDGE) AND OUTER 
BANKS CURRITUCK COUNTY. WATER WAS REPORTED UP TO THE SAND DUNE LINE 
DURING HIGH TIDE IN CURRITUCK COUNTY. 


F.  RIVER FLOODING

NONE

G.  TORNADOES

NONE

H.  STORM EFFECTS

NONE


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