OT: Hurricane Isaias: heavy rain, high winds, and flooding in SC/NC/VA/MD/DE/PA/NJ/NY/New England

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

Pouring sheets of rain in Mt. Olive right now. Lights starting to flicker a we bit.

It's coming down in buckets further up 206

 

[Tango Two]

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

Scary stuff

 

[T2Kplus10]

Total rain bust for most of the State

+1
Heavy rain well to the west of us.

 

[RU848789]

Rainfall so far...that last band brought us up to about 1.5" in Metuchen. Lights flickering here, so power loss is looking pretty likely. Amazing how much more rain just west of the Turnpike and especially west of the Delaware. We really dodged a bullet in most of NJ, with regard to rain. Winds really cranking up though.

 

[RU848789]

+1
Heavy rain well to the west of us.

You have 2-3" of rain as per the radar map.

 

[T2Kplus10]

You have 2-3" of rain as per the radar map.

+1
The heavy rain is elsewhere. Rain over here to end soon.

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

I'd take rain over wind

Getting strong gusts now in addition to heavier rain

 

[Knight Shift]

Power out about 15 minutes ago.

@Knight Shift and @knightfan7 how about you guys?

I'm stuck on a fire rig chasing 7,000 wire down calls. Mrs Shift said our generator is running

 

[tom1944]

I have a lot of tree branches to pick up

 

[NickRU714]

So..... tell me about this "generator" thing everyone speaks about.....

Power out in New Prov.
Not sure how much longer I can talk the wife out of getting one.

 

[Tango Two]

So..... tell me about this "generator" thing everyone speaks about.....

Power out in New Prov.
Not sure how much longer I can talk the wife out of getting one.

https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/ot-home-generators.194334/

 

[Plum Street]

So..... tell me about this "generator" thing everyone speaks about.....

Power out in New Prov.
Not sure how much longer I can talk the wife out of getting one.

If the wife wants a generator that’s good. Most just want new kitchens and bathrooms

 

[knightfan7]

Power out about 15 minutes ago.

@Knight Shift and @knightfan7 how about you guys?

Lost it for about a minute around 1130.

Rutgers Sea Girt station measured a gust of 62 around noon and again at 1225. Gusts have consistently in the mid 50's.

 

[Scarlet4Shore]

Power has been going on and off for about an hour in Tinton Falls. No rain right now, but the sustained wind has really picked up.

 

[Mr. Gerbz]

Winds are incredible now. Gotta to be gusts to 60 in Florham Park.

 

[newell138]

While the sun is out in OC, the winds are really picking up. Lots of trees down all over town

Confirmed tornado through Strathmere and South of Somers Point.

Massive 100 year old trees down in Marmora, wires, etc. Lots of damage to homes

 

[RU848789]

Max gusts so far from the NWS-Philly (no reports yet from NWS-NYC). Many in the 60-70 mph range and a few over 70 mph. Huge branch just came down in our back yard.

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1242 PM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020

...HIGHEST WIND REPORTS...


...Atlantic County...
Pleasantville Point 66 MPH 1135 AM 08/04 WXFLOW
Forsythe 62 MPH 1125 AM 08/04 RAWS
3 NE Hammonton 52 MPH 1019 AM 08/04 AWOS

...Burlington County...
McGuire AFB 62 MPH 1205 PM 08/04 AWOS
Tabernacle 53 MPH 1112 AM 08/04 CWOP
Coyle Field 51 MPH 1210 PM 08/04 RAWS
Tabernacle 51 MPH 1039 AM 08/04 CWOP

...Camden County...
Waterford Works 60 MPH 1025 AM 08/04 AWS

...Cape May County...
Ocean City 72 MPH 0949 AM 08/04 WXFLOW
Cape May NOS 64 MPH 1212 PM 08/04 NOS-NWLON
Wildwood 62 MPH 1018 AM 08/04 AWOS
Cape May 59 MPH 0902 AM 08/04 WXFLOW
Ocean City 57 MPH 1131 AM 08/04 CWOP
Sea Isle City 53 MPH 1146 AM 08/04 CWOP

...Cumberland County...
Millville 56 MPH 1034 AM 08/04 ASOS

...Mercer County...
Trenton 58 MPH 1204 PM 08/04 ASOS

...Middlesex County...
Perth Amboy 58 MPH 1213 PM 08/04 WXFLOW

...Monmouth County...
Belmar Farmdale 53 MPH 1152 AM 08/04 AWOS

...Morris County...
Succasunna 51 MPH 1206 PM 08/04 CWOP

...Ocean County...
Rutgers 70 MPH 1143 AM 08/04 WXFLOW
Island Heights 69 MPH 1216 PM 08/04 CWOP
Beach Haven 65 MPH 1221 PM 08/04 CWOP
North Beach Haven 64 MPH 1145 AM 08/04 CWOP
Tuckerton 61 MPH 1136 AM 08/04 WXFLOW
Seaside Heights 58 MPH 1130 AM 08/04 WXFLOW
Surf City 57 MPH 1216 PM 08/04 CWOP
South Seaside Park 54 MPH 1130 AM 08/04 CWOP
Jackson 51 MPH 1210 PM 08/04 RAWS

...Somerset County...
Bridgewater 58 MPH 1220 PM 08/04 CWOP

 

[RUDave_01]

I lost power in Readington Township around noon. Hopefully everyone on here continues to stay safe.

 

[RULoyal]

Lost power in So. Brunswick around noon.

 

[HPNJRUfan]

Powers out in EB also.

 

[Tango Two]

The latest briefing package for Tropical Storm Isaias has been updated here: https://www.weather.gov/media/phi/current_briefing.pdf

This will be the final briefing unless there are significant changes

 

[chrisru99]

If you get a whole house generator through Costco they will give you a 10 % of what you spent in a gift card. You then can use it towards the purchase of a highly rated hot tub to enjoy.

 

[RUevolution36]

Lost power in So. Brunswick around noon.

I've still got power. which side of rt 1 are you on?

 

[T2Kplus10]

@bac2therac - Is everything done already? No rain and haven't heard any wind in at least 20 mins.

 

[mildone]

Looks like by 5 or 6pm it'll be a nice evening for a post-dinner walk. Seems we got lucky with this storm.

 

[RU848789]

Rainfall so far...that last band brought us up to about 1.5" in Metuchen. Lights flickering here, so power loss is looking pretty likely. Amazing how much more rain just west of the Turnpike and especially west of the Delaware. We really dodged a bullet in most of NJ, with regard to rain. Winds really cranking up though.

If anyone is curious why the rainfall shield ended up being displaced NW by about 20-35 miles, well, the storm track ended up being 25 miles west of where the NHC predicted it to be as late as last night. The storm is now just SW of Doylestown PA, when it was supposed to be closer to about Bordentown right now and it's heading towards the far NW corner of NJ vs. heading towards about Ringwood. If you took that precip map and moved everything SW about 25-30 miles, that was the forecast we had last night. Fairly significant late track miss, as track errors are typically +/- 25 miles at 12 hours out; track was even a bit further east at 5 pm yesterday. I'm not complaining, given past history of water in the basement.

 

[e5fdny]

Ocean looks great.

Huge boiling brownish waves.

Getting brighter out as I type.

 

[T2Kplus10]

Fairly significant late track miss

 

[Morrischiano]

We had a beautiful 50 foot chestnut tree fall down in our back yard. Didn't hit anything but we're heartbroken.

 

[RU848789]

@bac2therac - Is everything done already? No rain and haven't heard any wind in at least 20 mins.

bac is sunning himself somewhere, pining for a gym, but yes the rain is just about over south of 78; plenty of wind still and still a chance of an isolated tornado, especially in NYC metro and NNJ.

 

[S_Janowski]

Had a large/calm period in Marlton and thought it was over but the winds have picked up out of nowhere, even with the sun wanting to pop out and no rain.

Must have been in the eye for awhile.

 

[ClassOf02]

Power went out just as this thing died down in Lambertville/West Amwell.

 

[retired711]

Cherry Hill is like Marlton (not surprisingly). Heavy rain in the morning, but that's over. We do have wind gusts. Power has stayed on. I take it that little or no additional rain is expected south of 78.

My brother-in-law is staying in Flemington (which of course is almost as far west as you can get in NJ, and just south of 78). He reports a power failure but that area goes out frequently in storms. (JCP&L is the electric utility)

Thanks to all particularly @RU848789 for keeping us informed.

 

[29PAS]

Seriously windy here in lower midtown. Winds at 32, gusts to 60!

 

[LetsGoRUwrestling]

60mph gusts in SSH

 

[mildone]

Thanks to all particularly @RU848789 for keeping us informed.

+1

 

[bac2therac]

1.5-2 inches IMBY in and out in 5 hours

 

[bac2therac]

@bac2therac - Is everything done already? No rain and haven't heard any wind in at least 20 mins.

Yeah not a big deal IOBY

 

[e5fdny]

60mph gusts in SSH

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Ocean looks a lot worse off of Spring Lake and Belmar.