“There could be some small tree limbs down and some isolated power outages,” he said. Slow-Moving Storm Brings Heavy Flooding to Mid-Atlantic A National Weather Service forecaster warned that heavy rain during high tides could lead to astronomical surges of ocean water. Rain was moving through several Mid-Atlantic states by mid-day Wednesday, and thunderstorms were expected in some areas as the storm moved into New England.Īlan Dunham, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Taunton, Massachusetts, said the wind speeds forecast could be damaging. The storm unloaded about 3 to 6 inches of rain in eastern and northern Florida. the middle Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast States to the mid - Atlantic. The weather service said the storm could bring sustained winds of up to 40 mph with gusts to 60 mph in some areas and 2-3 inches of rain along the Interstate 95 corridor from the upper Mid-Atlantic into New England. The The Pacific front brought scattered precipitation into the Northwest. Maine and New Hampshire could see 10-foot waves that cause minor flooding at high tide in cities including Portland, Maine. The National Weather Service issued coastal flood advisories from Virginia Beach through New England, and small craft advisories and gale warnings off shore. The likely development of a nor’easter off the Mid-Atlantic coast brings a threat for wintry weather and potentially heavy snowfall across interior portions of the Northeast and. (AP) A storm that includes some remnants of Hurricane Patricia was expected to bring heavy rain and wind to the East Coast on Wednesday.
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