ACUS72 KCHS 010318 AAB PSHCHS POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...HURRICANE SANDY...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 415 PM EDT WED OCT 31 2012 NOTE: THE DATA SHOWN HERE ARE PRELIMINARY....AND SUBJECT TO UPDATES AND CORRECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE. THIS REPORT INCLUDES EVENTS OCCURRING WHEN WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT...OR WHEN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH SANDY COUNTIES INCLUDED...CHARLESTON...BERKELEY...DORCHESTER...COLLETON... BEAUFORT...JASPER...HAMPTON...ALLENDALE...CHATHAM...EFFINGHAM... SCREVEN...JENKINS...BULLOCH...BRYAN...LIBERTY...EVANS...CANDLER... TATTNALL...LONG...MCINTOSH OCT 31...UPDATED FOR THE INCLUSION OF EROSION IMPACTS AT ISLE OF PALMS AND CLARIFICATION THAT TIDE LEVELS ARE IN MEAN LOWER LOW WATER /MLLW/. A. LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE/MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AND PEAK GUSTS --------------------------------------------------------------------- METAR OBSERVATIONS... NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 2 MINUTES --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- KCHS-CHARLESTON INTL AIRPORT SC 32.91 -80.03 1000.6 27/1956 010/021 27/1819 020/029 27/1819 KHXD-HILTON HEAD AIRPORT SC 32.22 -80.70 1001.3 27/2050 360/020 27/1750 360/030 27/1750 REMARKS: NON-METAR OBSERVATIONS... NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- FJXS1-FORT JOHNSON NERRS SC-DNR 32.75 -79.90 1001.5 27/2030 340/028 28/0915 340/034 28/0945 M/M PNOS1-PINOPOLIS ON LAKE MOULTRIE 33.25 -80.03 998.6 27/1940 300/026 27/1540 300/031 27/1550 10/02 XSUM 32.75 -79.87 998.0 27/1900 360/026 27/2145 360/032 27/2310 10/M XTYB 32.02 -80.84 998.0 27/1740 350/026 27/1635 350/032 27/1250 10/M XCHA 32.75 -79.95 998.0 27/2125 340/023 27/2350 350/031 27/2130 10/M XSUM 32.75 -79.87 998.0 27/1900 360/026 27/2145 360/032 27/2310 10/M REMARKS: XSUM...XTYB...XCHA ARE WEATHERFLOW OBSERVATIONS. B. MARINE OBSERVATIONS... NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- FPKG1-FORT PULASKI NOAA/NOS SENSOR 32.03 -80.90 0.0 N/A I 340/023 27/1824 340/031 27/1406 M/M 41004-NDBC EDISTO BUOY 32.50 -79.10 995.2 27/2000 010/041 27/1400 360/051 27/1800 5/M 41008-NDBC GRAYS REEF BUOY 31.40 -80.87 1000.4 27/2050 350/031 27/1250 340/039 27/2032 5/M FBIS1-FOLLY BEACH C-MAN 32.68 -79.89 1000.2 27/2000 350/022 27/2140 360/030 27/1300 9.8/M REMARKS: MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHTS: 41004 - 19.3 FEET ON 27/1500 41008 - 9.5 FEET ON 27/1250 C. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM 1200 UTC MAY 27 UNTIL 1200 UTC MAY 30 --------------------------------------------------------------------- CITY/TOWN COUNTY ID RAINFALL LAT LON (IN) DEG DECIMAL --------------------------------------------------------------------- REMARKS: NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL FELL. D. INLAND FLOODING... --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- E. MAXIMUM STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... OFFICIAL TIDE GAUGES NOTED WITH LEADING G --------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY CITY/TOWN SURGE TIDE DATE/ BEACH OR LOCATION (FT) (FT) TIME EROSION --------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARLESTON G CHARLESTON 1.26 7.34 28/1212 MAJOR BEAUFORT G BEAUFORT 1.70 9.99 28/1400 UNKNOWN CHATHAM G FORT PULASKI 1.26 9.03 28/1224 UNKNOWN REMARKS: TIDE LEVELS ARE REFERENCED TO MEAN LOWER LOW WATER /MLLW/. MAXIMUM STORM SURGES ACTUALLY OCCURRED WHEN THE TIDES WERE GOING DOWN. THE FOLLOWING ARE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE VALUES: CHARLESTON SC - 2.4 FEET AT 28/0348 BEAUFORT, SC - 3.56 FEET AT 28/1800 FORT PULASKI, GA - 2.9 FEET AT 28/0348 MODERATE TO MAJOR BEACH EROSION OCCURRED ACROSS PARTS OF CHARLESTON COUNTY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EROSION REPORTED SO FAR WAS AT ISLE OF PALMS...SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE THE DUNE LINE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. SEVERAL PIERS WERE ALSO SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. NO RESIDENCES WERE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. THERE WAS SOME EROSION ALONG THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA BEACHES...HOWEVER THE EXTENT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. THERE WERE NO REPORTS RECEIVED OF EROSION ON THE GEORGIA BEACHES. F. TORNADOES... --------------------------------------------------------------------- (DIST)CITY/TOWN COUNTY DATE/ EF SCALE LAT LON (DEG DECIMAL TIME(UTC) (IF KNOWN) DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------------------- G. STORM IMPACTS BY COUNTY... --------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY DEATHS INJURIES EVACUATIONS DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------------------- $$ LEGEND: I-INCOMPLETE DATA E-ESTIMATED RM/FWA/VB/ST