Northeast to be drenched by heavy rain and coastal flooding

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AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jon Porter warns of coastal flooding and beach erosion to impact the Northeast as a tropical wind and rainstorm is expected to sweep through the region.

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00:00Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter here, and you know, John, back early in the week,

00:05we saw that this was going to be a storm that was going to cause a lot of damage.

00:11Now, earlier we were talking with Leslie Hudson from Virginia Beach.

00:15Her cameraman has lived there all his life, and he said this is one of the worst storms

00:19he's seen in 10 to 15 years because of the tidal flooding.

00:25And that was why we're getting a lot of questions on this, why we call this a tropical rain and wind storm.

00:32We want to focus, though, John, we did not name this storm.

00:36We didn't say it was a tropical storm, but we were afraid that this was a storm

00:40that was going to have tropical moisture with it and cause problems.

00:43Exactly. It was going to be a combination of a typical East Coast storm,

00:47but also have some tropical factors to it as well.

00:50There was tropical moisture that was drawn into the storm as it was forming.

00:55Off the East Coast of Florida, and also it was moving over the warm Gulf Stream water,

01:00so it was a hybrid howler with a major issue here as it relates to coastal flooding.

01:06And that is what we've been emphasizing all along, and that's going to continue to be the case today.

01:10Don't let your guard down across the New Jersey coastline, up across parts of Long Island

01:16and into southeastern New England, still dealing with some coastal flooding in those areas here.

01:20A major storm along the East Coast.

01:22And that's why when we took a look at it from the AccuWeather Real Impact Scale,

01:27again, not that we thought it was a tropical storm or certainly not a hurricane,

01:31but because it would be able to do this, we wanted to, we were afraid that if people just said,

01:37well, it's a nor'easter, it was a little more than that, John.

01:41Exactly. And that's what the benefit of the exclusive AccuWeather Real Impact Scale for hurricanes is,

01:47is we talk about the impact, not just one factor of the storm.

01:51The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale only looks at the wind intensity of tropical or subtropical storms.

01:57We look at the impacts because guess what?

02:00This is what matters to people, and this is what risks lives and property.

02:03And so as a result of that, we rated this as a one on AccuWeather's Real Impact Scale for hurricanes

02:08on a storm that we highlighted all the way back to early last week may never get a name from the government.

02:15Now, this is what the rating showed.

02:17No rating, and then it's a one you could see the difference, John.

02:21That's correct. And it's important to point out some storms are named.

02:25There was a subtropical storm out in the middle of the ocean last week that existed for about 24 hours.

02:30That was named Subtropical Storm Karen, right?

02:33And of course, that's a threat to some marine interests, but not to a large number of people.

02:37This storm was a major threat to many people on the East Coast.

02:41That's why we highlighted that it could become a subtropical storm,

02:45and we rated it a one on AccuWeather's Real Impact Scale for hurricanes.

02:49We do that to better protect people and keep them safer.

02:52That's what we do here at AccuWeather.

02:54John, about 30 seconds here. I want to show you this, and this is the idea you had.

02:57This is what this storm did with the king tides, that dark color.

03:03That's the forecasted tides, about 20 seconds.

03:05Yeah, look at that, and look at the difference between where the typical tide would be

03:09and what we're going to be dealing with today.

03:10That's onshore flow. Look out for flooding along the east coast of New Jersey.

03:15And even the next two high tides later this morning and tomorrow.

03:18The tidal flooding is still a concern through tomorrow.

03:21Okay, thanks for the explanation.

03:23AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter.

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