Share Tweet Email. By the time Storm Andrea reaches New York, it will be weakened as it skims across Boston, dumping heavy rain. The biggest threat Storm Andrea poses is flooding. Forecasters said 2 to 5 feet of storm surge could be seen along the coastline at Big Bend.
As the storm moves inland it can affect major cities, including Washington and Philadelphia. Last year, monster storm Hurricane Sandy caused heavy damage to much of the East Coast. By Kevin Genovario. Tropical Storm Andrea was a large tropical storm that caused widespread flooding in the United States.
The first tropical cyclone of the Atlantic hurricane season, Andrea developed from a broad area of low pressure in the Caribbean Sea on June 7. Andrea meandered over the northwestern Caribbean Sea with little change in strength, making landfall in Cuba on June 9. After entering the Gulf of Mexico, where conditions were more favorable for intensification, Andrea began to gradually strengthen as it moved slowly northeastward.
Andrea then weakened as it moved inland, and on June 12 it became a remnant low while located over North Carolina. A total of thirteen deaths occurred in the United States as a result of disastrous flash flooding and freshwater flooding caused by the storm. Another two fatalities occurred during an automobile incident on Interstate 95 in Florida. Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki. Although Andrea never made landfall in south Florida, it had far reaching impacts that mainly affected the east coastal areas.
During the early morning hours of June 6th, convective rain bands well to the southeast of the storm center streamed across the south Florida area spawning three tornadoes. Only minor damage to trees and power lines was sustained from this tornado and was rated as an EF Just a few hours later, another tornado ripped through The Acerage community in north central Palm Beach county.
This tornado damaged several homes and snapped trees and power lines as it tracked across a residential area just west of th Avenue between 69th Street and 87th Street Image 5.
Most of the damage sustained by homes was in the form of roof damage. The garage door of one home was damaged causing the door to blow in, leading to the roof being completely punctured above the garage. A few vehicles were also moved from their original locations and a foot boat was flipped on its side. There was one serious injury sustained by this tornado that required hospitalization. An 85 year-old woman was struck by flying debris from a large oak tree that broke through her bedroom window.
According to the National Weather Service damage survey, this tornado was rated as an EF-1 with maximum sustained winds of mph. A third tornado touched down across inland Broward county just east of U. Highway 27 about 6 miles north of Alligator Alley and tracked north, likely crossing over into southern Palm Beach county. This tornado was rated as an EF The same convective rain bands that spawned these tornadoes also produced major flooding as they trained across extreme northeast portions of Miami-Dade county and southeast Broward county during the evening of June 7th.
Bands of very heavy rainfall trained over the same area for hours producing over a foot of rain in some locales. This excessive rainfall caused widespread flash flooding with roads becoming impassable along with numerous disabled vehicles Image 4.
Water entered homes as well, prompting a couple of dozen families to be relocated. The table below indicates total 24 hour rainfall amounts in inches for various locations.
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