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Coastal Flood — Coastal Rockingham, NH

Oct 29, 2015

An intensifying low pressure system passed well to the west of New England and into Canada during a period of extremely high astronomical tides. Ahead of this system, gale force southerly winds shifted to the southwest and diminished prior to high tide which led to only minor coastal flooding across the seacoast of New Hampshire. In Hampton, the astronomical tide of 10.7 feet was accompanied by a storm surge of 0.8 feet to lead to a 11.5 storm tide which was a half foot over the flood stage of 1

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 608742). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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