Elsa comes and goes quietly

Tropical Storm Elsa moved through the area last night and the effects were pretty much as expected. The worst part of the weather moved through between 8 and 10 p.m. The rain total was 1.5 inches and there were wind gusts over the water at up to 40 knots, which is a minimal tropical storm. Elsewhere wind gusts topped off at around 35 mph away inland. No major damage has been reported.

There were power outages. Early this morning A&N Electric reports 626 customers without power at 5 a.m. today.

There was a report of a tree blocking Metompkin Road near Gargatha Landing Road and there was a report of a tree falling onto a house on Mears Station Road near Bloxom, the Bloxom Fire Company responded to both calls and there were no injuries reported. New Church was called to a tree blocking the north bound lane of Rt. 13 near Susan’s Seafood.

Tornado warnings were reported near Suffolk and in Virginia Beach. On the Eastern Shore there was a tornado watch in effect, but that is standard practice when a tropical system comes through.