APPENDIX I: DATA SUMMARY FOR THE STORM OF 19 FEBRUARY 1972 



1. This storm was documented at all seven localities. The synoptic 

 weather maps show that the low pressure cell developed over the Great Lakes 

 region, quickly deepened, and migrated in an easterly direction to the coast. 

 Maximum wave heights ranged from 4.3 to 5.1 m and were highest at the 

 northern sites. Peak tide heights ranged from 1.8 m above msl at Atlantic 

 City to 2 m above msl at Sandy Hook with computed storm surges of 1.3 and 1.4 

 m, respectively. The wave data indicate that a smaller storm on 13 February 

 preceded this event. Poststorm surveys were all completed within 1 week 

 after the storm. 



2. This storm caused erosion at all localities, with Nauset Beach and 

 Westhampton experiencing the greatest sediment loss, having median changes of 

 -22.8 m^/m. These were the only two sites which significantly flattened 

 after the storm and which showed the greatest variation with hinge ranges 

 greater than 20 m-^/m. The shoreline at Nauset Beach accreted the most with a 

 change of 4.1 m, and Westhampton' s shoreline receded -2.2 m. Long Beach 

 Island lost the least amount of sediment with a median change of only 



-4.0 m^/m. This site was the only one to experience a significant steepening 

 of the foreshore at -0.025. All localities lost sediment high on the beach, 

 up to at least the 3-m contour. 



3. Tables and figures are arranged according to predicted and actual 

 water levels, hindcasted wave data, profile comparisons, shoreline and slope 

 changes, unit volume changes, and distribution of unit volume changes. 



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