Little Egg Inlet
Little Egg Inlet is an inlet connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Bay along the southeastern coast of New Jersey, United States. Little Egg Inlet forms a maritime border separating Little Egg Harbor Township in southern Ocean County and Galloway Township in northeastern Atlantic County.
On the morning of August 28, 2011, Tropical Storm Irene made its second U.S. landfall at Brigantine, though initial reports placed it at Little Egg Inlet. At the time it was believed to be the first hurricane to make landfall in New Jersey since 1903,[1] but later analysis by the National Hurricane Center determined that the storm had weakened to tropical storm status by the time it made its second landfall.[2]
References
- ↑ "Hurricane Irene makes landfall in New Jersey; storm should be gone by mid-afternoon, meteorologist predicts". The Express-Times. 2011-08-28. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
- ↑ "Tropical Cyclone Report - Hurricane Irene" (PDF). National Hurricane Center. 2011-12-14. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
Irene then continued north-northeastward, just offshore of the Delmarva peninsula, and made another landfall very near Atlantic City, New Jersey, at Brigantine Island, at 0935 UTC 28 August. Although Irene’s intensity at the New Jersey landfall was 60 kt, winds of that strength were confined to the waters east of the track of the center.
Coordinates: 39°29′53″N 74°19′03″W / 39.49806°N 74.31750°W