Bridge. The storm complex also dropped over of rainfall, causing flooding in eastern Nova Scotia. The storm's passage during the middle of apple harvest caused troubles for Annapolis Valley. The remnants of Nicole combined with an extratropical system to produce strong winds in New England, with gusts of up to . In Maine, the winds snapped branches off trees, and also downed trees and power lines. Power outages were reported, primarily in coastal portions of Washington and Hancock Counties. Nicole produced moderate swells along the East Coast of the United States. Conditions for surfing were best in New York and Rhode Island, where swells of over occurred. Eleven ships reported tropical storm force winds in association with Subtropical Storm Nicole. The maximum recorded wind was while the storm was at peak intensity, while the minimum recorded pressure was 995 mbar as Nicole was being absorbed by the extratropical storm. Since 2002, subtropical storms have been assigned names from the predetermined list of names used for tropical cyclones. Nicole was the first named subtropical storm since the policy change that did not become a fully tropical cyclone. Hurricane Gustav in 2002 formed as and was named as a subtropical cyclone, although it later became a fully tropical cyclone and later strengthened into a hurricane. In 1972 and 1973, four subtropical storms were named using the Phonetic alphabet. All other subtropical cyclones remained unnamed. See also Other storms of the same name List of Atlantic hurricanes List of Bermuda hurricanes List of United States hurricanes Hurricane Grace (1991) Hurricane Nate (2005) References External links NHC's public advisory archive on Subtropical Storm Nicole. NHC 2004 Tropical Cyclone Archive Effects of the Third-Quarter Hurricanes on Income Measures Nicole Nicole (2004) Nicole (2004) Nicole (2004) Nicole