COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 305 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM EST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY. THE
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG COASTAL CAROLINAS
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY...THEN ACCELERATE FROM THE VIRGINIA
COAST LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO PRODUCE MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE EASTERN FACING
SHORELINES OF HAMPTON ROADS AND MIDDLE PENINSULA SATURDAY MORNING
AND AFTERNOON DUE TO A PERIOD OF PROLONGED STRONG ONSHORE FLOW.
TIDAL DEPARTURES BETWEEN 3 TO 4 FT ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER...WOULD
PRODUCE MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING. HIGH TIDE SATURDAY MORNING AT SEWELLS
POINT IS 10:43 AM WITH AN EXPECTED WATER LEVEL BETWEEN 6.0 FT AND
7.0 FT. HIGH TIDE SATURDAY MORNING AT VIRGINIA BEACH IS AT 9:09 AM
WITH AN EXPECTED WATER LEVEL BETWEEN 6.0 AND 7.0 FT.
IN COMPARISON...THE WATER LEVEL DURING THE NOVEMBER NOREASTER REACHED
7.75 FT AT SEWELLS POINT. SEVERE FLOODING AT SEWELLS POINT STARTS AT
7.1 FT MLLW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.
COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING
WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
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FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 416 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA...BERTIE...
CAMDEN...CHOWAN...GATES...HERTFORD...INLAND CURRITUCK...OUTER
BANKS CURRITUCK...PASQUOTANK AND PERQUIMANS. IN VIRGINIA...
ACCOMACK...CHESAPEAKE...ISLE OF WIGHT...NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON...
NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH...NORTHAMPTON VA...SUFFOLK...VIRGINIA BEACH
AND YORK.
* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
* LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD
LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL TO THE REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
LIKELY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE RECENT
EXTENDED WET PERIOD...THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO
FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS...IN ADDITION TO
URBAN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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