COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1144 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM EST
SATURDAY...
A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM EST
SATURDAY.
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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KLL
FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1242 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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.
* UNTIL NOON EST TODAY
* LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK SLOWLY NORTHEAST ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST OVERNIGHT 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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